Max Linder
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1883-12-16 (42 years old)
Deathday
1925-11-01
Place of Birth
Cavernes, Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France
Also known As
Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle
Gentleman Max
Max Linder
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 unprecede...
Acting
1907
1911
1912
1921
as Max
1910
as Jacques de Lacerda
1911
as Max
1914
as Max
1917
as Himself
1911
as Max
1917
as Max
1909
1911
1912
as Max
1922
as Dart-In-Again
1905
1914
as Max
1912
as Max
1913
as Max
1912
as Max
1912
as Max
1910
as Max
1910
as Max
1909
1914
as Max
1909
1912
as Max
1912
as Max
1912
as Max
1912
as Max
1908
as Dieutegarde
1907
as Polichinelle / Ponchinella / Harlequin
1908
1906
1914
as Max
1915
1911
as Max
1907
as Max
1921
as Max, the Fiancé
1924
as Max
1911
1913
as Max
1910
as Max
1911
as Max
1912
as Max
1912
as Max
1914
as Max
1914
as Max
1912
as Max
1907
as Man on park bench
1913
1915
as Max
1924
1919
1907
1924
as Max Graf von Pompadour
1910
as Tartarin
1910
as Max
1913
1913
1917
as Max
1931
as (archive footage)
1914
1910
as Max
1910
2024
as Self (archive footage)
1912
as Max (uncredited)
1917
1909
1908
as The ballet master
1963
as Self (archive footage)
1907
1910
as Max
1911
as Max
1910
as Max
1911
as Max
1907
as Max
1910
as Max
1912
as Max
1912
1912
as Max
1913
as Max
1913
as Max
1983
as Self (archive footage)
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1917
as Max
1917
1913
as Max
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1914
as Max
1908
1910
1909
as Arsène Lupin
1906
as Julot
1946
as (self)
1948
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1955
as Archive Footage
Production
1911
as Director
1911
as Writer
1921
as Director
1922
as Director
1922
as Writer
1909
as Director
1912
as Director
1914
as Director
1917
as Director
1911
as Director
1917
as Director
1911
as Director
1911
as Writer
1917
as Director
1912
as Director
1912
as Writer
1912
as Director
1911
as Scenario Writer
1913
as Director
1912
as Director
1912
as Director
1910
as Director
1921
as Director
1912
as Director
1912
as Director
1912
as Director
1912
as Director
1912
as Director
1910
as Director
1914
as Director
1914
as Director
1915
as Director
1911
as Director
1910
as Director
1913
as Director
1913
as Writer
1911
as Director
1912
as Director
1912
as Director
1912
as Director
1914
as Director
1914
as Director
1917
as Director
1913
as Director
1923
as Story
1912
as Director
1908
as Director
1915
as Director
1915
as Writer
1924
as Writer
1921
as Writer
1921
as Producer
1921
as Writer
1921
as Producer
1910
as Director
1910
1914
as Writer
1913
as Writer
1912
as Writer
1912
as Director
1912
as Director
1913
as Director
1913
as Director
1912
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Writer
1914
as Director
1913
as Director
1914
as Director
1910
as Director
1915
as Director
1910
as Writer
1912
as Director
1914
as Writer
1912
as Writer
1914
as Writer
1910
as Writer
1911
as Writer
1911
as Writer
1911
as Writer
1924
as Writer
1963
as Writer
1909
as Director
1913
as Writer
1912
as Writer
1912
as Writer
1910
as Writer
1917
as Director
1911
as Director
1910
as Writer
1910
as Director
1913
as Director
1914
as Director
1911
as Director
1910
as Director
1912
as Director
1913
as Director
1912
as Director
1912
as Director
1913
as Director
1919
as Writer
1927
as Writer
1917
as Director
1917
as Writer
1913
as Director
1913
as Scenario Writer
1914
as Director
1917
as Writer
1914
as Director
1910
as Writer
1906
as Director
1906
as Screenplay
1911
as Director
1913
as Writer
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