Larry Semon
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-07-14 (39 years old)
Deathday
1928-10-08
Place of Birth
West Point, Mississippi, USA
Also known As
Lawrence Semon
Ларри Симон
Lawrence "Larry" Semon
Larry Semon
Biography
American silent film comedian whose hugely successful career disappeared virtually overnight, Larry Semon was the son of a traveling vaudeville magician, Zera the Great. He grew up in show business and was trained in stage comedy and acrobatics. A talent for drawing and cartooning led to art school and then work as a cartoonist for various New York City newspapers. The humor evident in his published cartoons prompted executives at New York's Vitagraph Studios to hire him as a gag writer in 1916. He quickly proved himself and was promoted to director for the Hughie Mack series of comedies. His background in magic helped him create interesting ...
Acting
1927
as Slippy Lewis
1925
as Scarecrow / Toymaker
1922
as The Dumb-Bell
1922
as The son
1924
as The Speed Kid
1925
as Self
1919
as A Farmer's Boy
1918
as The Janitor
1919
as The House Detective
1919
as Larry, the Handy Man and a Drunkard
1919
as Larry
1920
as Joe
1920
as The Suitor
1920
as The Fly Cop
1921
as Larry, the Hick
1928
as The Entertainer
1928
as It
1919
as Star Boarder / Little Joe, Escaped Convict
1922
1919
as The Grocery Clerk
1925
as Borden Rhoom / Getz A. Bunn
1925
as Bert Larry
1917
as Larry
1918
as Larry Cutshaw
1918
as Caesar / A Minstrel
1918
as Larry, First Prisoner
1918
as Larry
1918
as Larry
1919
as The Husband
1919
as Larry, the Detective
1919
as Larry, a Detective
1919
as Detective Sparks
1921
as Larry, a Bakery Clerk
1921
as Larry, the Rent Collector
1921
as The Bellhop
1921
as The Sportsman
1921
as Larry, the Fall Guy
1922
as Larry, the Counter Jumper
1922
as King August / Stranger
1927
as Larry
1923
as Larry, a Suitor
1923
as Larry, a Waiter
1923
as Larry
1923
as Larry
1923
as Larry, a salesman
1924
as Larry, the Chief's son
1917
as O.U. Dubb
1924
as Tony
1918
as Lawrence
1927
as The Detective
1923
as Lay Zee, Farm Hand
1919
as The Head Waiter
1918
as Larry
1925
as Peter Pep
1917
as Our Hero
1917
as Larry
1922
as The Prop Man / Gentle Onlooker
1919
as The Sheriff
1924
as Government agent
1920
as The Stage Hand
1927
as Spuds
Production
1917
as Director
1927
as Scenario Writer
1919
as Writer
1920
as Writer
1919
as Scenario Writer
1919
as Scenario Writer
1918
as Scenario Writer
1919
as Director
1919
as Scenario Writer
1919
as Scenario Writer
1925
as Director
1916
as Writer
1917
as Writer
1918
as Writer
1922
as Director
1922
as Director
1927
as Writer
1924
as Director
1922
as Writer
1922
as Producer
1924
as Producer
1918
as Director
1919
as Director
1917
as Director
1919
as Director
1919
as Director
1920
as Director
1920
as Director
1920
as Director
1921
as Director
1918
as Director
1918
as Director
1918
as Director
1918
as Director
1918
as Director
1919
as Director
1919
as Director
1919
as Director
1919
as Director
1928
as Director
1928
as Director
1919
as Director
1922
as Director
1921
as Director
1921
as Director
1921
as Director
1921
as Director
1921
as Director
1919
as Director
1922
as Director
1922
as Director
1927
as Director
1923
as Director
1923
as Director
1923
as Director
1923
as Director
1923
as Director
1924
as Director
1925
as Director
1917
as Director
1916
as Director
1918
as Scenario Writer
1916
as Director
1917
as Director
1922
as Writer
1922
as Producer
1917
as Director
1924
as Writer
1924
as Producer
1918
as Director
1927
as Director
1923
as Director
1916
as Director
1916
as Director
1925
as Writer
1917
as Director
1923
as Writer
1916
as Director
1916
as Story
1922
as Writer
1922
as Executive Producer
1925
as Scenario Writer
1925
as Producer
1925
as Producer
1924
as Director
1921
as Story
1921
as Producer
1925
as Director
1925
as Producer
1917
as Director
1916
as Director
1920
as Writer
1920
as Producer
1919
as Director
1917
as Director
1922
as Writer
1918
as Director
1919
as Scenario Writer
1919
as Scenario Writer
1923
as Writer
1923
as Producer
1918
as Director
1916
as Director
1922
as Director
1919
as Director
1918
as Writer
1919
as Writer
1920
as Director
1920
as Writer
1924
as Director
1924
as Writer
1918
as Writer
1921
as Writer
1921
as Producer
1921
as Writer
1921
as Producer
1921
as Story
1922
as Writer
1922
as Producer
1920
as Producer
1927
as Producer
1924
as Producer
1923
as Writer
1915
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Scenario Writer
1917
as Director
1917
as Scenario Writer
1917
as Director
1917
as Scenario Writer
1917
as Scenario Writer
1917
as Director
1917
as Scenario Writer
1917
as Director
1917
as Scenario Writer
1917
as Director
1917
as Scenario Writer
1916
as Scenario Writer
1919
as Writer
1922
as Writer
1922
as Producer
1922
as Editor
1923
as Writer
1923
as Producer
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