Harold Lloyd

Harold Lloyd

Known for
Acting
Born
April 18, 1893
Died
March 8, 1971 (aged 77)
Birthplace
Burchard, Nebraska, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin poster

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010
Sigrid Holmquist poster

Sigrid Holmquist

Movie · as Arthur Cox (archive footage)

2009
The Parrott Chase

The Parrott Chase

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007
HAROLD LLOYD COLLECTION (9 Discs) poster

HAROLD LLOYD COLLECTION (9 Discs)

Movie

2006
Harold's Hollywood: On Location Then & Now

Harold's Hollywood: On Location Then & Now

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
Slapstick Symposium Too: The Harold Lloyd Collection Volume 2

Slapstick Symposium Too: The Harold Lloyd Collection Volume 2

Movie · as Self

2005
Remembering Harold

Remembering Harold

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

2004
Slapstick Symposium: The Harold Lloyd Collection

Slapstick Symposium: The Harold Lloyd Collection

Movie · as Self

2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story poster

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies poster

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1989
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius poster

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1980
Hollywood poster

Hollywood

TV · as Self – 1968 interview (archive footage), Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1979
The Hollywood Clowns poster

The Hollywood Clowns

Movie · as (archive footage)

1978
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid poster

Rire et sourire : Le Splendid

TV · as Le Voyage au paradis, Monte là-dessus, À là hauteur · 1 ep

1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood poster

Brasileiros em Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1963
Funny Side of Life poster

Funny Side of Life

Movie · as Himself

1962
Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy poster

Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy

Movie · as (archive footage)

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood poster

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1960
Lifetime of Comedy poster

Lifetime of Comedy

Movie · as (archive footage)

1957
Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I) poster

Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I)

Movie · as Él mismo (material de archivo)

1953
Yesterday and Today poster

Yesterday and Today

Movie · as (archive footage)

1952
This Is Your Life poster

This Is Your Life

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives poster

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

Movie · as (archive footage)

1951
¡Qué tiempos aquellos!

¡Qué tiempos aquellos!

Movie

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock poster

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

Movie · as Harold Diddlebock

1938
Professor Beware poster

Professor Beware

Movie · as Prof. Dean Lambert

1936
The Milky Way poster

The Milky Way

Movie · as Burleigh Sullivan

1934
The Cat's-Paw poster

The Cat's-Paw

Movie · as Ezekiel Cobb

1932
Movie Crazy poster

Movie Crazy

Movie · as Harold Hall aka 'Trouble'

1931
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) poster

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

Movie · as Self

1931
The House That Shadows Built poster

The House That Shadows Built

Movie · as (archive footage)

1930
Feet First poster

Feet First

Movie · as Harold Horne

1929
Welcome Danger poster

Welcome Danger

Movie · as Harold Bledsoe

1928
Speedy poster

Speedy

Movie · as Harold 'Speedy' Swift

1927
The Kid Brother poster

The Kid Brother

Movie · as Harold Hickory

1927
Character Studies poster

Character Studies

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1926
For Heaven's Sake poster

For Heaven's Sake

Movie · as The Uptown Boy

1925
The Freshman poster

The Freshman

Movie · as Harold Lamb

1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ poster

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Movie · as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

1924
Girl Shy poster

Girl Shy

Movie · as Harold Meadows

1924
Hot Water poster

Hot Water

Movie · as Harold

1923
Safety Last! poster

Safety Last!

Movie · as The Boy

1923
Why Worry? poster

Why Worry?

Movie · as Harold Van Pelham

1923
Dogs of War! poster

Dogs of War!

Movie · as Harold Lloyd

1922
Grandma's Boy poster

Grandma's Boy

Movie · as Grandma's Boy

1922
Dr. Jack poster

Dr. Jack

Movie · as Dr. 'Jack' Jackson

1921
A Sailor-Made Man poster

A Sailor-Made Man

Movie · as The Boy

1921
Never Weaken poster

Never Weaken

Movie · as The Boy

1921
Now or Never poster

Now or Never

Movie · as The Boy

1921
Among Those Present poster

Among Those Present

Movie · as O'Reilly, The Boy

1921
I Do poster

I Do

Movie · as The Boy

1920
An Eastern Westerner poster

An Eastern Westerner

Movie · as The Boy

1920
Number, Please? poster

Number, Please?

Movie · as The Boy

1920
High and Dizzy poster

High and Dizzy

Movie · as The Boy

1920
Haunted Spooks poster

Haunted Spooks

Movie · as The Boy

1920
Get Out and Get Under poster

Get Out and Get Under

Movie · as The Boy

1920
His Royal Slyness poster

His Royal Slyness

Movie · as The American Boy

1919
From Hand to Mouth poster

From Hand to Mouth

Movie · as The Boy

1919
Bumping Into Broadway poster

Bumping Into Broadway

Movie · as The Boy

1919
Ask Father poster

Ask Father

Movie · as The Boy

1919
Billy Blazes, Esq. poster

Billy Blazes, Esq.

Movie · as Billy Blazes

1919
Pay Your Dues poster

Pay Your Dues

Movie

1919
Captain Kidd's Kids poster

Captain Kidd's Kids

Movie · as The Boy

1919
Spring Fever poster

Spring Fever

Movie · as The Boy

1919
Just Neighbors poster

Just Neighbors

Movie · as The Boy

1919
Ring Up the Curtain poster

Ring Up the Curtain

Movie · as The Stage Hand

1919
Si, Senor poster

Si, Senor

Movie

1919
Young Mr. Jazz poster

Young Mr. Jazz

Movie · as Glasses Character

1919
Next Aisle Over poster

Next Aisle Over

Movie · as The Hustler

1919
Never Touched Me! poster

Never Touched Me!

Movie · as The Boy

1919
On the Fire poster

On the Fire

Movie · as The Chef

1919
I'm on My Way poster

I'm on My Way

Movie · as The Boy

1919
A Sammy in Siberia poster

A Sammy in Siberia

Movie · as Sammy Strong - the American Boy

1919
A Jazzed Honeymoon poster

A Jazzed Honeymoon

Movie

1919
Going! Going! Gone! poster

Going! Going! Gone!

Movie

1919
Don't Shove poster

Don't Shove

Movie · as Harold

1919
Count Your Change poster

Count Your Change

Movie

1919
Chop Suey & Co. poster

Chop Suey & Co.

Movie

1919
The Marathon poster

The Marathon

Movie · as Harold

1919
Back to the Woods poster

Back to the Woods

Movie · as A Millionaire

1919
Be My Wife

Be My Wife

Movie

1919
Look Out Below poster

Look Out Below

Movie · as The Boy

1919
Swat the Crook poster

Swat the Crook

Movie

1919
Just Dropped In poster

Just Dropped In

Movie

1919
Crack Your Heels poster

Crack Your Heels

Movie

1919
At the Old Stage Door poster

At the Old Stage Door

Movie

1919
The Dutiful Dub poster

The Dutiful Dub

Movie

1919
Off the Trolley poster

Off the Trolley

Movie · as The Man

1919
Pistols for Breakfast poster

Pistols for Breakfast

Movie

1919
Heap Big Chief poster

Heap Big Chief

Movie

1919
The Rajah poster

The Rajah

Movie

1919
His Only Father poster

His Only Father

Movie

1919
Wanted - $5,000 poster

Wanted - $5,000

Movie

1919
Before Breakfast poster

Before Breakfast

Movie

1919
He Leads, Others Follow poster

He Leads, Others Follow

Movie

1919
Count the Votes

Count the Votes

Movie

1919
Soft Money poster

Soft Money

Movie

1918
Take a Chance poster

Take a Chance

Movie · as The Sport

1918
Two-Gun Gussie poster

Two-Gun Gussie

Movie · as Two-Gun Gussie (Harold)

1918
The City Slicker poster

The City Slicker

Movie · as Harold

1918
Somewhere in Turkey poster

Somewhere in Turkey

Movie · as Professor O.B. Lively

1918
Are Crooks Dishonest? poster

Are Crooks Dishonest?

Movie · as Harold

1918
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany poster

Kicking the Germ Out of Germany

Movie

1918
Sic 'Em, Towser poster

Sic 'Em, Towser

Movie

1918
Swing Your Partners poster

Swing Your Partners

Movie

1918
Two Scrambled poster

Two Scrambled

Movie

1918
That's Him poster

That's Him

Movie

1918
The Non-Stop Kid poster

The Non-Stop Kid

Movie · as Harold

1918
Pipe the Whiskers poster

Pipe the Whiskers

Movie · as Janitor

1918
Fireman Save My Child poster

Fireman Save My Child

Movie · as Harold

1918
Why Pick on Me? poster

Why Pick on Me?

Movie

1918
Hear 'Em Rave

Hear 'Em Rave

Movie

1918
An Ozark Romance poster

An Ozark Romance

Movie

1918
Look Pleasant, Please poster

Look Pleasant, Please

Movie · as Harold

1918
Hey There poster

Hey There

Movie · as The Boy

1918
Hit Him Again poster

Hit Him Again

Movie

1918
On the Jump

On the Jump

Movie · as Harold - The Squirrel Inn Bellhop

1918
A Gasoline Wedding poster

A Gasoline Wedding

Movie · as The Boy

1918
The Tip

The Tip

Movie

1918
Nothing But Trouble poster

Nothing But Trouble

Movie

1918
It's a Wild Life poster

It's a Wild Life

Movie · as Boy

1918
She Loves Me Not poster

She Loves Me Not

Movie

1918
Here Come the Girls poster

Here Come the Girls

Movie

1918
Let's Go

Let's Go

Movie · as Soda Jerk

1918
Kicked Out poster

Kicked Out

Movie

1918
Beat It poster

Beat It

Movie

1918
Follow the Crowd poster

Follow the Crowd

Movie

1918
Bride and Gloom poster

Bride and Gloom

Movie · as Groom

1918
Bees in His Bonnet poster

Bees in His Bonnet

Movie

1918
The Lamb poster

The Lamb

Movie

1917
Bashful poster

Bashful

Movie · as Harold

1917
Move On poster

Move On

Movie · as Chester Fields

1917
We Never Sleep poster

We Never Sleep

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
All Aboard poster

All Aboard

Movie · as The Boy

1917
Love, Laughs and Lather poster

Love, Laughs and Lather

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Birds of a Feather poster

Birds of a Feather

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Rainbow Island poster

Rainbow Island

Movie · as Harold

1917
Bliss poster

Bliss

Movie · as Harold

1917
The Flirt poster

The Flirt

Movie · as Harold

1917
Clubs Are Trump poster

Clubs Are Trump

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
From Laramie to London poster

From Laramie to London

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
By the Sad Sea Waves poster

By the Sad Sea Waves

Movie · as The Boy

1917
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients poster

Lonesome Luke Loses Patients

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Luke's Trolley Troubles poster

Luke's Trolley Troubles

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Over the Fence poster

Over the Fence

Movie · as Ginger, a Tailor

1917
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life poster

Lonesome Luke's Lively Life

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Lonesome Luke, Messenger poster

Lonesome Luke, Messenger

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley poster

Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Drama's Dreadful Deal

Drama's Dreadful Deal

Movie · as Guest appearance (rumored)

1917
Step Lively poster

Step Lively

Movie

1917
The Big Idea poster

The Big Idea

Movie · as Harold

1917
Pinched poster

Pinched

Movie

1917
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women poster

Lonesome Luke's Wild Women

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle poster

Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Lonesome Luke, Plumber poster

Lonesome Luke, Plumber

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer poster

Lonesome Luke, Lawyer

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon poster

Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Luke's Lost Liberty poster

Luke's Lost Liberty

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire poster

Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Luke's Busy Day poster

Luke's Busy Day

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic poster

Lonesome Luke, Mechanic

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1917
Stop! Luke! Listen! poster

Stop! Luke! Listen!

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke's Speedy Club Life poster

Luke's Speedy Club Life

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke and the Bang-Tails poster

Luke and the Bang-Tails

Movie · as Luke

1916
Luke Locates the Loot poster

Luke Locates the Loot

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke and the Mermaids poster

Luke and the Mermaids

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke, Patient Provider poster

Luke, Patient Provider

Movie · as Luke

1916
Luke Rides Roughshod poster

Luke Rides Roughshod

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke, Rank Impersonator poster

Luke, Rank Impersonator

Movie · as Luke

1916
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle poster

Luke's Fireworks Fizzle

Movie · as Luke

1916
Luke, Crystal Gazer poster

Luke, Crystal Gazer

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke's Lost Lamb poster

Luke's Lost Lamb

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke Does the Midway poster

Luke Does the Midway

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke's Movie Muddle poster

Luke's Movie Muddle

Movie · as Luke

1916
Luke Joins the Navy poster

Luke Joins the Navy

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke's Shattered Sleep poster

Luke's Shattered Sleep

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke and the Rural Roughnecks poster

Luke and the Rural Roughnecks

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke, the Candy Cut-Up poster

Luke, the Candy Cut-Up

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke's Society Mixup poster

Luke's Society Mixup

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary poster

Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Them Was the Happy Days! poster

Them Was the Happy Days!

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke and the Bomb Throwers poster

Luke and the Bomb Throwers

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury poster

Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke's Double poster

Luke's Double

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke's Late Lunchers poster

Luke's Late Lunchers

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke Foils the Villain poster

Luke Foils the Villain

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke Pipes the Pippins poster

Luke Pipes the Pippins

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke Lugs Luggage poster

Luke Lugs Luggage

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Lonesome Luke, Circus King poster

Lonesome Luke, Circus King

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke's Washful Waiting poster

Luke's Washful Waiting

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke's Fatal Flivver poster

Luke's Fatal Flivver

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke Laughs Last poster

Luke Laughs Last

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke, the Chauffeur poster

Luke, the Chauffeur

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke's Preparedness Preparations poster

Luke's Preparedness Preparations

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1916
Luke, the Gladiator poster

Luke, the Gladiator

Movie · as Lonesome Lukius, Gladiator

1916
Luke's Newsie Knockout poster

Luke's Newsie Knockout

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1915
Spit-ball Sadie poster

Spit-ball Sadie

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1915
Her Painted Hero poster

Her Painted Hero

Movie · as Minister (uncredited)

1915
Willie Runs the Park poster

Willie Runs the Park

Movie · as Willie Work

1915
Pete, the Pedal Polisher

Pete, the Pedal Polisher

Movie · as Pete

1915
The Greater Courage

The Greater Courage

Movie · as (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

1915
Fresh from the Farm

Fresh from the Farm

Movie · as Rube Slivers

1915
Some Baby poster

Some Baby

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1915
A Mixup for Mazie poster

A Mixup for Mazie

Movie · as Luke de Fluke

1915
The Hungry Actors poster

The Hungry Actors

Movie · as Bandit

1915
From Italy's Shores poster

From Italy's Shores

Movie · as Gangster (uncredited)

1915
Close-Cropped Clippings poster

Close-Cropped Clippings

Movie · as Pete

1915
Beyond His Fondest Hopes

Beyond His Fondest Hopes

Movie · as (unconfirmed)

1915
Just Nuts

Just Nuts

Movie · as Willie Work

1915
A Submarine Pirate poster

A Submarine Pirate

Movie · as Cook (uncredited)

1915
Giving Them Fits poster

Giving Them Fits

Movie · as Luke de Fluke

1915
Court House Crooks poster

Court House Crooks

Movie · as Youth out of Work (uncredited)

1915
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers poster

Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers

Movie · as Suitor

1915
Love, Loot and Crash poster

Love, Loot and Crash

Movie · as Italain Fruit Vendor (uncredited)

1915
Their Social Splash poster

Their Social Splash

Movie · as The Minister

1915
Peculiar Patients' Pranks poster

Peculiar Patients' Pranks

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1915
Bughouse Bellhops poster

Bughouse Bellhops

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1915
Tinkering with Trouble poster

Tinkering with Trouble

Movie · as Lonesome Luke aka Easy Otis

1915
Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks poster

Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks

Movie · as Oscar Weeban aka Lonesome Luke

1915
Great While It Lasted poster

Great While It Lasted

Movie · as Byron Beanskin

1915
Ragtime Snap Shots poster

Ragtime Snap Shots

Movie · as Lonesome Luke aka Lucas

1915
A Foozle at the Tee Party poster

A Foozle at the Tee Party

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1915
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster poster

Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster

Movie · as Lonesome Luke

1915
Hogan's Romance Upset poster

Hogan's Romance Upset

Movie · as Fight Spectator

1914
The Patchwork Girl of Oz poster

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

Movie · as Tottenhot

1914
'Curses!' They Remarked

'Curses!' They Remarked

Movie · as Stuntman (rumored)

1914
Sealed Orders

Sealed Orders

Movie · as Extra (unconfirmed)

1914
The Sandhill Lovers poster

The Sandhill Lovers

Movie · as Gambler

1914
His Heart His Hand and His Sword poster

His Heart His Hand and His Sword

Movie · as Extra (rumored)

1914
Twixt Love and Fire poster

Twixt Love and Fire

Movie

1914
Samson poster

Samson

Movie · as Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)

1913
The Old Monk's Tale poster

The Old Monk's Tale

Movie · as Yaqui Indian (extra) (uncredited)

1913
Algy on the Force

Algy on the Force

Movie · as Extra (rumored)

1913
Hulda of Holland

Hulda of Holland

Movie · as Bit Role (uncredited)

1913
His Chum the Baron

His Chum the Baron

Movie · as Extra (rumored)

1913
The Twelfth Juror

The Twelfth Juror

Movie · as Boy at Barn Dance (uncredited)

1913
Cupid in a Dental Parlor

Cupid in a Dental Parlor

Movie · as Extra (rumored)

1913
Rory o' the Bogs poster

Rory o' the Bogs

Movie · as Posse Member (uncredited)