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Max Davidson (I) (1875–1950)

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Bearded, stoop-shouldered German-Jewish silent screen comedian, in America from adolescence. Acted in repertory and first appeared in films in dramatic roles under director D.W. Griffith, whom he had befriended while both were members of a Kentucky-based acting troupe. Davidson joined Mutual in 1915 and... See more trivia »

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in Berlin, Germany

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(age 75) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1945 Adventure
Man in Library (uncredited)
 
1943 Hangmen Also Die!
Bearded Man (uncredited)
 
1942 Reap the Wild Wind
Juror (uncredited)
 
1940 Kitty Foyle
Flower Man (uncredited)
 
1940 The Great Dictator
Jewish Man (uncredited)
 
1940 No Census, No Feeling (short)
Storekeeper (uncredited)
 
1940 The Mortal Storm
Old Postman (uncredited)
 
1940 I Take This Woman
Man in Clinic (scenes deleted)
 
1939 The Great Commandment
Old Man
 
1939 Union Pacific
Card Player (uncredited)
 
1937 Rosalie
Chamberlain (uncredited)
 
1937 The Girl Said No
Max
 
1937 Exclusive
Tailor (uncredited)
 
1937 Man of the People
Mr. Shelman - Jury Member (uncredited)
 
1936 The Plainsman
Gambler #3/Banker (uncredited)
 
1936 Kelly the Second
Singing Fight Spectator (uncredited)
 
1936 Roamin' Wild
Abe Wineman
 
1936 Rogue of the Range
The Peddler (uncredited)
 
1935 Metropolitan
Tailor (uncredited)
 
1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife
Seller (uncredited)
 
1935 Southern Exposure (short)
Man Saluting Charley in Restaurant (uncredited)
 
1935 Princess O'Hara
Jewish Man (uncredited)
 
1935 Law Beyond the Range
Little Man (uncredited)
 
1934 Straight Is the Way
Mendel (uncredited)
 
1934 Apples to You! (short)
Opera Patron in Box with Announcer (uncredited)
 
1934 The House of Rothschild
Man in 1780 Sequence (uncredited)
 
1934 The Cat and the Fiddle
Dried Up Old Man (uncredited)
 
1933 The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
Larsen (uncredited)
 
1933 The World Gone Mad
Abe Cohen - Tailor (uncredited)
 
1933 Hokus Focus (short)
 
1933 The Trail of Vince Barnett (short)
 
1933 Thru Thin and Thicket; or, Who's Zoo in Africa (short)
 
1932 Lawyer Man
Max (uncredited)
 
1932 The Bride's Bereavement; or, The Snake in the Grass (short)
 
1932 Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure (short)
 
1932 Daring Danger
Toby (uncredited)
 
1932 The Engineer's Daughter; or, Iron Minnie's Revenge (short)
 
1932 The Wet Parade
Mr. Schwartz (uncredited)
 
1932 Alias the Doctor
Anna's Landlord (uncredited)
 
1932 Docks of San Francisco
Max Ranovich, the Detective
 
1931 Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (short)
Royal musician
 
1931 A Woman of Experience
Beer Garden Manager (uncredited)
 
1931 Women of All Nations
Izzie's Father (uncredited)
 
1931 One of the Smiths (short)
 
1931 Blondes Prefer Bonds (short)
Wife's Father
 
1931 The Itching Hour (short)
Max Davidson
 
1930 The Lottery Bride
Marriage Broker (uncredited)
 
1930 A Fall to Arms (short)
 
1930 The Shrimp (short)
Professor Schoenheimer (uncredited)
 
1929 Great Gobs (short)
 
1929 Moan & Groan, Inc. (short)
The lunatic
 
1929 So This Is College
Moe
 
1929/I Hurdy Gurdy (short)
Papa Ginsberg
 
1929 Going Ga-ga (short)
Detective Davidson
 
1928 Feed 'em and Weep (short)
Max, Restaurant Manager
 
1928/I The Boy Friend (short)
Papa Davidson
 
1928 All Parts (short)
 
1928 Do Gentlemen Snore? (short)
 
1928 That Night (short)
 
1928 Should Women Drive? (short)
 
1928 Tell It to the Judge (short)
 
1928 Blow by Blow (short)
 
1928 Came the Dawn (short)
Papa Gimplewort
 
1928 Dumb Daddies (short)
The Father
 
1928 Pass the Gravy (short)
Father
 
1927 Flaming Fathers (short)
Papa Gimplewart
 
1927 Fighting Fathers (short)
 
1927 Love 'Em and Feed 'Em (short)
'Cherokee' Cohen
 
1927 My Best Girl
Night Court Spectator (uncredited)
 
1927 Should Second Husbands Come First? (short)
Mr. Ethan Wattles
 
1927 Call of the Cuckoo (short)
Papa Gimplewart
 
1927 What Every Iceman Knows (short)
 
1927 Don't Tell Everything (short)
Papa Ginsberg
 
1927 Jewish Prudence (short)
Papa Gimplewart
 
1927 Pleasure Before Business
Sam Weinberg
 
1927 Why Girls Say No (short)
Papa Whisselberg
 
1927 Cheaters
Michael Cohen
 
1927 Anything Once! (short)
Granville
 
1927 Hotel Imperial
Elias Butterman
 
1926 Kitty from Killarney (short)
 
1926 Sunshine of Paradise Alley
Solomon Levy
 
1926 Raggedy Rose
Moe Ginsberg
 
1926 Get 'Em Young (short)
Isaac Goldberg, a lawyer
 
1926 Into Her Kingdom
Shoestring Salesman
 
1926 Long Fliv the King (short)
Warfield
 
1926 Don Key (Son of Burro) (short)
Mr. Browning - Movie Producer
 
1926 The Johnstown Flood
David Mandel
 
1925 Hogan's Alley
Clothier
 
1925 Old Clothes
Max Ginsburg
 
1925 Justice of the Far North
Izzy Hawkins
 
1925 The Rag Man
Max Ginsberg
 
1924 Three Women
Bit (uncredited)
 
1924 Eat and Run (short)
 
1924 Hold Your Breath
Street Merchant
 
1924 Untamed Youth
Pierre (copyrighted version only)
 
1924 Fools' Highway
Old Levi
 
1923 The Darling of New York
Solomon Levinsky
 
1923 The Rendezvous
Commissar
 
1923 The Extra Girl
Tailor
 
1923 Plumb Crazy (short)
 
1923 Scars of Jealousy
French peasant
 
1923 Rob 'Em Good (short)
A Peasant
 
1923 The Ghost Patrol
Raspushkin
 
1922 Glad Rags (short)
 
1922 Remembrance
Georges Cartier
 
1922 Second Hand Rose
Abe Rosenstein
 
1922 The Right That Failed
Michael Callahan
 
1922 Turn to the Right
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
 
1921 The Idle Rich
The Tailor
 
1921 No Woman Knows
Ferdinand Brandeis
 
1919 The Hoodlum
Abram Isaacs
 
1919 The Mother and the Law
The Kindly Neighbor
 
1918 The Hun Within
Max
 
1917 Damaged, No Goods (short)
Gertrude's Father
 
1917 A Daughter of the Poor
Joe Eastman
 
1916 The Heiress at Coffee Dan's
Shorty Olson
 
1916 Puppets (short)
Scaramouche
 
1916 A Villainous Villain (short)
 
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Kindly Neighbor (uncredited)
 
1916 Bedelia's Bluff (short)
 
1916 Love's Getaway (short)
 
1916 Mr. Goode, Samaritan
Butler
 
1916 Sunshine Dad
Mystic Seer
 
1916 The Village Vampire (short)
 
1915 Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
 
1915 The Jinx on Jenks (short)
Max
 
1915 Over and Back (short)
Papa
 
1915 Shocking Stockings (short)
Papa
 
1915 Faithful to the Finish (short)
Colonel Boom
 
1915 The Fatal Finger Prints (short)
Mr. Spear
 
1915 The Deacon's Whiskers (short)
The Deacon, Fay's Father
 
1915/III Safety First (short)
The Detective
 
1915 A Chase by Moonlight (short)
Mr. Flivver
 
1915 Beppo, the Barber (short)
Detective
 
1915 Mr. Wallack's Wallet (short)
 
1915 Beautiful Love (short)
 
1915 Unwinding It (short)
Max
 
1915 Brave and Bold (short)
 
1915 Gasoline Gus (short)
 
1915 Flooey and Axel (short)
 
1915 Ethel's Disguise (short)
 
1915 Home Again (short)
Mr. Grinder
 
1915 Ethel's New Dress (short)
 
1915 By Fair Means or Foul (short)
 
1915 Ethel's Doggone Luck (short)
 
1915 Caught by the Handle (short)
Mr. Riche
 
1915 Bill Gives a Smoker (short)
 
1915 A Costly Exchange (short)
Detective Schmultz
 
1915 Music Hath Charms (short)
Nells Father
 
1915 Bill Turns Valet (short)
The Tailor
 
1915 Cupid and the Pest (short)
Tony
 
1915 A Flyer in Spring Water (short)
 
1915 Love and Business (short)
 
1914 The Record Breaker (short)
Gambler
 
1914 Bill and Ethel at the Ball (short)
 
1914 The Housebreakers (short)
The Commissioner
 
1914 Mr. Hadley's Uncle (short)
Mr. Muchmoney
 
1914 A Corner in Hats (short)
 
1914 Ethel Has a Steady (short)
The Janitor
 
1914 Out Again, in Again (short)
Mr. Henpeck's Friend
 
1914 Ethel's Roof Party (short)
The Janitor
 
1914 Max's Money (short)
Max
 
1914 Casey's Vendetta (short)
Police Captain
 
1914 Bill Joins the W.W.W.'s (short)
Police Chief
 
1914 Dizzy Joe's Career (short)
 
1914 Bill Spoils a Vacation (short)
 
1914 The Million Dollar Bride (short)
Minister
 
1914 Bill Manages a Prizefighter (short)
 
1914 Bill Goes in Business for Himself (short)
Lunch Counter Proprietor
 
1914 The Mascot (short)
Fay's Father
 
1914 Bill Organizes a Union (short)
 
1914 Izzy Gets the Wrong Bottle (short)
Izzy
 
1914 Izzy and His Rival (short)
Izzy
 
1914 Leave It to Smiley (short)
 
1914 Izzy and the Diamond (short)
Izzy Hupp
 
1914 How Izzy Stuck to His Post (short)
Izzy
 
1914 How Izzy Was Saved (short)
Izzy
 
1914 Izzy, the Detective (short)
Izzy
 
1914 Izzy's Night Out (short)
Izzy Hupp
 
1914 Hubby to the Rescue (short)
Jerry Harcourt
 
1914 The Last Drink of Whiskey (short)
Gang Member
 
1914 Nell's Eugenic Wedding (short)
 
1914 Izzy, the Operator (short)
Izzy
 
1914 Izzy and the Bandit (short)
Izzy
 
1914 After Her Dough (short)
Policeman
 
1914 An Interrupted Séance (short)
The Landlord
 
1913 Scenting a Terrible Crime (short)
The Superintendent
 
1913 Cohen's Outing (short)
Undetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
 
1912 The Narrow Road (short)
A Tramp (unconfirmed)
 
1912 The Transformation of Mike (short)
Landlord
 
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Bearded, stoop-shouldered German-Jewish silent screen comedian, in America from adolescence. Acted in repertory and first appeared in films in dramatic roles under director D.W. Griffith, whom he had befriended while both were members of a Kentucky-based acting troupe. Davidson joined Mutual in 1915 and... See more »

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