Larry Semon
Lawrence Semon · Ларри Симон · Lawrence "Larry" Semon
- Туған күні:
- 1889-02-09
- Қайтыс болған күні:
- 1928-10-08
- Туған жері:
- West Point, Mississippi, USA
Өмірбаяны
American silent film comedian whose hugely successful career disappeared virtually overnight, Larry Semon was the son of a traveling vaudeville magician, Zera the Great. He grew up in show business and was trained in stage comedy and acrobatics. A talent for drawing and cartooning led to art school and then work as a cartoonist for various New York City newspapers. The humor evident in his published cartoons prompted executives at New York's Vitagraph Studios to hire him as a gag writer in 1916. He quickly proved himself and was promoted to director for the Hughie Mack series of comedies. His background in magic helped him create interesting new gags for the comedian. When Mack left the studio in 1917, Semon took over the starring role himself. His one-reelers were quite successful, and Vitagraph sent him to California to participate in its new West Coast operation. He produced as well as wrote, starred in and directed his own films, at the same time also producing films for other comics. In the summer of 1928 Semon apparently fell ill with tuberculosis and simultaneously, it seems, suffered a nervous breakdown. He entered a sanitarium near San Bernardino, CA, where he reportedly died on October 8. However, an air of mystery surrounds his death, since his wife (and former co-star) Dorothy Dwan was allowed almost no contact with him and never saw his body, which was ordered cremated after a tightly secured funeral, which was carried out per Semon's "previous instructions" and to which almost no attendees were allowed. The whereabouts of Semon's cremated remains are to this day a mystery, and his widow professed until her death to be mystified by the circumstances of his passing. With enormous financial obligations facing him Larry Semon could easily have considered a dramatic escape of this sort from his creditors. Whether he did, or whether his death was the sad final chapter to a high-rising, briefly brilliant, but ultimately short-lived career may never be known for certain.
Фильмографиясы
A Simple Sap
1928
TMDb 7.0 / 10
It
Dummies
1928
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Entertainer
Oh, What a Man!
1927
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Detective
Трюкач
1927
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Larry
Преступный мир
1927
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Slippy Lewis
Spuds
1927
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Spuds
The Perfect Clown
1925
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Bert Larry
Олух
1925
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Borden Rhoom / Getz A. Bunn
Go Straight!
1925
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Self
The Dome Doctor
1925
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Peter Pep
The Wizard of Oz
1925
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Scarecrow / Toymaker
Kid Speed
1924
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Speed Kid
Her Boy Friend
1924
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Larry, the Chief's son
The Girl in the Limousine
1924
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Tony
Trouble Brewing
1924
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Government agent
Horseshoes
1923
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Larry
Lightning Love
1923
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Larry, a Suitor
The Gown Shop
1923
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Larry, a salesman
The Barnyard
1923
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Lay Zee, Farm Hand
The Midnight Cabaret
1923
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Larry, a Waiter
No Wedding Bells
1923
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Larry
The Counter Jumper
1922
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Larry, the Counter Jumper
Golf
1922
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The son
Парочка королей
1922
TMDb 5.5 / 10
King August / Stranger
A Weakend Driver
1922
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Представление
1922
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Prop Man / Gentle Onlooker
Лесопилка
1922
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Dumb-Bell
The Bell Hop
1921
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Bellhop
Козел отпущения
1921
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Larry, the Fall Guy
Пекарня
1921
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Larry, a Bakery Clerk
Сборщик арендной платы
1921
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Larry, the Rent Collector
The Hick
1921
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Larry, the Hick
The Sportsman
1921
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Sportsman
The Suitor
1920
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Suitor
The Stage Hand
1920
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Stage Hand
Школьные дни
1920
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Joe
The Fly-Cop
1920
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Fly Cop
The Grocery Clerk
1919
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Grocery Clerk
The Head Waiter
1919
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Head Waiter
Dew Drop Inn
1919
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Larry, the Detective
Dull Care
1919
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Larry, a Detective
Between the Acts
1919
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Larry, the Handy Man and a Drunkard
The Simple Life
1919
TMDb 10.0 / 10
A Farmer's Boy
His Home Sweet Home
1919
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Husband
The Star Boarder
1919
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Star Boarder / Little Joe, Escaped Convict
Passing the Buck
1919
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The House Detective
Well, I'll Be
1919
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Sheriff
Scamps and Scandals
1919
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Larry
Traps and Tangles
1919
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Detective Sparks
Pluck and Plotters
1918
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Janitor
Frauds and Frenzies
1918
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Larry, First Prisoner
Bears and Bad Men
1918
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Larry Cutshaw
Huns and Hyphens
1918
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Larry
Dunces and Dangers
1918
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Larry
Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs
1918
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Lawrence
Hindoos and Hazards
1918
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Larry
Romans and Rascals
1918
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Caesar / A Minstrel
Babes and Boobs
1918
A Boob
Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies
1917
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Larry
Plagues And Puppy Love
1917
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Larry
Risks and Roughnecks
1917
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Our Hero
Gall and Golf
1917
TMDb 6.5 / 10
O.U. Dubb
Turks and Troubles
1917
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Footlights and Fakers
1917
TMDb 8.0 / 10
He Never Touched Me
1917
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Somewhere in Any Place
1917
Big Bluffs and Bowling Balls
1917
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Jolts and Jewelry
1917
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Bullies and Bullets
1917
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Plans and Pajamas
1917
The Idler / Headmistress
Walls and Wallops
1916
TMDb 7.0 / 10