Max Linder

Actor

Born: December 16, 1883
Died: November 1, 1925 (age 41)
From: Cavernes, Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France

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…

Filmography (127)

Life and Deaths of Max Linder (2026)
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020)
archive footage
Max Linder Collection 1917-1922 (2014)
Tout sur mon père Max Linder
Tout sur mon père Max Linder (2013)
Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp (2013)
Self (archive footage)
The Man in the Silk Hat (1983)
Self (archive footage)
Laugh with Max Linder (1963)
Self (archive footage)
All in Good Fun (1955)
Archive Footage
Easter Parade (1948)
Audience Member (uncredited)
The Way of the World (1947)
(Archive Footage)
Those Were The Days
Those Were The Days (1946)
(self)
Charlie the Innkeeper (1939)
The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
(archive footage)
Au secours ! (1924)
Max
King of the Circus (1924)
Max Graf von Pompadour
The World of Yesteryear – Max Linder
The World of Yesteryear – Max Linder (1924)
Self
The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922)
Director
Be My Wife (1921)
Director
Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)
Director
Le Petit Café (1919)
Max, médecin malgré lui
Max, médecin malgré lui (1917)
Director
Max the Heartbreaker (1917)
Director
Max in a Taxi (1917)
Director
Max Wants a Divorce (1917)
Director
Max Comes Across (1917)
Director
Max and the Purse (1917)
Director
Max devrait porter des bretelles (1917)
Director
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin (1917)
Self
Chance and Love (1915)
Director
Hairdresser of Love (1915)
Director