Max Linder
Actor
Born December 16, 1883 in Cavernes, Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France
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.
Filmography
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
archive footage
Max Linder Collection 1917-1922
Birth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage)
The Man in the Silk Hat
Self (archive footage)
Laugh with Max Linder
Self (archive footage)
All in Good Fun
Archive Footage
Easter Parade
Audience Member (uncredited)
The Way of the World
(Archive Footage)
Charlie the Innkeeper
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
(archive footage)
Maxim's Porter
Au secours !
Max
King of the Circus
Max Graf von Pompadour
Par habitude
The Three Must-Get-Theres
Dart-In-Again
Be My Wife
Max, the Fiancé
Seven Years Bad Luck
Max
Le Petit Café
Max the Heartbreaker
Max in a Taxi
Himself
Max Wants a Divorce
Max
Max Comes Across
Max
Max and the Purse
Max devrait porter des bretelles
Max
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
Self
Chance and Love
Max
Hairdresser of Love
Max in Monaco
The False Max Linder
Max
Max in the Convent
The Forced Marriage
Max Plays at Drama
Max and the Lady Doctor
Max
Max Plays the Part
Max as a Chiropodist
Max
Max Wishes He Hadn't
Max and the Jealous Husband
Max
Max Speaks English
Max
Max's Vacation
Max
Max as a Musician
Max
Max's Hat
Max
Le billet doux
Max
Max Toreador
Max Linder Does All the Sports
Max
Max: Jockey for Love
Max
Max Linder's Appointment
Max Takes a Picture
Max and the Statue
Max
Max Wants to Grow
Max
The Water-Funker
Max
Jalousie
Long-Lasting Love
Max
Cordial Agreement
A Farmhouse Romance
Max
The Wedding Trunk
Max
Max and the Donkey
Max
An Agitated Night
Max Juggles for Love
Max
Max and His Dog Dick
Max
Max Takes Back His Freedom
Max (uncredited)
Max Sets the Fashion
Max
Max Takes Tonics
Max
Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
Max
Max Is Convalescent
Max
Max and His Mother-in-Law
Max
Max Takes a Bath
Max
Champion de boxe
Max
Max Gets Stuck Up
Max
Max Embarrassed
Max
Max's First Job
Max
Max Skiing
Max
I Want a Baby
The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger
Tartarin
The Dentures
The Barometer of Fidelity
The Little Vixen
A Conquest
Love's Surprises
In Love with the Bearded Woman
Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
The ballet master
His First Cigar
Troubles of a Grass Widower
Harlequin's Story
Polichinelle / Ponchinella / Harlequin
Max Learns to Skate
Max
At the Show
Phial of Poison
Attempted Suicide
C'est Papa qui a pris la purge
Man on park bench