Documents pertaining to Charlie Chaplin show that the legendary screen star was the subject of a probe by the FBI and British Intelligence. The basis for the investigation was the fanatical, anti-Communist crusade orchestrated by the infamous Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s that extended for years even after McCarthy had been discredited. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had become convinced that Chapliin's left-wing sympathies may have been an indication he was a communist. The FBI fond that no one has ever been able to verify Chaplin's claim that he was born in London in 1889. Not even MI5 could find a record of his birth, and Chaplin apparently enjoyed keeping his early life a mystery. However, a recently uncovered family letter throws even more intrigue into the mix, with indications Chaplin may have been born of a Gypsy mother! For more click here