Harold Lloyd
Known for Acting
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
I Do
1921
as The Boy
Safety Last!
1923
as The Boy
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Freshman
1925
as Harold Lamb
Girl Shy
1924
as Harold Meadows
Why Worry?
1923
as Harold Van Pelham
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
as Harold Diddlebock
Speedy
1928
as Harold 'Speedy' Swift
For Heaven's Sake
1926
as The Uptown Boy
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Never Weaken
1921
as The Boy
Dr. Jack
1922
as Dr. 'Jack' Jackson
The Milky Way
1936
as Burleigh Sullivan
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grandma's Boy
1922
as Grandma's Boy
The Kid Brother
1927
as Harold Hickory
Feet First
1930
as Harold Horne
Now or Never
1921
as The Boy
Character Studies
1927
as Self (uncredited)
Hot Water
1924
as Harold