Biography
Harold Lloyd (April 18, 1893 –March 8, 1971) was an American actor. He has been called the cinema’s “first man in space.” His comedy wasn’t imported from Vaudeville or the British Music Hall like his contemporaries, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Harold learned to use the camera the way other comics used a bowler hat or a funny walk. In 1917 he shed the comedic clown personas prevalent in comedy for hundreds of years and pioneered romantic comedy by the ordinary guy up on the screen –- a guy with faults, and fears, “the boy next door.” With his young man in horned-rimmed glasses, he created classic films.
Movies & TV Shows
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Safety Last! (1923) — The Boy
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The Freshman (1925) — Harold Lamb
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) — Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
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Speedy (1928) — Harold 'Speedy' Swift
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The Kid Brother (1927) — Harold Hickory
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
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Girl Shy (1924) — Harold Meadows
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Grandma's Boy (1922) — Grandma's Boy
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Never Weaken (1921) — The Boy
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Why Worry? (1923) — Harold Van Pelham
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For Heaven's Sake (1926) — The Uptown Boy
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An Eastern Westerner (1920) — The Boy
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Haunted Spooks (1920) — The Boy
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High and Dizzy (1920) — The Boy
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) — Harold Diddlebock
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Dr. Jack (1922) — Dr. 'Jack' Jackson
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Hot Water (1924) — Harold
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Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919) — Billy Blazes
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From Hand to Mouth (1919) — The Boy
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Number, Please? (1920) — The Boy
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The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Bumping Into Broadway (1919) — The Boy
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What's My Line? (1950) — Self
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Movie Crazy (1932) — Harold Hall aka 'Trouble'
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Ask Father (1919) — The Boy
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I Do (1921) — The Boy
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Feet First (1930) — Harold Horne
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Now or Never (1921) — The Boy
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His Royal Slyness (1920) — The American Boy
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Young Mr. Jazz (1919) — Glasses Character
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Among Those Present (1921) — O'Reilly, The Boy
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Captain Kidd's Kids (1919) — The Boy
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
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The Milky Way (1936) — Burleigh Sullivan
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Get Out and Get Under (1920) — The Boy
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Take a Chance (1918) — The Sport
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Welcome Danger (1929) — Harold Bledsoe
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The Cat's-Paw (1934) — Ezekiel Cobb
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A Sailor-Made Man (1921) — The Boy
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Just Neighbors (1919) — The Boy