Harold Lloyd
Actor
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.
Filmography
Safety Last!
as The Boy 1923
The Freshman
as Harold Lamb 1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) 1925
Speedy
as Harold 'Speedy' Swift 1928
The Kid Brother
as Harold Hickory 1927
Girl Shy
as Harold Meadows 1924
Grandma's Boy
as Grandma's Boy 1922
Never Weaken
as The Boy 1921
Why Worry?
as Harold Van Pelham 1923
For Heaven's Sake
as The Uptown Boy 1926
An Eastern Westerner
as The Boy 1920
Haunted Spooks
as The Boy 1920
High and Dizzy
as The Boy 1920
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Harold Diddlebock 1947
Dr. Jack
as Dr. 'Jack' Jackson 1922
Hot Water
as Harold 1924
Billy Blazes, Esq.
as Billy Blazes 1919