Harold Lloyd
Acting
Born: 1893-04-18 in Burchard, Nebraska, USA
Biography
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 comedy for hundreds of years and pioneered romantic comedy by the ordinary guy up on the screen –- a guy with faults, and fears, “the boy next door.” With his young man in horned-rimmed glasses, he created classic films.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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What's My Line?
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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This Is Your Life
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Safety Last!
The Boy
Hollywood
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Si, Senor
Ask Father
The Boy
Character Studies
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Some Baby
Lonesome Luke
Girl Shy
Harold Meadows
Kicked Out
Before Breakfast
Swat the Crook
Samson
Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
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Brasileiros em Hollywood
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Soft Money
The Cat's-Paw
Ezekiel Cobb
The Freshman
Harold Lamb
Spring Fever
The Boy
Bughouse Bellhops
Lonesome Luke
Two Scrambled
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
Le Voyage au paradis, Monte là-dessus, À là hauteur
The Kid Brother
Harold Hickory
The Milky Way
Burleigh Sullivan
The Real Charlie Chaplin
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Movie Crazy
Harold Hall aka 'Trouble'
Off the Trolley
The Man
Lifetime of Comedy
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Lonesome Luke, Circus King
Lonesome Luke
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
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Luke, the Candy Cut-Up
Lonesome Luke
Among Those Present
O'Reilly, The Boy