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Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle, Gentleman Max
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1883-12-16
- event Death Date 1925-11-01
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 2.8
- info Birth Place Cavernes, Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Max Linder
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Une ruse de mari
1911-01-16
5
Au music-hall (At the Music Hall)
1907-01-01
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Jalousie
1912-12-01
0
Max Wishes He Hadn't
1914-04-14
6.7
Seven Years Bad Luck
1921-02-06
0
Le serment d'un prince
1910-01-01
5
Champion de boxe
1911-01-10
4.9
Max Wants a Divorce
1917-03-26
4.8
Max in a Taxi
1917-04-23
5.2
Max Speaks English
1914-03-06
5.3
Max and His Mother-in-Law
1911-04-28
5.3
Max and His Dog Dick
1912-02-09
6.5
Max Takes Tonics
1911-12-15
3.2
La Petite Rosse
1909-10-22
4.6
Max the Heartbreaker
1917-05-04
6.3
The Three Must-Get-Theres
1922-08-22
0
First Night Out
1905-08-05
5
The False Max Linder
1914-09-29
4.2
A Farmhouse Romance
1912-08-15
5.9
Max's Hat
1913-10-24
5.8
Max Takes a Picture
1913-01-12
4.5
Max Fears the Dogs
1912-05-08
5.2
Max Wants to Grow
1912-12-06
5.2
Max Juggles for Love
1912-05-08
5.5
Max: Boxer By Love
1912-10-24
5.1
Max's First Job
1910-10-01
4.8
Max Gets Stuck Up
1910-12-31
5
The Dentures
1909-11-16
5
Romeo Turns Bandit
1909-05-16
5.8
Max and the Lady Doctor
1914-07-10
5
Love's Surprises
1909-10-16
4.5
Max Plays the Part
1914-07-01
4.7
Max and the Donkey
1912-07-04
4.8
An Agitated Night
1912-05-24
5.3
The Romance of Max
1912-10-17
5.4
Max and the Statue
1912-12-20
5.2
Max Sets the Fashion
1912-01-05
5
His First Cigar
1908-01-18
5
In a Difficult Position
1908-02-15
5
Harlequin's Story
1907-06-20
4.5
Joined Lips
1907-01-11
5.4
Max Sets the Style
1914-03-05
5.2
Max in Monaco
1915-01-07
6.1
Max Takes a Bath
1911-02-01
4.9
Max Learns to Skate
1907-05-09
6.8
Be My Wife
1921-04-01
6.6
Au Secours !
1924-06-17
5.4
Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
1911-12-11
7
Max: Jockey for Love
1913-03-21
5.1
The Barometer of Fidelity
1909-11-04
5
Max Embarrassed
1910-11-12
4.9
The Water-Funker
1912-12-06
4.6
Long-Lasting Love
1912-10-03
5.6
Cordial Agreement
1912-09-19
6.2
Max Is Convalescent
1911-08-25
4.9
Max as a Chiropodist
1914-04-23
5.8
Max's Vacation
1914-01-09
4.2
The Wedding Trunk
1912-07-18
4
Dogs used as smugglers
1906-10-15
4.5
C'est Papa qui a pris la purge
1907-01-17
4.9
Max and the Purse
1917-02-02
5.5
Max Linder Does All the Sports
1913-07-03
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A Nervous Twitch Is Catching (Un Tic Nerveux Contagieux)
5.2
Troubles of a Grass Widower
1908-02-29
5.2
Chance and Love
1915-12-31
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The World of Yesteryear – Max Linder
1924-03-09
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Le Petit Café
1919-01-02
0
For a Necklace
1907-01-02
0
The Husband's Trick
1907-01-02
5
King of the Circus
1924-05-23
0
The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger
1910-01-07
5.5
Max Makes a Touch
1910-05-20
5.5
Max Toreador
1913-09-11
5
Max Hates Cats
1913-09-26
4.9
Max, Tango Teacher
1912-08-16
4.5
A Short-Sighted Duellist
1910-07-01
0
Max, médecin malgré lui
1917-09-21
6
Attempted Suicide
1906-12-14
4.3
In Love with the Bearded Woman
1909-07-31
5.3
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931-08-24
4.5
The Forced Marriage
1914-08-10
5
Max in the Convent
1914-08-13
5
Max Skiing
1910-07-14
4
An Unexpected Marriage
1913-11-11
5
Max and the Jealous Husband
1914-04-10
0
Max Plays at Drama
1914-07-23
6
I Want a Baby
1910-04-08
5.5
Hairdresser of Love
1915-04-22
0
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
2024-05-13
5.8
Max Takes Back His Freedom
1912-01-26
0
Max devrait porter des bretelles
1917-01-01
0
A Conquest
1909-10-22
4.8
Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
1908-06-26
6.5
It Had to Be You
1947-12-07
7.2
Laugh with Max Linder
1963-11-22
0
Phial of Poison
1907-02-16
0
The Effects of Pills
1910-07-09
0
Max se marie
1911-03-17
4
Trop aimée
1910-10-15
0
Chaussure trop étroite
1907-01-01
0
Max émule de Tartarin
1912-08-30
0
Max a un duel
1911-09-11
0
Max est distrait
1910-07-03
0
Un pari original
1912-06-21
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Max amoureux de la teinturière
1912-02-23
0
Le duel de Max
1913-08-29
0
Max as a Musician
1913-12-12
0
The Man in the Silk Hat
1983-11-05
7.1
Birth of the Tramp
2013-12-29
0
Max Comes Across
1917-02-18
7
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
1917-01-01
0
Le billet doux
1913-10-24
0
Tout sur mon père Max Linder
2013-12-31
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Max asthmatique
1914-09-17
0
Noisy Neighbors
1908-07-11
0
Max's Latest Hobby
1914-02-14
4
Max manque un riche mariage
1910-12-03
0
The Gentleman Thief
1909-01-01
6
Max Linder's Appointment
1913-03-07
0
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978-09-24
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Champion de boxe
1911-01-10
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Champion de boxe
1911-01-10
0
Seven Years Bad Luck
1921-02-06
0
The Three Must-Get-Theres
1922-08-22
0
The Three Must-Get-Theres
1922-08-22
0
The Gentleman Thief
1909-01-01
0
Max Juggles for Love
1912-05-08
0
Max Takes Tonics
1911-12-15
0
Max and His Dog Dick
1912-02-09
0
Max the Heartbreaker
1917-05-04
0
Max and His Dog Dick
1912-02-09
0
Max in a Taxi
1917-04-23
0
Max Wants a Divorce
1917-03-26
0
Max and His Mother-in-Law
1911-04-28
0
Max Speaks English
1914-03-06
0
Max and His Mother-in-Law
1911-04-28
0
A Farmhouse Romance
1912-08-15
0
Max Takes a Bath
1911-02-01
0
Max's Hat
1913-10-24
0
Max Wants to Grow
1912-12-06
0
Max: Boxer By Love
1912-10-24
0
Max's First Job
1910-10-01
0
Be My Wife
1921-04-01
0
Max and the Statue
1912-12-20
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Max and the Donkey
1912-07-04
0
The Romance of Max
1912-10-17
0
An Agitated Night
1912-05-24
0
Max Sets the Fashion
1912-01-05
0
Max Gets Stuck Up
1910-12-31
0
Max and the Lady Doctor
1914-07-10
0
Max Sets the Style
1914-03-05
0
Max in Monaco
1915-01-07
0
Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
1911-12-11
0
Max Embarrassed
1910-11-12
0
Max Linder's Appointment
1913-03-07
0
Max Linder's Appointment
1913-03-07
0
The Water-Funker
1912-12-06
0
Max Is Convalescent
1911-08-25
0
Long-Lasting Love
1912-10-03
0
Cordial Agreement
1912-09-19
0
Max as a Chiropodist
1914-04-23
0
Max's Vacation
1914-01-09
0
Max and the Purse
1917-02-02
0
Max Linder Does All the Sports
1913-07-03
0
Par habitude
1923-09-28
0
The Wedding Trunk
1912-07-18
0
Troubles of a Grass Widower
1908-02-29
0
Chance and Love
1915-12-31
0
Chance and Love
1915-12-31
0
King of the Circus
1924-05-23
0
Seven Years Bad Luck
1921-02-06
0
Be My Wife
1921-04-01
0
Be My Wife
1921-04-01
0
Seven Years Bad Luck
1921-02-06
0
The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger
1910-01-07
0
The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger
1910-01-07
0
Max as a Musician
1913-12-12
0
Jalousie
1912-12-01
0
Max Wishes He Hadn't
1914-04-14
0
Jalousie
1912-12-01
0
Max, Tango Teacher
1912-08-16
0
Max Hates Cats
1913-09-26
0
Max Toreador
1913-09-11
0
Max Takes Back His Freedom
1912-01-26
0
Max, médecin malgré lui
1917-09-21
0
Max, médecin malgré lui
1917-09-21
0
The Forced Marriage
1914-08-10
0
Max and the Jealous Husband
1914-04-10
0
An Unexpected Marriage
1913-11-11
0
Hairdresser of Love
1915-04-22
0
I Want a Baby
1910-04-08
0
Max Gets Stuck Up
1910-12-31
0
Max Fears the Dogs
1912-05-08
0
Max's Vacation
1914-01-09
0
Max and the Lady Doctor
1914-07-10
0
I Want a Baby
1910-04-08
0
Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
1911-12-11
0
Max Takes Back His Freedom
1912-01-26
0
Max Is Convalescent
1911-08-25
0
Une ruse de mari
1911-01-16
0
Au Secours !
1924-06-17
0
Laugh with Max Linder
1963-11-22
0
Love's Surprises
1909-10-16
0
Au music-hall (At the Music Hall)
1907-01-01
0
Max's Hat
1913-10-24
0
Max and the Statue
1912-12-20
0
Cordial Agreement
1912-09-19
0
The Effects of Pills
1910-07-09
0
Max devrait porter des bretelles
1917-01-01
0
Max se marie
1911-03-17
0
Le serment d'un prince
1910-01-01
0
Le serment d'un prince
1910-01-01
0
Max: Jockey for Love
1913-03-21
0
Max Wishes He Hadn't
1914-04-14
0
Max a un duel
1911-09-11
0
Max est distrait
1910-07-03
0
Max émule de Tartarin
1912-08-30
0
Max as a Musician
1913-12-12
0
Un pari original
1912-06-21
0
Max amoureux de la teinturière
1912-02-23
0
Le duel de Max
1913-08-29
0
Le Petit Café
1919-01-02
0
Maxim's Porter
1927-11-18
0
Max Comes Across
1917-02-18
0
Max Comes Across
1917-02-18
0
Le billet doux
1913-10-24
0
Le billet doux
1913-10-24
0
Max asthmatique
1914-09-17
0
Max Wants a Divorce
1917-03-26
0
Max's Latest Hobby
1914-02-14
0
Max manque un riche mariage
1910-12-03