
Cast
Max Linder
Acting
Cast
Max Linder
Known for
Acting
Born
1883-12-16
From
Cavernes, Saint-LoubĂšs, Gironde, France
Died
1925-11-01
Also known as Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle, Gentleman Max
Biography
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.

Easter Parade
as Audience Member (uncredited)

Max Embarrassed
as Max

Charlie the Innkeeper

Attempted Suicide

Le Petit Café

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as archive footage

An Agitated Night

The Forced Marriage

Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)

In a Difficult Position
as Dieutegarde

Be My Wife
as Max, the Fiancé

The Theft of the Mona Lisa
as (archive footage)

King of the Circus
as Max Graf von Pompadour

Max and the Lady Doctor
as Max

Life and Deaths of Max Linder
as Self (archive footage)

Troubles of a Grass Widower

The Barometer of Fidelity

Seven Years Bad Luck
as Max

Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
as Self

Max's First Job
as Max

Max Juggles for Love
as Max

The Way of the World
as (Archive Footage)

Au secours !
as Max

A Drama in Seaville
as The Rival

Max Gets Stuck Up
as Max

Chance and Love
as Max

Max Plays the Part

Max and His Mother-in-Law
as Max

The Little Vixen

Max Hates Cats

Max Skiing
as Max

Max and the Donkey
as Max

Max as a Musician
as Max

All in Good Fun
as Archive Footage

Max, médecin malgré lui
as Max

The Three Must-Get-Theres
as Dart-In-Again

Pitou, bonne d'enfants

The Man in the Silk Hat
as Self (archive footage)

A Short-Sighted Duellist
as Max

Max Toreador

Max and the Statue
as Max

Max Makes a Touch

Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
as Max

Laugh with Max Linder
as Self (archive footage)

Max Sets the Style
as Max

Champion de boxe
as Max

The False Max Linder
as Max

Max in a Taxi
as Himself

Romeo Turns Bandit

The World of Yesteryear â Max Linder
as Self

A Conquest

Hairdresser of Love

A Farmhouse Romance
as Max

Max in Monaco

Max Wishes He Hadn't

The Wedding Trunk
as Max

Max Comes Across
as Max

Max Fears the Dogs
as Max

The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger
as Tartarin

Harlequin's Story
as Polichinelle / Ponchinella / Harlequin

Jalousie

In Love with the Bearded Woman

Max se marie
as Max

Max Takes a Bath
as Max

Max the Heartbreaker

Tout sur mon pĂšre Max Linder
as Self (archive footage)

Max's Hat
as Max

Max Takes Back His Freedom
as Max (uncredited)

Max Learns to Skate
as Max

The Dentures

Max Sets the Fashion
as Max

Joined Lips

Max's Vacation
as Max

Max Linder Does All the Sports
as Max

His First Cigar

C'est Papa qui a pris la purge
as Man on park bench

Max Wants a Divorce
as Max

Max Plays at Drama

Max Takes Tonics
as Max

Max Wants to Grow
as Max

I Want a Baby

Noisy Neighbors

Max Linder's Appointment

At the Show

The Romance of Max
as Max

Max: Jockey for Love
as Max

Comment Max fait le tour du monde

Max asthmatique
as Max

A Nervous Twitch Is Catching (Un Tic Nerveux Contagieux)

Le billet doux
as Max

The Puzzle

Max and His Dog Dick
as Max

Cordial Agreement

Max in the Convent

First Night Out

Max and the Purse

Max: Boxer By Love

Unforeseen Meeting

Max as a Chiropodist
as Max

Phial of Poison

Une ruse de mari

Max Takes a Picture

Max est distrait
as Max

Max's Latest Hobby

Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
as The ballet master

Max and the Jealous Husband
as Max

Those Were The Days
as (self)

Max Linder Collection 1917-1922

Love's Surprises

Le duel de Max
as Max

Trop aimée
as Max

The Effects of Pills
as Max

Max manque un riche mariage
as Max

Max, Tango Teacher

Un pari original
as Max

The Water-Funker
as Max

For a Necklace

Max amoureux de la teinturiĂšre
as Max

Long-Lasting Love
as Max

An Unexpected Marriage

Max devrait porter des bretelles
as Max

Max Speaks English
as Max

Max émule de Tartarin
as Max

Le serment d'un prince
as Jacques de Lacerda

Max Is Convalescent
as Max

Max a un duel
as Max

The Gentleman Thief
as ArsĂšne Lupin