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Max Linder‌

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Male

Birthday

calendar1883-12-16

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Max Linder

Cavernes, Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France

Max Linder

Cavernes, Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1883-12-16

Popularity

star2.9

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.

Movie Credits

Au music-hall (At the Music Hall)

Au music-hall (At the Music Hall)‌
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calendar 1907

Une ruse de mari

Une ruse de mari‌
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calendar 1911

Max Wishes He Hadn't

Max Wishes He Hadn't‌
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calendar 1914

Jalousie

Jalousie‌
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calendar 1912

Seven Years Bad Luck

Seven Years Bad Luck‌
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calendar 1921

Le serment d'un prince

Le serment d'un prince‌
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calendar 1910

Champion de boxe

Champion de boxe‌
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calendar 1911

Max Speaks English

Max Speaks English‌
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calendar 1914

Max in a Taxi

Max in a Taxi‌
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calendar 1917

Max Takes Tonics

Max Takes Tonics‌
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calendar 1911

Max Wants a Divorce

Max Wants a Divorce‌
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calendar 1917

La Petite Rosse

La Petite Rosse‌
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calendar 1909

Max and His Mother-in-Law

Max and His Mother-in-Law‌
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calendar 1911

Max the Heartbreaker

Max the Heartbreaker‌
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calendar 1917

Max and His Dog Dick

Max and His Dog Dick‌
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calendar 1912

The Three Must-Get-Theres

The Three Must-Get-Theres‌
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calendar 1922

First Night Out

First Night Out‌
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calendar 1905

The False Max Linder

The False Max Linder‌
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calendar 1914

A Farmhouse Romance

A Farmhouse Romance‌
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calendar 1912

Max's Hat

Max's Hat‌
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calendar 1913

Max Takes a Picture

Max Takes a Picture‌
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calendar 1913

Max Wants to Grow

Max Wants to Grow‌
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calendar 1912

Max Fears the Dogs

Max Fears the Dogs‌
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calendar 1912

Max Juggles for Love

Max Juggles for Love‌
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calendar 1912

Max: Boxer By Love

Max: Boxer By Love‌
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calendar 1912

Max's First Job

Max's First Job‌
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calendar 1910

Max Gets Stuck Up

Max Gets Stuck Up‌
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calendar 1910

Max Plays the Part

Max Plays the Part‌
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calendar 1914

Romeo Turns Bandit

Romeo Turns Bandit‌
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calendar 1909

The Dentures

The Dentures‌
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calendar 1909

Max and the Lady Doctor

Max and the Lady Doctor‌
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calendar 1914

Love's Surprises

Love's Surprises‌
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calendar 1909

Max and the Donkey

Max and the Donkey‌
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calendar 1912

Max and the Statue

Max and the Statue‌
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calendar 1912

An Agitated Night

An Agitated Night‌
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calendar 1912

The Romance of Max

The Romance of Max‌
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calendar 1912

Max Sets the Fashion

Max Sets the Fashion‌
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calendar 1912

In a Difficult Position

In a Difficult Position‌
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calendar 1908

Harlequin's Story

Harlequin's Story‌
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calendar 1907

His First Cigar

His First Cigar‌
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calendar 1908

Joined Lips

Joined Lips‌
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calendar 1907

Max Sets the Style

Max Sets the Style‌
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calendar 1914

Max in Monaco

Max in Monaco‌
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calendar 1915

Max Takes a Bath

Max Takes a Bath‌
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calendar 1911

Max Learns to Skate

Max Learns to Skate‌
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calendar 1907

Be My Wife

Be My Wife‌
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calendar 1921

Au Secours !

Au Secours !‌
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calendar 1924

Max and Jane Want to Do Theater

Max and Jane Want to Do Theater‌
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calendar 1911

Max: Jockey for Love

Max: Jockey for Love‌
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calendar 1913

The Barometer of Fidelity

The Barometer of Fidelity‌
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calendar 1909

Max Embarrassed

Max Embarrassed‌
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calendar 1910

Max Is Convalescent

Max Is Convalescent‌
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calendar 1911

Long-Lasting Love

Long-Lasting Love‌
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calendar 1912

Cordial Agreement

Cordial Agreement‌
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calendar 1912

The Water-Funker

The Water-Funker‌
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calendar 1912

Max's Vacation

Max's Vacation‌
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calendar 1914

Max as a Chiropodist

Max as a Chiropodist‌
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calendar 1914

The Wedding Trunk

The Wedding Trunk‌
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calendar 1912

Dogs used as smugglers

Dogs used as smugglers‌
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calendar 1906

C'est Papa qui a pris la purge

C'est Papa qui a pris la purge‌
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calendar 1907

Max and the Purse

Max and the Purse‌
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calendar 1917

Max Linder Does All the Sports

Max Linder Does All the Sports‌
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calendar 1913

A Nervous Twitch Is Catching (Un Tic Nerveux Contagieux)

A Nervous Twitch Is Catching (Un Tic Nerveux Contagieux)‌
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calendar

Troubles of a Grass Widower

Troubles of a Grass Widower‌
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calendar 1908

Chance and Love

Chance and Love‌
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calendar 1915

The World of Yesteryear – Max Linder

The World of Yesteryear – Max Linder‌
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calendar 1924

Le Petit Café

Le Petit Café‌
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calendar 1919

For a Necklace

For a Necklace‌
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calendar 1907

King of the Circus

King of the Circus‌
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calendar 1924

The Husband's Trick

The Husband's Trick‌
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calendar 1907

The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger

The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger‌
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calendar 1910

Max Makes a Touch

Max Makes a Touch‌
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calendar 1910

A Short-Sighted Duellist

A Short-Sighted Duellist‌
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calendar 1910

Max, Tango Teacher

Max, Tango Teacher‌
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calendar 1912

Max Toreador

Max Toreador‌
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calendar 1913

Max Hates Cats

Max Hates Cats‌
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calendar 1913

Max, médecin malgré lui

Max, médecin malgré lui‌
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calendar 1917

Attempted Suicide

Attempted Suicide‌
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calendar 1906

In Love with the Bearded Woman

In Love with the Bearded Woman‌
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calendar 1909

The Theft of the Mona Lisa

The Theft of the Mona Lisa‌
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calendar 1931

The Forced Marriage

The Forced Marriage‌
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calendar 1914

Max in the Convent

Max in the Convent‌
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calendar 1914

An Unexpected Marriage

An Unexpected Marriage‌
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calendar 1913

Max and the Jealous Husband

Max and the Jealous Husband‌
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calendar 1914

Max Skiing

Max Skiing‌
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calendar 1910

I Want a Baby

I Want a Baby‌
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calendar 1910

Hairdresser of Love

Hairdresser of Love‌
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calendar 1915

Max Plays at Drama

Max Plays at Drama‌
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calendar 1914

Life and death of Max Linder

Life and death of Max Linder‌
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calendar 2024

Max Takes Back His Freedom

Max Takes Back His Freedom‌
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calendar 1912

Max devrait porter des bretelles

Max devrait porter des bretelles‌
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calendar 1917

A Conquest

A Conquest‌
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calendar 1909

Beginning of the Serpentine Dance

Beginning of the Serpentine Dance‌
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calendar 1908

It Had to Be You

It Had to Be You‌
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calendar 1947

Laugh with Max Linder

Laugh with Max Linder‌
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calendar 1963

Phial of Poison

Phial of Poison‌
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calendar 1907

The Effects of Pills

The Effects of Pills‌
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calendar 1910

Max se marie

Max se marie‌
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calendar 1911

Trop aimée

Trop aimée‌
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calendar 1910

Max a un duel

Max a un duel‌
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calendar 1911

Chaussure trop étroite

Chaussure trop étroite‌
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calendar 1907

Max est distrait

Max est distrait‌
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calendar 1910

Max émule de Tartarin

Max émule de Tartarin‌
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calendar 1912

Max amoureux de la teinturière

Max amoureux de la teinturière‌
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calendar 1912

Un pari original

Un pari original‌
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calendar 1912

Le duel de Max

Le duel de Max‌
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calendar 1913

Max as a Musician

Max as a Musician‌
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calendar 1913

The Man in the Silk Hat

The Man in the Silk Hat‌
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calendar 1983

Birth of the Tramp

Birth of the Tramp‌
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calendar 2013

Max Comes Across

Max Comes Across‌
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calendar 1917

Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin

Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin‌
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calendar 1917

Le billet doux

Le billet doux‌
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calendar 1913

Tout sur mon père Max Linder

Tout sur mon père Max Linder‌
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calendar 2013

Max asthmatique

Max asthmatique‌
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calendar 1914

Noisy Neighbors

Noisy Neighbors‌
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calendar 1908

Max's Latest Hobby

Max's Latest Hobby‌
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calendar 1914

Max manque un riche mariage

Max manque un riche mariage‌
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calendar 1910

The Gentleman Thief

The Gentleman Thief‌
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calendar 1909

Max Linder's Appointment

Max Linder's Appointment‌
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calendar 1913

Tv Credits

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma‌
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calendar 1978