Max Linder

Max Linder

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 making his screen debut in 1905 he quickly became an enormously famous and successful film comedian on both sides of the Atlantic, thanks to his character "Max", a top-hatted dandy. By 1912, he was the highest-paid film star in the world, with an unprecedented salary of one million francs. He began to direct films in 1911 and showed equal facility behind the camera, but his career suffered an almost terminal blow when he was called up to fight in World War I. He was gassed, and the illness that resulted would blight his career. Although offered a contract in America, recurring ill-health meant that his US films had little of the sparkle of his early French work, and a brief attempt to revive his career by making films for the recently-formed United Artists (one of whose founders, of course, was Chaplin) in the early 1920s came to little, although these later films are now regarded as classics. He returned to France and killed himself in a suicide pact with his wife in 1925.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1883-12-16
Place of Birth: Cavernes, Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France
Also Known As: Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle, Gentleman Max

Movies List of Max Linder

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Une ruse de mari

1911 Movie
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Max Wishes He Hadn't

1914 Movie
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Jalousie

1912 Movie
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Seven Years Bad Luck

1921 Movie
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Champion de boxe

1911 Movie
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Max Speaks English

1914 Movie
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Max in a Taxi

1917 Movie
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Max Takes Tonics

1911 Movie
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Max Wants a Divorce

1917 Movie
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La Petite Rosse

1909 Movie
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Max the Heartbreaker

1917 Movie
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Max and His Dog Dick

1912 Movie
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First Night Out

1905 Movie
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The False Max Linder

1914 Movie
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A Farmhouse Romance

1912 Movie
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Max's Hat

1913 Movie
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Max Takes a Picture

1913 Movie
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Max Wants to Grow

1912 Movie
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Max Fears the Dogs

1912 Movie
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Max Juggles for Love

1912 Movie
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Max: Boxer By Love

1912 Movie
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Max's First Job

1910 Movie
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Max Gets Stuck Up

1910 Movie
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Max Plays the Part

1914 Movie
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Romeo Turns Bandit

1909 Movie
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The Dentures

1909 Movie
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Love's Surprises

1909 Movie
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Max and the Donkey

1912 Movie
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Max and the Statue

1912 Movie
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An Agitated Night

1912 Movie
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The Romance of Max

1912 Movie
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Max Sets the Fashion

1912 Movie
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Harlequin's Story

1907 Movie
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His First Cigar

1908 Movie
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Joined Lips

1907 Movie
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Max Sets the Style

1914 Movie
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Max in Monaco

1915 Movie
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Max Takes a Bath

1911 Movie
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Max Learns to Skate

1907 Movie
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Be My Wife

1921 Movie
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Au Secours !

1924 Movie
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Max: Jockey for Love

1913 Movie
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Max Embarrassed

1910 Movie
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Max Is Convalescent

1911 Movie
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Long-Lasting Love

1912 Movie
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Cordial Agreement

1912 Movie
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The Water-Funker

1912 Movie
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Max's Vacation

1914 Movie
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Max as a Chiropodist

1914 Movie
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The Wedding Trunk

1912 Movie
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Max and the Purse

1917 Movie
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Chance and Love

1915 Movie
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Le Petit Café

1919 Movie
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For a Necklace

1907 Movie
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King of the Circus

1924 Movie
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The Husband's Trick

1907 Movie
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Max Makes a Touch

1910 Movie
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Max, Tango Teacher

1912 Movie
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Max Toreador

1913 Movie
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Max Hates Cats

1913 Movie
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Attempted Suicide

1906 Movie
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The Forced Marriage

1914 Movie
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Max in the Convent

1914 Movie
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Max Skiing

1910 Movie
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I Want a Baby

1910 Movie
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Hairdresser of Love

1915 Movie
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Max Plays at Drama

1914 Movie
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A Conquest

1909 Movie
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It Had to Be You

1947 Movie
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Laugh with Max Linder

1963 Movie
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Phial of Poison

1907 Movie
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The Effects of Pills

1910 Movie
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Max se marie

1911 Movie
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Trop aimée

1910 Movie
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Max a un duel

1911 Movie
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Max est distrait

1910 Movie
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Un pari original

1912 Movie
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Le duel de Max

1913 Movie
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Max as a Musician

1913 Movie
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Birth of the Tramp

2013 Movie
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Max Comes Across

1917 Movie
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Le billet doux

1913 Movie
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Max asthmatique

1914 Movie
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Noisy Neighbors

1908 Movie
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Max's Latest Hobby

1914 Movie
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The Gentleman Thief

1909 Movie