credits of
Max Linder
Although all too frequently neglected by fans of silent comedy, Max Linder is in many ways as important a figure as Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, or Harold Lloyd, not least because he predated (and influenced) them all by several years, and was largely responsible for the creation of the classic style of silent slapstick comedy. He started out as an actor in the French theatre, but after making his screen debut in 1905 he quickly became an enormously famous and successful film comedian on both sides of the Atlantic, thanks to his character "Max", a top-hatted dandy. By 1912, he was the highest-paid film star in the world, with an unprecedented salary of one million francs. He began to direct films in 1911 and showed equal facility behind the camera, but his career suffered an almost terminal blow when he was called up to fight in World War I. He was gassed, and the illness that resulted would blight his career. Although offered a contract in America, recurring ill-health meant that his US films had little of the sparkle of his early French work, and a brief attempt to revive his career by making films for the recently-formed United Artists (one of whose founders, of course, was Chaplin) in the early 1920s came to little, although these later films are now regarded as classics. He returned to France and killed himself in a suicide pact with his wife in 1925.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
June 17th, 1924 | Au secours ! | Max | 6.7 | |
August 22nd, 1922 | The Three Must-Get-Theres | Dart-In-Again | 6.4 | |
April 1st, 1921 | Be My Wife | Max, the Fiancé | 6.8 | |
February 6th, 1921 | Seven Years Bad Luck | Max | 6.8 | |
May 4th, 1917 | Max the Heartbreaker | TBD | 4.6 | |
April 23rd, 1917 | Max in a Taxi | Himself | 5.8 | |
March 26th, 1917 | Max Wants a Divorce | Max | 5.9 | |
February 2nd, 1917 | Max and the Purse | TBD | 4.9 | |
December 31st, 1915 | Chance and Love | Max | 6 | |
January 7th, 1915 | Max in Monaco | TBD | 6.5 | |
September 29th, 1914 | The False Max Linder | Max | 5.7 | |
July 10th, 1914 | Max and the Lady Doctor | Max | 6.2 | |
July 1st, 1914 | Max Plays the Part | TBD | 6 | |
April 23rd, 1914 | Max as a Chiropodist | Max | 5 | |
April 14th, 1914 | Max Wishes He Hadn't | TBD | 8 | |
March 6th, 1914 | Max Speaks English | Max | 5.5 | |
March 5th, 1914 | Max Sets the Style | Max | 5.8 | |
January 9th, 1914 | Max's Vacation | Max | 6.1 | |
October 24th, 1913 | Max's Hat | Max | 6 | |
July 3rd, 1913 | Max Linder Does All the Sports | Max | 7 | |
March 21st, 1913 | Max: Jockey for Love | Max | 7 | |
January 12th, 1913 | Max Takes a Picture | TBD | 6.3 | |
December 20th, 1912 | Max and the Statue | Max | 5.8 | |
December 6th, 1912 | Max Wants to Grow | Max | 5.5 | |
December 6th, 1912 | The Water-Funker | Max | 5.1 | |
December 1st, 1912 | Jalousie | TBD | TBD | |
October 24th, 1912 | Max: Boxer By Love | TBD | 6.8 | |
October 17th, 1912 | The Romance of Max | Max | 5.9 | |
October 3rd, 1912 | Long-Lasting Love | Max | 5.1 | |
September 19th, 1912 | Cordial Agreement | TBD | 5.6 | |
August 15th, 1912 | A Farmhouse Romance | Max | 5 | |
July 18th, 1912 | The Wedding Trunk | Max | 4.2 | |
July 4th, 1912 | Max and the Donkey | Max | 5.3 | |
May 24th, 1912 | An Agitated Night | TBD | 5.6 | |
May 8th, 1912 | Max Fears the Dogs | Max | 5.3 | |
May 8th, 1912 | Max Juggles for Love | Max | 6.5 | |
February 9th, 1912 | Max and His Dog Dick | Max | 5.8 | |
January 5th, 1912 | Max Sets the Fashion | Max | 5.8 | |
December 15th, 1911 | Max Takes Tonics | Max | 6.4 | |
December 11th, 1911 | Max and Jane Want to Do Theater | Max | 5.4 | |
August 25th, 1911 | Max Is Convalescent | Max | 6.4 | |
April 28th, 1911 | Max and His Mother-in-Law | Max | 5.5 | |
February 1st, 1911 | Max Takes a Bath | Max | 6.2 | |
January 16th, 1911 | Une ruse de mari | TBD | 9 | |
January 10th, 1911 | Champion de boxe | Max | 6 | |
December 31st, 1910 | Max Gets Stuck Up | Max | 6.5 | |
November 12th, 1910 | Max Embarrassed | Max | 6.3 | |
October 1st, 1910 | Max's First Job | Max | 5.2 | |
January 1st, 1910 | Le serment d'un prince | Jacques de Lacerda | TBD | |
November 16th, 1909 | The Dentures | TBD | 5.3 | |
November 4th, 1909 | The Barometer of Fidelity | TBD | 5.8 | |
October 22nd, 1909 | The Little Vixen | TBD | 5.2 | |
October 16th, 1909 | Love's Surprises | TBD | 5 | |
May 16th, 1909 | Romeo Turns Bandit | TBD | 6.5 | |
April 5th, 1908 | Troubles of a Grass Widower | TBD | 5.5 | |
March 6th, 1908 | His First Cigar | TBD | 5.4 | |
February 23rd, 1908 | In a Difficult Position | Dieutegarde | 5.3 | |
June 26th, 1907 | Harlequin's Story | Polichinelle / Ponchinella / Harlequin | 5.4 | |
April 15th, 1907 | Max Learns to Skate | Max | 5.1 | |
January 20th, 1907 | At the Show | TBD | 6.5 | |
December 10th, 1906 | Joined Lips | TBD | 5.4 | |
January 1st, 1906 | C'est Papa qui a pris la purge | Man on park bench | 6 | |
July 22nd, 1905 | First Night Out | TBD | 7 | |
TBD | A Nervous Twitch Is Catching (Un Tic Nerveux Contagieux) | TBD | TBD | |
January 16th, 2026 | Life and Deaths of Max Linder | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
October 14th, 2020 | Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty | archive footage | 8 | |
January 1st, 2014 | Max Linder Collection 1917-1922 | TBD | TBD | |
December 31st, 2013 | Tout sur mon père Max Linder | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
December 29th, 2013 | Birth of the Tramp | Self (archive footage) | 7.1 | |
November 5th, 1983 | The Man in the Silk Hat | Self (archive footage) | 9 | |
November 22nd, 1963 | Laugh with Max Linder | Self (archive footage) | 7.4 | |
January 1st, 1955 | All in Good Fun | Archive Footage | 4 | |
July 8th, 1948 | Easter Parade | Audience Member (uncredited) | 7 | |
January 1st, 1947 | The Way of the World | (Archive Footage) | TBD | |
November 29th, 1946 | Those Were The Days | (self) | TBD | |
November 4th, 1939 | Charlie the Innkeeper | TBD | 5.3 | |
August 24th, 1931 | The Theft of the Mona Lisa | (archive footage) | 6.3 | |
May 23rd, 1924 | King of the Circus | Max Graf von Pompadour | 5.8 | |
March 9th, 1924 | The World of Yesteryear – Max Linder | Self | TBD | |
January 2nd, 1919 | Le Petit Café | TBD | 10 | |
September 21st, 1917 | Max, médecin malgré lui | Max | 8 | |
February 18th, 1917 | Max Comes Across | Max | TBD | |
January 1st, 1917 | Max devrait porter des bretelles | Max | 8 | |
January 1st, 1917 | Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin | Self | 7 | |
April 22nd, 1915 | Hairdresser of Love | TBD | 6.3 | |
September 17th, 1914 | Max asthmatique | Max | 9 | |
August 13th, 1914 | Max in the Convent | TBD | 6.5 | |
August 10th, 1914 | The Forced Marriage | TBD | 3.3 | |
July 23rd, 1914 | Max Plays at Drama | TBD | TBD | |
April 10th, 1914 | Max and the Jealous Husband | Max | 5 | |
February 14th, 1914 | Max's Latest Hobby | TBD | 7 | |
December 12th, 1913 | Max as a Musician | Max | TBD | |
November 11th, 1913 | An Unexpected Marriage | TBD | 6 | |
October 24th, 1913 | Le billet doux | Max | 8 | |
September 26th, 1913 | Max Hates Cats | TBD | 6.5 | |
September 11th, 1913 | Max Toreador | TBD | 5.8 | |
August 29th, 1913 | Le duel de Max | Max | 10 | |
March 7th, 1913 | Max Linder's Appointment | TBD | 6.5 | |
August 30th, 1912 | Max émule de Tartarin | Max | 9 | |
August 16th, 1912 | Max, Tango Teacher | TBD | 4.9 | |
June 21st, 1912 | Un pari original | Max | 8 | |
February 23rd, 1912 | Max amoureux de la teinturière | Max | 7 | |
January 26th, 1912 | Max Takes Back His Freedom | Max (uncredited) | 5.9 | |
September 11th, 1911 | Max a un duel | Max | 10 | |
March 17th, 1911 | Max se marie | Max | 9 | |
January 4th, 1911 | Comment Max fait le tour du monde | TBD | 10 | |
December 3rd, 1910 | Max manque un riche mariage | Max | 6.5 | |
October 15th, 1910 | Trop aimée | Max | 6 | |
September 24th, 1910 | The Puzzle | TBD | 10 | |
July 14th, 1910 | Max Skiing | Max | 5.4 | |
July 9th, 1910 | The Effects of Pills | Max | 7 | |
July 3rd, 1910 | Max est distrait | Max | 10 | |
July 1st, 1910 | A Short-Sighted Duellist | Max | 5.3 | |
May 20th, 1910 | Max Makes a Touch | TBD | 6.2 | |
April 8th, 1910 | I Want a Baby | TBD | 5.4 | |
January 7th, 1910 | The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger | Tartarin | 8 | |
October 22nd, 1909 | A Conquest | TBD | 7 | |
August 30th, 1909 | In Love with the Bearded Woman | TBD | 5.8 | |
January 1st, 1909 | The Gentleman Thief | Arsène Lupin | 8 | |
September 3rd, 1908 | Beginning of the Serpentine Dance | The ballet master | 4.6 | |
July 18th, 1908 | Noisy Neighbors | TBD | 7 | |
August 30th, 1907 | A Drama in Seaville | The Rival | 10 | |
July 25th, 1907 | Pitou, bonne d'enfants | TBD | TBD | |
March 7th, 1907 | The Husband's Trick | TBD | TBD | |
February 10th, 1907 | For a Necklace | TBD | TBD | |
January 12th, 1907 | Phial of Poison | TBD | 10 | |
December 20th, 1906 | Attempted Suicide | TBD | 7.5 | |
August 13th, 1905 | Unforeseen Meeting | TBD | 7 |