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Harold Lloyd

American actor and comedian (1893–1971)

Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer. He was in many silent comedy movies.[1] Lloyd made over 200 comedy movies from 1914 to 1947. These movies were both without and with sound. He usually played as a zeitgeist 1920s-era character.[2][3]

Harold Lloyd
Lloyd in 1924
Born
Harold Clayton Lloyd

(1893-04-20)April 20, 1893
Burchard, Nebraska, U.S.
DiedMarch 8, 1971(1971-03-08) (aged 77)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • producer
  • stunt performer
Years active1913–1963
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
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(m. 1923; died 1969)​
Children3, including Gloria Lloyd, Peggy Lloyd and Harold Lloyd Jr.
Relatives

His movies usually had "thrill" sections where Lloyd would be in fast chases and performed his own stunts. Lloyd did these dangerous stunts himself even though a movie accident had caused the loss of his right thumb and index finger. After that accident, he used a prosthetic glove. This glove was not noticeable in his movies.[4]

Although Lloyd's movies were not as commercially successful as Chaplin's, Lloyd made a lot more money than Chaplin during their movie years. ($15.7 million to Chaplin's $10.5 million).

In 1971, Lloyd died of prostate cancer.

Death

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In March 8, 1971, Lloyd died of prostate cancer. He died in his Greenacres home in Beverly Hills, California.[5][6][7] His co-star Bebe Daniels died eight days after him.[8] His son Harold Lloyd Jr. died three months after him.[9][10]

References

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  1. ↑ Obituary Variety, March 10, 1971, page 55.
  2. ↑ Austerlitz, Saul (2010). Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-1569767634.
  3. ↑ D'Agostino Lloyd, Annette. "Why Harold Lloyd Is Important". haroldlloyd.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ An American Comedy; Lloyd and Stout; 1928; page 129
  5. ↑ "Died". Time. March 22, 1971. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
  6. ↑ Dick Main (March 9, 1971). "Harold Lloyd, Bespectacled Film Comic, Dies of Cancer at 77". Los Angeles Times. pp. 1, 12. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  7. ↑ Illson, Murray (March 9, 1971). "Horn-Rims His Trademark; Harold Lloyd, Screen Comedian, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Bebe Daniels, 70, Star in Silents, Early Talkies, Dies in London". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 1971. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ D'Agostino 1994. pp. 54-55.
  10. ↑ "Movie Comic Harold Lloyd's Son Dies at 40". Los Angeles Times. June 10, 1971. p. II-3.


Further reading

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  • Agee, James (2000) [1958]. "Comedy's Greatest Era" from Life magazine (9/5/1949), reprinted in Agee on Film. McDowell, Obolensky, Modern Library.
  • Bengtson, John (2011). Silent Visions: Discovering Early Hollywood and New York Through the Films of Harold Lloyd. Santa Monica Press. ISBN 9781595808882.
  • Brownlow, Kevin (1976) [1968]. "Harold Lloyd" from The Parade's Gone By. Alfred A. Knopf, University of California Press.
  • Byron, Stuart; Weis, Elizabeth (1977). The National Society of Film Critics on Movie Comedy. Grossman/Viking.
  • Cahn, William (1964). Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy. Duell, Sloane & Pearce.
  • D'Agostino, Annette M. (1994). Harold Lloyd: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-28986-7.
  • Dale, Alan (2002). Comedy is a Man in Trouble: Slapstick In American Movies. University of Minnesota Press.
  • Dardis, Tom (1983). Harold Lloyd: The Man on the Clock. Viking. ISBN 0-14-007555-0.
  • Durgnat, Raymond (1970). "Self-Help with a Smile" from The Crazy Mirror: Hollywood Comedy and the American Image. Dell.
  • Everson, William K. (1978). American Silent Film. Oxford University Press.
  • Gilliatt, Penelope (1973). "Physicists" from Unholy Fools: Wits, Comics, Disturbers of the Peace. Viking.
  • Hayes, Suzanne Lloyd (1992). 3-D Hollywood with Photography by Harold Lloyd. Simon & Schuster.
  • Kerr, Walter (1990) [1975]. The Silent Clowns. Alfred A. Knopf, Da Capo Press.
  • Lacourbe, Roland (1970). Harold Lloyd. Paris: Editions Seghers.
  • Lahue, Kalton C. (1966). World of Laughter: The Motion Picture Comedy Short, 1910–1930. University of Oklahoma Press.
  • Lloyd, Annette D'Agostino (2003). The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-1514-2.
  • Lloyd, Annette D'Agostino (2009). Harold Lloyd: Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses. BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-332-6.
  • Lloyd, Harold; Stout, W. W. (1971) [1928]. An American Comedy. Dover.
  • Lloyd, Suzanne (2004). Harold Lloyd's Hollywood Nudes in 3-D. Black Dog & Leventhal. ISBN 978-1-57912-394-9.
  • Maltin, Leonard (1978). The Great Movie Comedians. Crown Publishers.
  • Mast, Gerald (1979) [1973]. The Comic Mind: Comedy and the Movies. University of Chicago Press.
  • McCaffrey, Donald W. (1968). 4 Great Comedians: Chaplin, Lloyd, Keaton, Langdon. A.S. Barnes.
  • McCaffrey, Donald W. (1976). Three Classic Silent Screen Comedies Starring Harold Lloyd. Associated University Presses. ISBN 0-8386-1455-8.
  • Mitchell, Glenn (2003). A–Z of Silent Film Comedy. B.T. Batsford Ltd.
  • Reilly, Adam (1977). Harold Lloyd: The King of Daredevil Comedy. Macmillan. ISBN 0-02-601940-X.
  • Robinson, David (1969). The Great Funnies: A History of Film Comedy. E.P. Dutton.
  • Schickel, Richard (1974). Harold Lloyd: The Shape of Laughter. New York Graphic Society. ISBN 0-8212-0595-1.
  • Vance, Jeffrey; Lloyd, Suzanne (2002). Harold Lloyd: Master Comedian. Harry N Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-1674-6.

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