R. C. Carton (born Richard Claude Critchett, 10 May 1853 – 1 April 1928) was an English actor and playwright.

Carton was born in London on 10 May 1853, a son of the oculist George Critchett and his wife Martha née Brooker.

Carton played in Queen Mary, 1876, New Men and Old Acres, 1878, Truth, 1879, The Rivals, 1880, Low Water, 1884, The Private Secretary, 1884 and Bad Boys, 1885, after which he retired from acting.

[2] As a playwright his first plays were written in collaboration with Cecil Raleigh, and included The Great Pink Pearl, 1885; The Pointsman, 1887, and The Treasure, 1888.

[2] His first play written alone was Sunlight and Shadow, produced at the Avenue Theatre in 1890, by George Alexander.