Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 â€" March 8, 1971) was an
American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many
silent comedy films.Lloyd is considered alongside Charlie Chaplin and
Buster Keaton as one of the most influential film comedians of the
silent film era. Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and
"talkies", between 1914 and 1947. His bespectacled "Glasses" character
was a resourceful, success-seeking go-getter who matched the zeitgeist
of the 1920s-era United States.His films frequently contained "thrill
sequences" of extended chase scenes and daredevil physical feats.
Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock high above the street (in
reality a trick shot) in Safety Last! (1923) is considered one of the
most enduring images in all of cinema. Lloyd performed the lesser
stunts himself, despite having injured himself in August 1919 while
doing publicity pictures for the Roach studio. An accident with a bomb
mistaken as a prop resulted in the loss of the thumb and index finger
of his right hand (the injury was disguised on future films with the
use of a special prosthetic glove, and was almost undetectable on the
screen).
American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many
silent comedy films.Lloyd is considered alongside Charlie Chaplin and
Buster Keaton as one of the most influential film comedians of the
silent film era. Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and
"talkies", between 1914 and 1947. His bespectacled "Glasses" character
was a resourceful, success-seeking go-getter who matched the zeitgeist
of the 1920s-era United States.His films frequently contained "thrill
sequences" of extended chase scenes and daredevil physical feats.
Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock high above the street (in
reality a trick shot) in Safety Last! (1923) is considered one of the
most enduring images in all of cinema. Lloyd performed the lesser
stunts himself, despite having injured himself in August 1919 while
doing publicity pictures for the Roach studio. An accident with a bomb
mistaken as a prop resulted in the loss of the thumb and index finger
of his right hand (the injury was disguised on future films with the
use of a special prosthetic glove, and was almost undetectable on the
screen).
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