Harold Lloyd
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
The Freshman
as Harold Lamb
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Speedy
as Harold 'Speedy' Swift
The Kid Brother
as Harold Hickory
Girl Shy
as Harold Meadows
Grandma's Boy
as Grandma's Boy
Never Weaken
as The Boy
Why Worry?
as Harold Van Pelham
For Heaven's Sake
as The Uptown Boy
An Eastern Westerner
as The Boy
Haunted Spooks
as The Boy
High and Dizzy
as The Boy
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Harold Diddlebock
Dr. Jack
as Dr. 'Jack' Jackson
Hot Water
as Harold
From Hand to Mouth
as The Boy
Billy Blazes, Esq.
as Billy Blazes
Number, Please?
as The Boy
Bumping Into Broadway
as The Boy