Harold Lloyd
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Harold Lloyd was an American actor and comedian who became one of the biggest movie stars of the silent film era during the 1920s. He is remembered as a pioneering figure in comedy cinema whose innovative physical humor and character work helped define the art form during its early decades.
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- 1893-04-20
- Died
- 1971-03-08
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Acting · Burchard, Nebraska, USA
Harold Lloyd (April 18, 1893 –March 8, 1971) was an American actor. He has been called the cinema’s “first man in space.” His comedy wasn’t imported from Vaudeville or the British Music Hall like his contemporaries, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Harold learned to use the camera the way other comics used a bowler hat or a funny walk. In 1917 he shed the comedic clown personas prevalent in…
Known for
- The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
- Sigrid Holmquist — Arthur Cox (archive footage)2010
- The Parrott Chase — (archive footage) (uncredited)2009
- HAROLD LLOYD COLLECTION (9 Discs)2007
- Harold's Hollywood: On Location Then & Now — Self (archive footage)2006
- Silent Clowns — Self(archive footage)2006
- Slapstick Symposium Too: The Harold Lloyd Collection Volume 2 — Self2005
- Remembering Harold — Himself (archive footage)2005
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1 object attributed to Harold Lloyd, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.
One of the most influential film comedians of the silent era, Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and talkies, from 1914 to 1947. His bespectacled "glasses character" was a resourceful, ambitious go-getter who reflected the zeitgeist of the 1920s-era United States.
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1893 births1971 deaths20th-century American comedians20th-century American male actors20th-century American male writers20th-century American screenwriters20th-century American writersAcademy Honorary Award recipientsAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences foundersAmerican actors with disabilitiesAmerican amputeesAmerican cinema pioneers