Harold Lloyd

from Burchard, Nebraska, USA

Artwork for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristImage of Harold Lloyd

Biography

Harold Lloyd has been called the cinema’s “first man in space.” He was a product of the film industry. 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.

Timeline

2021Aged 128

  • Poster for The Real Charlie Chaplin

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010Aged 117

  • Poster for Sigrid Holmquist

    Arthur Cox (archive footage)

2009Aged 116

2007Aged 114

  • Poster for HAROLD LLOYD COLLECTION (9 Discs)

    (Unknown)

2006Aged 113

2002Aged 109

  • Poster for Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1995Aged 102

  • Poster for The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

    Self (archive footage)

1989Aged 96

  • Poster for Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

    Self (archive footage)

1979Aged 86

  • Poster for The Hollywood Clowns

    (archive footage)

1970Aged 77

  • Poster for Brasileiros em Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

1963Aged 70

  • Poster for Funny Side of Life

    Himself

1962Aged 69

  • Poster for Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy

    (archive footage)

1960Aged 67

  • Poster for Lifetime of Comedy

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

    Self

1953Aged 60

  • Poster for Yesterday and Today

    (archive footage)

1951Aged 58

1947Aged 54

  • Poster for The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

    Harold Diddlebock

1942Aged 49

  • Poster for My Favorite Spy

    Producer

1941Aged 48

  • Poster for A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

    Producer

1938Aged 45

  • Poster for Professor Beware

    Prof. Dean Lambert

1936Aged 43

  • Poster for The Milky Way

    Burleigh Sullivan

1934Aged 41

  • Poster for The Cat's-Paw

    Ezekiel Cobb

1932Aged 39

  • Poster for Movie Crazy

    Harold Hall aka 'Trouble'

1931Aged 38

  • Poster for Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

    Self

  • Poster for The House That Shadows Built

    (archive footage)

1930Aged 37

  • Poster for Feet First

    Harold Horne

1929Aged 36

  • Poster for Welcome Danger

    Harold Bledsoe

1928Aged 35

  • Poster for Speedy

    Harold 'Speedy' Swift

  • Poster for Dad's Choice

    Producer

1927Aged 34

  • Poster for The Kid Brother

    Harold Hickory

  • Poster for Character Studies

    Self (uncredited)

1926Aged 33

  • Poster for For Heaven's Sake

    The Uptown Boy

1925Aged 32

  • Poster for The Freshman

    Harold Lamb

  • Poster for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

1924Aged 31

  • Poster for Girl Shy

    Harold Meadows

  • Poster for Hot Water

    Harold

1923Aged 30

  • Poster for Safety Last!

    The Boy

  • Poster for Dogs of War!

    Harold Lloyd

  • Poster for Why Worry?

    Harold Van Pelham

1922Aged 29

  • Poster for Grandma's Boy

    Grandma's Boy

  • Poster for Dr. Jack

    Dr. 'Jack' Jackson

1921Aged 28

  • Poster for Now or Never

    The Boy

  • Poster for Among Those Present

    O'Reilly, The Boy

  • Poster for I Do

    The Boy

  • Poster for Never Weaken

    The Boy

  • Poster for A Sailor-Made Man

    The Boy

1920Aged 27

  • Poster for His Royal Slyness

    The American Boy

  • Poster for Haunted Spooks

    The Boy

  • Poster for An Eastern Westerner

    The Boy

  • Poster for High and Dizzy

    The Boy

  • Poster for Get Out and Get Under

    The Boy

  • Poster for Number, Please?

    The Boy

1919Aged 26

  • Poster for Wanted - $5,000

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Going! Going! Gone!

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Ask Father

    The Boy

  • Poster for On the Fire

    The Chef

  • Poster for I'm on My Way

    The Boy

  • Poster for Look Out Below

    The Boy

  • Poster for The Dutiful Dub

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Next Aisle Over

    The Hustler

  • Poster for A Sammy in Siberia

    Sammy Strong - the American Boy

  • Poster for Just Dropped In

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Crack Your Heels

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Young Mr. Jazz

    Glasses Character

  • Poster for Ring Up the Curtain

    The Stage Hand

  • Poster for Si, Senor

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Before Breakfast

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Marathon

    Harold

  • Poster for Back to the Woods

    A Millionaire

  • Poster for Pistols for Breakfast

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Swat the Crook

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Off the Trolley

    The Man

  • Poster for Spring Fever

    The Boy

  • Poster for Billy Blazes, Esq.

    Billy Blazes

  • Poster for Just Neighbors

    The Boy

  • Poster for At the Old Stage Door

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Never Touched Me!

    The Boy

  • Poster for A Jazzed Honeymoon

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Count Your Change

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Chop Suey & Co.

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Heap Big Chief

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Don't Shove

    Harold

  • Be My Wife

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Rajah

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for He Leads, Others Follow

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Soft Money

    (Unknown)

  • Count the Votes

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Pay Your Dues

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for His Only Father

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Bumping Into Broadway

    The Boy

  • Poster for Captain Kidd's Kids

    The Boy

  • Poster for From Hand to Mouth

    The Boy

1918Aged 25

  • The Tip

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Lamb

    Director

  • Poster for Hit Him Again

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Beat It

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for A Gasoline Wedding

    The Boy

  • Poster for Look Pleasant, Please

    Harold

  • Poster for Here Come the Girls

    (Unknown)

  • Let's Go

    Soda Jerk

  • On the Jump

    Harold - The Squirrel Inn Bellhop

  • Poster for Follow the Crowd

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Pipe the Whiskers

    Janitor

  • Poster for It's a Wild Life

    Boy

  • Poster for Hey There

    The Boy

  • Poster for Kicked Out

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Non-Stop Kid

    Harold

  • Poster for Two-Gun Gussie

    Two-Gun Gussie (Harold)

  • Poster for Fireman Save My Child

    Harold

  • Poster for The City Slicker

    Harold

  • Poster for Sic 'Em, Towser

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Somewhere in Turkey

    Professor O.B. Lively

  • Poster for Are Crooks Dishonest?

    Harold

  • Poster for An Ozark Romance

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Kicking the Germ Out of Germany

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for That's Him

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Bride and Gloom

    Groom

  • Poster for Two Scrambled

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Bees in His Bonnet

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Swing Your Partners

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Why Pick on Me?

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Nothing But Trouble

    (Unknown)

  • Hear 'Em Rave

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Take a Chance

    The Sport

  • Poster for She Loves Me Not

    (Unknown)

1917Aged 24

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Lost Liberty

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Busy Day

    Lonesome Luke

  • Drama's Dreadful Deal

    Guest appearance (rumored)

  • Poster for Luke's Trolley Troubles

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke, Lawyer

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke's Lively Life

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke, Plumber

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Stop! Luke! Listen!

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke, Messenger

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke, Mechanic

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke's Wild Women

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Over the Fence

    Ginger, a Tailor

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke Loses Patients

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Pinched

    Director

  • Poster for By the Sad Sea Waves

    The Boy

  • Poster for Birds of a Feather

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Bliss

    Harold

  • Poster for From Laramie to London

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Rainbow Island

    Harold

  • Poster for Love, Laughs and Lather

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for The Flirt

    Harold

  • Poster for Clubs Are Trump

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for All Aboard

    The Boy

  • Poster for We Never Sleep

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Move On

    Chester Fields

  • Poster for Bashful

    Harold

  • Poster for The Big Idea

    Harold

  • Poster for Step Lively

    (Unknown)

1916Aged 23

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke Lugs Luggage

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke, the Candy Cut-Up

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke Foils the Villain

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke and the Rural Roughnecks

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke Pipes the Pippins

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke, Circus King

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Double

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Them Was the Happy Days!

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke and the Bomb Throwers

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Late Lunchers

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke Laughs Last

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Fatal Flivver

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Society Mixup

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Washful Waiting

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke Rides Roughshod

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke, Crystal Gazer

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Lost Lamb

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke Does the Midway

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke Joins the Navy

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke and the Mermaids

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Speedy Club Life

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke and the Bang-Tails

    Luke

  • Poster for Luke, the Chauffeur

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Preparedness Preparations

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke, the Gladiator

    Lonesome Lukius, Gladiator

  • Poster for Luke, Patient Provider

    Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Newsie Knockout

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Movie Muddle

    Luke

  • Poster for Luke, Rank Impersonator

    Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Fireworks Fizzle

    Luke

  • Poster for Luke Locates the Loot

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Luke's Shattered Sleep

    Lonesome Luke

1915Aged 22

  • Poster for Willie Runs the Park

    Willie Work

  • Pete, the Pedal Polisher

    Pete

  • Beyond His Fondest Hopes

    (unconfirmed)

  • Poster for Close-Cropped Clippings

    Pete

  • Poster for Hogan's Romance Upset

    Fight Spectator

  • Just Nuts

    Willie Work

  • Poster for Love, Loot and Crash

    Italain Fruit Vendor (uncredited)

  • Poster for Their Social Splash

    The Minister

  • Poster for Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers

    Suitor

  • Poster for From Italy's Shores

    Gangster (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Hungry Actors

    Bandit

  • Poster for Court House Crooks

    Youth out of Work (uncredited)

  • Poster for Spit-ball Sadie

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for A Mixup for Mazie

    Luke de Fluke

  • Poster for Some Baby

    Lonesome Luke

  • Fresh from the Farm

    Rube Slivers

  • The Greater Courage

    (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

  • Poster for Giving Them Fits

    Luke de Fluke

  • Poster for Bughouse Bellhops

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Tinkering with Trouble

    Lonesome Luke aka Easy Otis

  • Poster for Her Painted Hero

    Minister (uncredited)

  • Poster for Great While It Lasted

    Byron Beanskin

  • Poster for Ragtime Snap Shots

    Lonesome Luke aka Lucas

  • Poster for A Foozle at the Tee Party

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks

    Oscar Weeban aka Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for Peculiar Patients' Pranks

    Lonesome Luke

  • Poster for A Submarine Pirate

    Cook (uncredited)

  • Poster for Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster

    Lonesome Luke

1914Aged 21

1913Aged 20