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 Ă©mule 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