Max Davidson (May 23, 1875 â€" September 4, 1950) was a German film
actor known for his comedic Jewish persona during the silent film era.
With a career spanning over thirty years, Davidson appeared in over
180 films.Born in Berlin, Davidson emigrated to the United States in
the 1890s where he began working in stock theater and vaudeville. He
entered silent movies in 1912. He made a series of films featuring the
character Izzy for Reliance Pictures Company in 1914. The films
included Izzy Gets the Wrong Bottle, Izzy and His Rival, Izzy and the
Diamond, How Izzy Stuck to His Post, How Izzy Was Saved, Izzy, the
Detective, Izzy's Night Out, Izzy, the Operator, and Izzy and the
Bandit.By the mid-teens, Davidson had appeared in his first feature
film, Edward Dillon's Don Quixote (1915), followed by D.W. Griffith's
Intolerance, and Tod Browning's Puppets (both 1916).In the 1920s, he
began working for Hal Roach, appearing in numerous two-reeler comedies
including Call of the Cuckoo with Charley Chase, Get 'Em Young with
Stan Laurel, and Why Girls Say No and Love 'Em and Feed 'Em with
Oliver Hardy, as well as the early talkie Our Gang short Moan and
Groan, Inc. (1929), as the crazy old man who haunts a house. He
starred alongside a young Jackie Coogan in a pair of silent features,
The Rag Man (1923) and Old Clothes (1925).
actor known for his comedic Jewish persona during the silent film era.
With a career spanning over thirty years, Davidson appeared in over
180 films.Born in Berlin, Davidson emigrated to the United States in
the 1890s where he began working in stock theater and vaudeville. He
entered silent movies in 1912. He made a series of films featuring the
character Izzy for Reliance Pictures Company in 1914. The films
included Izzy Gets the Wrong Bottle, Izzy and His Rival, Izzy and the
Diamond, How Izzy Stuck to His Post, How Izzy Was Saved, Izzy, the
Detective, Izzy's Night Out, Izzy, the Operator, and Izzy and the
Bandit.By the mid-teens, Davidson had appeared in his first feature
film, Edward Dillon's Don Quixote (1915), followed by D.W. Griffith's
Intolerance, and Tod Browning's Puppets (both 1916).In the 1920s, he
began working for Hal Roach, appearing in numerous two-reeler comedies
including Call of the Cuckoo with Charley Chase, Get 'Em Young with
Stan Laurel, and Why Girls Say No and Love 'Em and Feed 'Em with
Oliver Hardy, as well as the early talkie Our Gang short Moan and
Groan, Inc. (1929), as the crazy old man who haunts a house. He
starred alongside a young Jackie Coogan in a pair of silent features,
The Rag Man (1923) and Old Clothes (1925).
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