Harold Lloyd

Harold Lloyd
Lloyd in 1924
Born
Harold Clayton Lloyd

(1893-04-20)April 20, 1893
Burchard, Nebraska, United States
DiedMarch 8, 1971(1971-03-08) (aged 77)
Beverly Hills, California, United States
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • producer
  • stunt performer
Years active1913–1963
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Mildred Davis
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(m. 1923; died 1969)​
Children3, including Gloria Lloyd, Peggy Lloyd and Harold Lloyd Jr.
Relatives
  • Gaylord Lloyd (brother)

Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer. He was in many silent comedy movies.[1] Lloyd made over 200 comedy movies from 1914 to 1947. These movies were both without and with sound. He usually played as a zeitgeist 1920s-era character.[2][3]

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. After that accident, he used a prosthetic glove. This glove was not noticeable in his movies.[4]

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).

In 1971, Lloyd died of prostate cancer.

Death

In March 8, 1971, Lloyd died of prostate cancer. He died in his Greenacres home in Beverly Hills, California.[5][6][7] His co-star Bebe Daniels died eight days after him.[8] His son Harold Lloyd Jr. died three months after him.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Obituary Variety, March 10, 1971, page 55.
  2. ↑ Austerlitz, Saul (2010). Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-1569767634.
  3. ↑ D'Agostino Lloyd, Annette. "Why Harold Lloyd Is Important". haroldlloyd.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ An American Comedy; Lloyd and Stout; 1928; page 129
  5. ↑ "Died". Time. March 22, 1971. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
  6. ↑ Dick Main (March 9, 1971). "Harold Lloyd, Bespectacled Film Comic, Dies of Cancer at 77". Los Angeles Times. pp. 1, 12. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  7. ↑ Illson, Murray (March 9, 1971). "Horn-Rims His Trademark; Harold Lloyd, Screen Comedian, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Bebe Daniels, 70, Star in Silents, Early Talkies, Dies in London". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 1971. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ D'Agostino 1994. pp. 54-55.
  10. ↑ "Movie Comic Harold Lloyd's Son Dies at 40". Los Angeles Times. June 10, 1971. p. II-3.


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