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Harold Lloyd

Harold Lloyd

Acting · Production

Born April 18, 1893, 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 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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (17)
  • 2021The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 2006Harold's Hollywood: On Location Then & Now — Self (archive footage)
  • 2005Remembering Harold — Himself (archive footage)
  • 2005Slapstick Symposium Too: The Harold Lloyd Collection Volume 2 — Self
  • 2004Slapstick Symposium: The Harold Lloyd Collection — Self
  • 2002Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self (archive footage)
  • 1989Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius — Self (archive footage)
  • Hollywood — Self – 1968 interview (archive footage), Self (archive footage)
  • 1970Brasileiros em Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • 1960Hedda Hopper's Hollywood — Self
  • This Is Your Life — Self
  • What's My Line? — Self
  • The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
  • 1931Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) — Self
  • 1927Character Studies — Self (uncredited)