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Max Linder (I) (1883–1925)

Actor | Director | Writer

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... See full bio »

Born:

Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle
in Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France

Died:

(age 41) in Paris, France
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1925 King of the Circus (short)
 
1925 Chevalier Barkas
 
1924 Help! (short)
Max
 
1922 The Three Must-Get-Theres
Dart-In-Again
 
1921 Be My Wife (short)
Max, the Fiancé
 
1921 Seven Years Bad Luck
Max Linder
 
1919 The Little Cafe
Albert
 
1917 Max devrait porter des bretelles (short)
Max
 
1917 Max médécin malgré lui (short)
Max
 
1917 Max in a Taxi (short)
 
1917 Max Wants a Divorce (short)
Max
 
1917 Max Comes Across (short)
Max
 
1917 Max et le sac (short)
 
1916 Max et l'espion (short)
Max
 
1916 Max et la Main-qui-étreint (short)
Max
 
1916 Max dans les airs (short)
Max
 
1916 Max entre deux feux (short)
 
1915 Love's Surprises (short)
Max
 
1915 A Ringer for Max (short)
Max
 
1915 Coiffeur par amour (short)
Max
 
1915 Max asthmatique (short)
Max
 
1915 Max à Monaco (short)
Max
 
1915 Max Is Love Sick (short)
 
1914 Dick est un chien savant (short)
 
1914 Max Hits the High Spots (short)
 
1914 In a Difficult Position (short)
Max
 
1914 Un idiot qui se croit Max Linder (short)
Max
 
1914 Le mariage forcé (short)
 
1914 Max au convent (short)
Max
 
1914 Max maître d'hôtel (short)
Max
 
1914 Max, the Lady Killer (short)
Max
 
1914 Max pédicure (short)
Max
 
1914 N'embrassez pas votre bonne (short)
 
1914 Max et le mari jaloux (short)
Max
 
1914 L'anglais tel que Max le parle (short)
Max
 
1914 Max illusionniste (short)
Max
 
1914 Max's Vacation (short)
Max
 
1914 Le 2 août 1914 (short)
 
1914 Max Sets the Style (short)
Max
 
1914 Max et le bâton de rouge (short)
Max
 
1914 Max et le commissaire (short)
Max
 
1914 Max sauveteur (short)
Max
 
1913 Max fait des conquêtes (short)
Max
 
1913 Max virtuose (short)
Max
 
1913 Max Takes a Picture (short)
Max (uncredited)
 
1913 Max's Hat (short)
Max
 
1913 Max et le billet doux (short)
Max
 
1913 Max n'aime pas les chats (short)
Max
 
1913 Max toréador (short)
Max
 
1913 Le duel de Max (short)
Max
 
1913 La rivalité de Max (short)
Max
 
1913 Max Linder pratique tous les sports (short)
Max
 
1913 Max est charitable (short)
Max
 
1913 Les débuts d'un yachtman (short)
 
1913 A Jockey for Love (short)
Max
 
1913 Le rendez-vous de Max (short)
Max
 
1913 La ruse de Max (short)
Max
 
1913 Les escarpins de Max (short)
Max
 
1913 Un mariage imprévu (short)
 
1912 Max and the Statue (short)
Max
 
1912 Max a peur de l'eau (short)
Max
 
1912 Un mariage au téléphone (short)
Max
 
1912 Un enlèvement en hydroaéroplane (short)
 
1912 Le roman de Max (short)
Max
 
1912 Max Gets Stuck Up (short)
Max
 
1912 La vengeance du domestique (short)
Max
 
1912 Entente cordiale (short)
 
1912 Max, professeur de tango (short)
Max
 
1912 Max émule de Tartarin (short)
Max
 
1912 Max boxeur par amour (short)
Max
 
1912 Voyage de noces en Espagne (short)
Max
 
1912 Love Unconquerable (short)
Max
 
1912 Le mal de mer (short)
Max
 
1912 Max peintre par amour (short)
Max
 
1912 Un pari original (short)
Max
 
1912 Une idylle à la ferme (short)
Max
 
1912 Max et les femmes (short)
Max
 
1912 Max cocher de fiacre (short)
Max
 
1912 Une nuit agitée (short)
 
1912 La malle au mariage (short)
 
1912 Max et son âne (short)
Max
 
1912 Max, the Magician (short)
Max
 
1912 Que peut-il avoir? (short)
 
1912 Max bandit par amour (short)
Max
 
1912 Max Gets the Reward (short)
Max
 
1912 Max amoureux de la teinturière (short)
Max
 
1912 Max and His Dog (short)
Max
 
1912 Troubles of a Grasswidower (short)
Max (uncredited)
 
1912 Max Sets the Fashion (short)
Max
 
1912 Max Fears the Dogs (short)
Max
 
1912 Max collectioneur de chaussures (short)
Max
 
1912 Max in a Wardrobe (short)
Max
 
1912 Max Juggles for Love (short)
Max
 
1911 Max Takes Tonics (short)
Max
 
1911 Max Plays at Drama (short)
Max
 
1911 Max Fights a Duel (short)
Max
 
1911 Max Is Convalescent (short)
Max
 
1911 Voisin... voisine (short)
 
1911 Max and His Mother-in-Law (short)
Max
 
1911 Max's Divorce (short)
Max
 
1911 Max Is Forced to Work (short)
Max
 
1911 La bonne à tout faire (short)
 
1911 L'amour mouillé (short)
 
1911 Max et les crêpes (short)
 
1911 Par habitude
 
1911 Une mariée qui se fait attendre (short)
 
1910 Max Is Stuck Up (short)
Max
 
1910 Shame on Max (short)
Max
 
1910 Max hypnotisé (short)
Max
 
1910 Max Embarrassed (short)
Max
 
1910 Max's Feet Are Pinched (short)
 
1910 Max Takes a Bath (short)
Max
 
1910 Who Killed Max? (short)
Max
 
1910 How Max Went Around the World (short)
Max
 
1910 Max Makes Music (short)
Max
 
1910 Max's First Job (short)
Max
 
1910 Un cross-country original (short)
 
1910 Mariage au puzzle (short)
 
1910 Mon chien rapporte (short)
 
1910 Max Has the Boxing Fever (short)
Max
 
1910 An Escape of Gas (short)
Max
 
1910 Max Is Almost Married (short)
 
1910 Max Comes Home (short)
Max
 
1910 Les effets des pilules de Max (short)
Max
 
1910 Max Is Absent Minded (short)
Max
 
1910 Max Goes Ski-ing (short)
Max
 
1910 Max Has to Change (short)
 
1910 Max Has Trouble with His Eyes (short)
Max
 
1910 Max in the Alps (short)
Max
 
1910 Love and Cheese (short)
Max
 
1910 Max Foils the Police (short)
 
1910 Perseverance Rewarded (short)
Max
 
1910 Une ruse de Mari (short)
Max
 
1910 Max Makes a Touch (short)
 
1910 One Can't Believe One's Eyes (short)
 
1910 Une séance de cinématographe (short)
 
1910 A Prince of Worth (short)
Jacques de Lacerda
 
1910 Je voudrais un enfant (short)
 
1910 Max in a Dilemma (short)
Max
 
1910 Soldat par amour (short)
 
1910 Une bonne pour monsieur, un domestique pour madame (short)
 
1910 A Romantic Girl (short)
 
1910 A Cure for Timidity (short)
 
1910 Les exploits du jeune Tartarin (short)
Max
 
1910 Le cauchemar de Max (short)
Max
 
1910 Max célibataire (short)
Max
 
1910 Max et Clancy tombent d'accord (short)
Max
 
1910 Max et la belle négresse (short)
Max
 
1910 Max et l'inauguration de la statue (short)
Max
 
1910 Max et ses trois mariages (short)
Max
 
1910 Max joue le drame (short)
Max
 
1910 Max maîtresse de piano (short)
Max
 
1909 Before and After
 
1909 One on Max (short)
 
1909 On a Racket (short)
 
1909 Romeo Turns Bandit (short)
 
1909 A Set of Teeth (short)
 
1909 Max Leads Them a Novel Chase (short)
Arsène Lupin
 
1909 Who Will Win My Heart (short)
 
1909 The Little Vixen (short)
 
1909 Les surprises de l'amour (short)
 
1909 Miss Moneybags Wishes to Wed (short)
 
1909 A Conquest (short)
 
1909 Amoureux de la femme à barbe (short)
 
1909 Willyboy Gets His (short)
 
1909 The Servant's Good Joke (short)
 
1909 Sam's Artistic Beard (short)
Théodore
 
1909 Le baromètre de la fidélité (short)
 
1909 Le Bridge au plafond (short)
 
1909 Le chapeau-claque (short)
 
1909 Max and the Lady Doctor (short)
Max
 
1909 Mes voisins me font danser (short)
 
1909 See the Picture! (short)
 
1909 Une campagne électorale (short)
 
1909 Une poursuite mouvementée (short)
 
1908 Two Great Griefs (short)
 
1908 Noisy Neighbors (short)
 
1908 Contagious Nervous Twitching (short)
 
1908 Messenger's Mistake (short)
 
1908 Tormented by His Mother-in-Law (short)
 
1908 Unwilling Chiropodist (short)
 
1908 Mr. and Mrs. Jollygood Go Tandeming (short)
 
1908 Troubles of a Grass Widower (short)
 
1908 In a Difficult Position (short)
Dieutegarde
 
1908 The Hanging Lamp (short)
 
1908 Amateur Acrobat (short)
 
1908 First Cigar (short)
 
1907 Lady Doctor's Husband (short)
Husband
 
1907 Doings of a Maniac (short)
 
1907 A Drama in Seville (short)
 
1907 The Servant Hypnotist (short)
 
1907 A Glorious start (short)
Max
 
1907 Private Atkins Minds a Baby (short)
Pitou
 
1907 Lover's Ill Luck (short)
 
1907 Harlequin's Story (short)
Polichinelle / Ponchinella / Harlequin
 
1907 Max Learns to Skate (short)
Max
 
1907 Artful Husband (short)
 
1907 All for a Necklace (short)
Jeweller
 
1907 A Hooligan Idea (short)
Le bourgeois
 
1907 Ah! Quel malheur d'avoir un gendre (short)
Son-in-law
 
1907 Phial of Poison (short)
 
1907 C'est Papa qui a pris la Purge (short)
Lover in the street
 
1907 Joined Lips (short)
 
1907 At the Music Hall (short)
 
1907 Sganarelle (short)
 
1906 Cross Country (short)
 
1906 Attempted Suicide (short)
 
1906 Julot va dans le monde (short)
Julot
 
1906 Les contrebandiers (short)
 
1905 Unforeseen Meeting (short)
 
1905 Ten Wives for One Husband (short)
 
1905 First Night Out (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (102 titles)
1925 Chevalier Barkas
 
1922 The Three Must-Get-Theres
 
1921 Be My Wife (short)
 
1921 Seven Years Bad Luck
 
1917 Max devrait porter des bretelles (short)
 
1917 Max médécin malgré lui (short)
 
1917 Max in a Taxi (short)
 
1917 Max Wants a Divorce (short)
 
1917 Max Comes Across (short)
 
1917 Max et le sac (short)
 
1916 Max et l'espion (short)
 
1916 Max et la Main-qui-étreint (short)
 
1916 Max dans les airs (short)
 
1916 Max entre deux feux (short)
 
1915 Love's Surprises (short)
 
1915 Coiffeur par amour (short)
 
1915 Max asthmatique (short)
 
1914 Dick est un chien savant (short)
 
1914 In a Difficult Position (short)
 
1914 Le mariage forcé (short)
 
1914 Max pédicure (short)
 
1914 N'embrassez pas votre bonne (short)
 
1914 Max et le mari jaloux (short)
 
1914 L'anglais tel que Max le parle (short)
 
1914 Max illusionniste (short)
 
1914 Max's Vacation (short)
 
1914 Le 2 août 1914 (short)
 
1914 Max Sets the Style (short)
 
1914 Max et le commissaire (short)
 
1913 Max fait des conquêtes (short)
 
1913 Max virtuose (short)
 
1913 Max's Hat (short)
 
1913 Max et le billet doux (short)
 
1913 Max n'aime pas les chats (short)
 
1913 Max toréador (short)
 
1913 Le duel de Max (short)
 
1913 La rivalité de Max (short)
 
1913 Max Linder pratique tous les sports (short)
 
1913 Max est charitable (short)
 
1913 A Jockey for Love (short)
 
1913 La médaille du sauvetage (short)
 
1913 La ruse de Max (short)
 
1913 Les escarpins de Max (short)
 
1913 Un mariage imprévu (short)
 
1912 Max and the Statue (short)
 
1912 Max a peur de l'eau (short)
 
1912 Un mariage au téléphone (short)
 
1912 Un enlèvement en hydroaéroplane (short)
 
1912 Le roman de Max (short)
 
1912 Max Gets Stuck Up (short)
 
1912 La vengeance du domestique (short)
 
1912 Entente cordiale (short)
 
1912 Max, professeur de tango (short)
 
1912 Max émule de Tartarin (short)
 
1912 Max boxeur par amour (short)
 
1912 Voyage de noces en Espagne (short)
 
1912 Love Unconquerable (short)
 
1912 Le mal de mer (short)
 
1912 Max peintre par amour (short)
 
1912 Un pari original (short)
 
1912 Une idylle à la ferme (short)
 
1912 Max et les femmes (short)
 
1912 Max cocher de fiacre (short)
 
1912 Une nuit agitée (short)
 
1912 La malle au mariage (short)
 
1912 Max et son âne (short)
 
1912 Max, the Magician (short)
 
1912 Que peut-il avoir? (short)
 
1912 Max bandit par amour (short)
 
1912 Max Gets the Reward (short) (co-director)
 
1912 Max amoureux de la teinturière (short)
 
1912 Max and His Dog (short)
 
1912 Troubles of a Grasswidower (short) (uncredited)
 
1912 Max Sets the Fashion (short)
 
1912 Max collectioneur de chaussures (short)
 
1911 Max Takes Tonics (short)
 
1911 Max Plays at Drama (short) (co-director)
 
1911 Max Fights a Duel (short)
 
1911 Max Is Convalescent (short)
 
1911 Voisin... voisine (short)
 
1911 Max and His Mother-in-Law (short)
 
1911 Max's Divorce (short)
 
1911 Par habitude
 
1910 Who Killed Max? (short)
 
1910 How Max Went Around the World (short)
 
1910 Max Makes Music (short)
 
1910 Max's First Job (short)
 
1910 Un cross-country original (short)
 
1910 Mariage au puzzle (short)
 
1910 Mon chien rapporte (short)
 
1910 Max Has the Boxing Fever (short)
 
1910 An Escape of Gas (short)
 
1910 Max Is Absent Minded (short)
 
1910 Je voudrais un enfant (short)
 
1910 Les exploits du jeune Tartarin (short)
 
1909 One on Max (short)
 
1909 Max Leads Them a Novel Chase (short)
 
1909 Miss Moneybags Wishes to Wed (short)
 
1909 Max and the Lady Doctor (short)
 
1909 Une campagne électorale (short)
 
1908 Troubles of a Grass Widower (short)
 
1908 Amateur Acrobat (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (99 titles)
1963 En compagnie de Max Linder (writer)
 
1927 Maxim's Porter
 
1925 King of the Circus (short) (script)
 
1925 Chevalier Barkas
 
1924 Help! (short) (idea)
 
1922 The Three Must-Get-Theres
 
1921 Be My Wife (short)
 
1921 Seven Years Bad Luck (written by)
 
1919 The Little Cafe (writer)
 
1917 Max devrait porter des bretelles (short)
 
1917 Max médécin malgré lui (short)
 
1917 Max in a Taxi (short)
 
1917 Max Wants a Divorce (short)
 
1917 Max Comes Across (short)
 
1917 Max et le sac (short)
 
1916 Max et l'espion (short)
 
1916 Max et la Main-qui-étreint (short)
 
1916 Max dans les airs (short)
 
1916 Max entre deux feux (short)
 
1915 Love's Surprises (short)
 
1914 Dick est un chien savant (short)
 
1914 N'embrassez pas votre bonne (short)
 
1914 Max et le mari jaloux (short)
 
1914 Max's Vacation (short)
 
1913 Max virtuose (short) (writer)
 
1913 Max Takes a Picture (short) (uncredited)
 
1913 Max's Hat (short) (writer)
 
1913 Max toréador (short) (writer)
 
1913 Le duel de Max (short) (writer)
 
1913 Max Linder pratique tous les sports (short) (writer)
 
1913 Les débuts d'un yachtman (short) (writer)
 
1913 A Jockey for Love (short) (writer)
 
1913 Le rendez-vous de Max (short) (writer)
 
1912 Max and the Statue (short)
 
1912 Max a peur de l'eau (short)
 
1912 Un mariage au téléphone (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Un enlèvement en hydroaéroplane (short)
 
1912 Le roman de Max (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Max Gets Stuck Up (short)
 
1912 La vengeance du domestique (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Entente cordiale (short)
 
1912 Max, professeur de tango (short)
 
1912 Max émule de Tartarin (short)
 
1912 Max boxeur par amour (short)
 
1912 Voyage de noces en Espagne (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Love Unconquerable (short)
 
1912 Le mal de mer (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Max peintre par amour (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Un pari original (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Une idylle à la ferme (short)
 
1912 Max et les femmes (short)
 
1912 Max cocher de fiacre (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Une nuit agitée (short) (scenario)
 
1912 La malle au mariage (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Max et son âne (short)
 
1912 Max, the Magician (short)
 
1912 Que peut-il avoir? (short)
 
1912 Max bandit par amour (short)
 
1912 Max amoureux de la teinturière (short)
 
1912 Max and His Dog (short)
 
1912 Troubles of a Grasswidower (short) (uncredited)
 
1912 Max Sets the Fashion (short)
 
1912 Max collectioneur de chaussures (short)
 
1911 Max Plays at Drama (short)
 
1911 Max Is Convalescent (short) (scenario)
 
1911 Voisin... voisine (short)
 
1911 Max and His Mother-in-Law (short)
 
1911 Max Is Forced to Work (short)
 
1910 Max Is Stuck Up (short)
 
1910 Shame on Max (short)
 
1910 Max Embarrassed (short)
 
1910 Max Makes Music (short)
 
1910 Un cross-country original (short)
 
1910 Mon chien rapporte (short)
 
1910 Max Has the Boxing Fever (short) (scenario)
 
1910 An Escape of Gas (short)
 
1910 Max Is Almost Married (short)
 
1910 Les effets des pilules de Max (short)
 
1910 Max Is Absent Minded (short)
 
1910 Max Has to Change (short)
 
1910 Max in the Alps (short)
 
1910 Love and Cheese (short)
 
1910 Perseverance Rewarded (short)
 
1910 Une ruse de Mari (short)
 
1910 Max Makes a Touch (short)
 
1910 One Can't Believe One's Eyes (short)
 
1910 A Prince of Worth (short)
 
1910 Je voudrais un enfant (short)
 
1910 Une bonne pour monsieur, un domestique pour madame (short)
 
1910 A Romantic Girl (short)
 
1910 A Cure for Timidity (short)
 
1910 Les exploits du jeune Tartarin (short)
 
1909 Before and After (writer)
 
1909 One on Max (short) (writer)
 
1909 On a Racket (short) (writer)
 
1909 Who Will Win My Heart (short) (writer)
 
1909 Willyboy Gets His (short) (writer)
 
1909 Max and the Lady Doctor (short) (writer)
 
1908 Unwilling Chiropodist (short) (writer)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1921 Be My Wife (short) (producer)
 
1921 Seven Years Bad Luck (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 1-F (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1983 L'homme au chapeau de soie (documentary)
 
1983 Historia del cine: Epoca muda (video documentary)
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1971 Film Night (TV series)
 
1963 En compagnie de Max Linder
 
1931 The Theft of the Mona Lisa
 
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Personal Details

Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)
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Personal Quote:

Yes, I have been on the stage. I started on the stage. But stage comedy and screen comedy are entirely different. One must think more to be successful on the screen. On the stage, one relies on the physical appearance, on the voice, on the wit and repartee of the play, as well as on personality. On the screen... See more »

Trivia:

Appeared in more than 400 films during 1905-1925, most of which were short comedies; out of these, little more than two hundred have been possible to identify, and to date, less than a hundred of them are known to still exist. See more »

Trademark:

Silk hat, stick and moustache See more »

Nickname:

Gentleman Max See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius