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Max Linder
French silent film actor and director (1883–1925)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1883
- Died
- 1925
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Sette anni di guai, di Max Linder
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Film & TV
Acting · Cavernes, Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France
Although all too frequently neglected by fans of silent comedy, Max Linder is in many ways as important a figure as Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, or Harold Lloyd, not least because he predated (and influenced) them all by several years, and was largely responsible for the creation of the classic style of silent slapstick comedy. He started out as an actor in the French theatre, but after…
Known for
- Life and Deaths of Max Linder — Self (archive footage)2026
- Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty — archive footage2020
- Max Linder Collection 1917-19222014
- Birth of the Tramp — Self (archive footage)2013
- Tout sur mon père Max Linder — Self (archive footage)2013
- The Man in the Silk Hat — Self (archive footage)1983
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Article
Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle (16 December 1883 – 1 November 1925), known professionally as Max Linder ( French: [maks lɛ̃.dɛʁ]), was a French actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and comedian of the silent film era. His onscreen persona "Max" was one of the first recognizable recurring characters in film. He has also been cited as the "first international movie star" and "the first film star anywhere".
Born in Cavernes, France to Catholic parents, Linder grew up with a passion for theater and enrolled in the Conservatoire de Bordeaux in 1899. He soon received awards for his performances and continued to pursue a career in the legitimate theater. He became a contract player with the Bordeaux Théâtre des Arts from 1901 to 1904, performing in plays by Molière, Pierre Corneille, and Alfred de Musset.