Acting
Max Linder
EN, PL, FR, SV cinema · 127 credits
Born
16 December 1883
Died
1 November 1925 (aged 41)
Birthplace
Cavernes, Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France
Also known as Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle · Gentleman Max
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.
Known for
Filmography
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as archive footage
Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
Tout sur mon père Max Linder
2013
Tout sur mon père Max Linder
as Self (archive footage)
The Man in the Silk Hat
as Self (archive footage)
Laugh with Max Linder
as Self (archive footage), Writer
All in Good Fun
as Archive Footage
The Way of the World
as (Archive Footage)
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
as (archive footage)
Au secours !
as Max, Writer
King of the Circus
as Max Graf von Pompadour, Writer
The Three Must-Get-Theres
as Dart-In-Again, Director, Writer
Seven Years Bad Luck
as Max, Director, Producer, Writer
Be My Wife
as Max, the Fiancé, Director, Writer, Producer
Le Petit Café
Actor, Writer
Max the Heartbreaker
Actor, Director
Max in a Taxi
as Himself, Director
Max Wants a Divorce
as Max, Director, Writer
Max and the Purse
Actor, Director
Max, médecin malgré lui
1917
Max, médecin malgré lui
as Max, Director, Writer
Max devrait porter des bretelles
as Max, Director
Max Comes Across
as Max, Writer, Director
Max in Monaco
Actor, Director
Chance and Love
as Max, Director, Writer
Hairdresser of Love
Actor, Director
Max Wishes He Hadn't
Actor, Writer, Director
Max Speaks English
as Max, Director
Max and the Lady Doctor
as Max, Director, Writer
Max Sets the Style
as Max, Director
Max as a Chiropodist
as Max, Director
Max's Vacation
as Max, Director, Writer
The Forced Marriage
Actor, Director
Max and the Jealous Husband
as Max, Director
Max asthmatique
1914
Max asthmatique
as Max, Director
Max's Latest Hobby
Actor, Director
Max's Hat
as Max, Director, Writer
Max: Jockey for Love
as Max, Director
Max Linder Does All the Sports
as Max, Director
Max Toreador
Actor, Director, Writer
Max n'aime pas les chats
1913
Max Hates Cats
Actor, Director
An Unexpected Marriage
Actor, Director
Le duel de Max
1913
Le duel de Max
as Max, Director
Max as a Musician
as Max, Writer, Director
Le billet doux
as Max, Scenario Writer, Director
Max Linder's Appointment
Actor, Director, Writer
Jalousie
Actor, Writer, Director
Max and His Dog Dick
as Max, Director, Writer
A Farmhouse Romance
as Max, Director
Max Wants to Grow
as Max, Director
Max a peur des chiens
1912
Max Fears the Dogs
as Max, Director
Max Juggles for Love
as Max, Director
Max boxeur par amour
1912
Max: Boxer By Love
Actor, Director
Max and the Donkey
as Max, Director
Max and the Statue
as Max, Director, Writer
An Agitated Night
Actor, Director
Le Roman de Max
1912
The Romance of Max
as Max, Director
Max Sets the Fashion
as Max, Director
Cordial Agreement
Actor, Director, Writer
Long-Lasting Love
as Max, Director
The Water-Funker
as Max, Director
The Wedding Trunk
as Max, Director
Max, Professeur de Tango
1912
Max, Tango Teacher
Actor, Director
Max Takes Back His Freedom
as Max (uncredited), Director, Writer
Max émule de Tartarin
1912
Max émule de Tartarin
as Max, Director
Un pari original
1912
Un pari original
as Max, Director
Une ruse de mari
1911
Une ruse de mari
Actor, Writer
Champion de boxe
as Max, Director, Writer
Max and His Mother-in-Law
as Max, Director, Writer
Max Takes Tonics
as Max, Director
Max Takes a Bath
as Max, Scenario Writer
Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
as Max, Director, Writer
Max Is Convalescent
as Max, Director, Writer
Max se marie
1911
Max se marie
as Max, Director
Max a un duel
1911
Max a un duel
as Max, Director
Le serment d'un prince
1910
Le serment d'un prince
as Jacques de Lacerda, Writer, Director
Max's First Job
as Max, Director
Max Gets Stuck Up
as Max, Director, Writer
Max Embarrassed
as Max, Director
Max Skiing
as Max, Scenario Writer
I Want a Baby
Actor, Scenario Writer
Max est distrait
1910
Max est distrait
as Max, Director
Love's Surprises
Actor, Director
Le Voleur Mondain
1909
The Gentleman Thief
as Arsène Lupin, Director
Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
as The ballet master
Harlequin's Story
as Polichinelle / Ponchinella / Harlequin
C'est Papa qui a pris la purge
as Man on park bench
