Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.
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| Born | Harold Clayton Lloyd April 20, 1893 Burchard, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | March 8, 1971 (aged 77) |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
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| Years active | 1913–1963 |
| Spouse(s) | Mildred Davis (m. 1923; died 1969) |
| Children | 3, including Harold Lloyd Jr. |
His movies usually had "thrill" sections where Lloyd would be in fast chases and performed his own stunts. Lloyd did these dangerous stunts himself even though a movie accident had caused the loss of his right thumb and index finger.
Although Lloyd's movies were not as commercially successful as Chaplin's, Lloyd made a lot more money than Chaplin during their movie years. ($15.7 million to Chaplin's $10.5 million).
Lloyd died of prostate cancer.
Harold Lloyd Media
1917 advertisement featuring Lloyd as "Lonesome Luke", with Snub Pollard and Bebe Daniels
Film still of Harold Lloyd and his future wife Mildred Davis in A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
Lloyd in Grandma's Boy (1922)
Lloyd in The Milky Way (1936)
Lloyd in 1946, when he was appointed to the Shriners' publicity committee
Movie poster for World of Comedy, Lloyd's compilation of film clips from the silent and sound eras, 1962
Lloyd's crypt in the Great Mausoleum, Forest Lawn Glendale
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