Max Linder
male
Born on December 16, 1883 (141 years old)
Passed Away on November 01, 1925
From Cavernes, Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 1924
- 1922
- 1921
- 1917
- 1915
- 1914
Max Wishes He Hadn't
1914
Max Speaks English
as
Max
1914
The False Max Linder
as
Max
1914
Max Plays the Part
1914
Max and the Lady Doctor
as
Max
1914
Max Sets the Style
as
Max
1914
Max as a Chiropodist
as
Max
1914
Max's Vacation
as
Max
1914
Max in the Convent
1914
The Forced Marriage
1914
Max and the Jealous Husband
as
Max
1914
Max Plays at Drama
1914
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Max asthmatique
as
Max
1914
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Max's Latest Hobby
1914
- 1913
- 1912
Jalousie
1912
Max and His Dog Dick
as
Max
1912
A Farmhouse Romance
as
Max
1912
Max Wants to Grow
as
Max
1912
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Max Fears the Dogs
as
Max
1912
Max Juggles for Love
1912
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Max: Boxer By Love
1912
Max and the Donkey
as
Max
1912
Max and the Statue
as
Max
1912
An Agitated Night
1912
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The Romance of Max
as
Max
1912
Max Sets the Fashion
as
Max
1912
Cordial Agreement
1912
Long-Lasting Love
as
Max
1912
The Water-Funker
as
Max
1912
The Wedding Trunk
as
Max
1912
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Max, Tango Teacher
1912
Max Takes Back His Freedom
as
Max (uncredited)
1912
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Max émule de Tartarin
as
Max
1912
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Un pari original
as
Max
1912
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Max amoureux de la teinturière
as
Max
1912
- 1911
- no image
Une ruse de mari
1911
Champion de boxe
as
Max
1911
Max and His Mother-in-Law
as
Max
1911
Max Takes Tonics
as
Max
1911
Max Takes a Bath
as
Max
1911
Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
as
Max
1911
Max Is Convalescent
as
Max
1911
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Max se marie
as
Max
1911
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Max a un duel
as
Max
1911
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Comment Max fait le tour du monde
1911
- 1910
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Le serment d'un prince
as
Jacques de Lacerda
1910
Max's First Job
as
Max
1910
Max Gets Stuck Up
as
Max
1910
Max Embarrassed
as
Max
1910
The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger
as
Tartarin
1910
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Max Makes a Touch
1910
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A Short-Sighted Duellist
as
Max
1910
Max Skiing
as
Max
1910
I Want a Baby
1910
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The Effects of Pills
as
Max
1910
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Trop aimée
as
Max
1910
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Max est distrait
as
Max
1910
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Max manque un riche mariage
as
Max
1910
- 1909
- 1908
- 1907
At the Show
1907
Harlequin's Story
as
Polichinelle / Ponchinella / Harlequin
1907
Max Learns to Skate
as
Max
1907
C'est Papa qui a pris la purge
as
Man on park bench
1907
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For a Necklace
1907
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The Husband's Trick
1907
Phial of Poison
1907
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Chaussure trop étroite
as
Max
1907
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Pitou, bonne d'enfants
1907
- 1906
- 1905
- 2024
- 2013
- 1983
- 1978
- 1963
- 1955
- 1948
- 1946
- 1931
- 1919
Crew Credits
- 1963
- 1927
- 1924
- 1923
- 1922
- 1921
- 1919
- 1917
Max the Heartbreaker
as
Director
1917
Max Wants a Divorce
as
Director
1917
Max in a Taxi
as
Director
1917
Max and the Purse
as
Director
1917
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Max, médecin malgré lui
as
Director
1917
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Max, médecin malgré lui
as
Writer
1917
Max devrait porter des bretelles
as
Director
1917
Max Comes Across
as
Writer
1917
Max Comes Across
as
Director
1917
Max Wants a Divorce
as
Writer
1917
- 1915
- 1914
Max Speaks English
as
Director
1914
Max and the Lady Doctor
as
Director
1914
Max Sets the Style
as
Director
1914
Max as a Chiropodist
as
Director
1914
Max's Vacation
as
Director
1914
Max Wishes He Hadn't
as
Writer
1914
The Forced Marriage
as
Director
1914
Max and the Jealous Husband
as
Director
1914
Max and the Lady Doctor
as
Writer
1914
Max's Vacation
as
Writer
1914
Max Wishes He Hadn't
as
Director
1914
- no image
Max asthmatique
as
Director
1914
- no image
Max's Latest Hobby
as
Director
1914
- 1913
Max's Hat
as
Director
1913
Max Linder's Appointment
as
Director
1913
Max Linder's Appointment
as
Writer
1913
Max Linder Does All the Sports
as
Director
1913
Max as a Musician
as
Writer
1913
- no image
Max Hates Cats
as
Director
1913
Max Toreador
as
Director
1913
- no image
An Unexpected Marriage
as
Director
1913
Max's Hat
as
Writer
1913
Max: Jockey for Love
as
Director
1913
Max as a Musician
as
Director
1913
- no image
Le duel de Max
as
Director
1913
Le billet doux
as
Scenario Writer
1913
Le billet doux
as
Director
1913
Max Toreador
as
Writer
1913
- 1912
Max Juggles for Love
as
Director
1912
Max and His Dog Dick
as
Director
1912
Max and His Dog Dick
as
Writer
1912
A Farmhouse Romance
as
Director
1912
Max Wants to Grow
as
Director
1912
- no image
Max: Boxer By Love
as
Director
1912
Max and the Statue
as
Director
1912
Max and the Donkey
as
Director
1912
An Agitated Night
as
Director
1912
- no image
The Romance of Max
as
Director
1912
Max Sets the Fashion
as
Director
1912
Long-Lasting Love
as
Director
1912
The Water-Funker
as
Director
1912
Cordial Agreement
as
Director
1912
The Wedding Trunk
as
Director
1912
Jalousie
as
Writer
1912
Jalousie
as
Director
1912
- no image
Max, Tango Teacher
as
Director
1912
Max Takes Back His Freedom
as
Director
1912
- no image
Max Fears the Dogs
as
Director
1912
Max Takes Back His Freedom
as
Writer
1912
Max and the Statue
as
Writer
1912
Cordial Agreement
as
Writer
1912
- no image
Max émule de Tartarin
as
Director
1912
- no image
Max amoureux de la teinturière
as
Director
1912
- no image
Un pari original
as
Director
1912
- 1911
Champion de boxe
as
Director
1911
Champion de boxe
as
Writer
1911
Max Takes Tonics
as
Director
1911
Max and His Mother-in-Law
as
Director
1911
Max and His Mother-in-Law
as
Writer
1911
Max Takes a Bath
as
Scenario Writer
1911
Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
as
Director
1911
Max Is Convalescent
as
Director
1911
Max Is Convalescent
as
Writer
1911
Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
as
Writer
1911
- no image
Une ruse de mari
as
Writer
1911
- no image
Max se marie
as
Director
1911
- no image
Max a un duel
as
Director
1911
- no image
Comment Max fait le tour du monde
as
Director
1911
- 1910
Max's First Job
as
Director
1910
Max Gets Stuck Up
as
Director
1910
Max Embarrassed
as
Director
1910
The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger
as
Writer
1910
The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger
as
Director
1910
I Want a Baby
as
Director
1910
Max Gets Stuck Up
as
Writer
1910
I Want a Baby
as
Writer
1910
- no image
The Effects of Pills
as
Writer
1910
- no image
Le serment d'un prince
as
Writer
1910
- no image
Le serment d'un prince
as
Director
1910
- no image
Max est distrait
as
Director
1910
- no image
Max manque un riche mariage
as
Writer
1910
- 1909
- 1908
- 1906
