Harold Lloyd Biography (1893-1971)

Full name, Harold Clayton Lloyd; born April 20, 1893, in Burchard, NE; died of cancer, March 8, 1971, in Beverly Hills, CA; son of J. Darsie and Elizabeth(Fraser) Lloyd; married Mildred Davis (an actress), February 10, 1923 (diedAugust 18, 1969); children: Gloria, Marjorie Elizabeth, Harold Jr. (an actor).

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Birth Details: April 20, 1893; Burchard, Nebraska, United States
Death Details: March 8, 1971; Beverly Hills, California, United States

Famous Works

Credits; Film Appearances; Silent Short Films
Indian, Algy on the Force, The Edison Company, 1912.
Curses! They Remarked, 1914.
The Hungry Actors, Universal, 1914.
Willie Work, Willie's Haircut, 1914.
Lonesome Luke, Bughouse Bellhops, Pathe, 1915.
Lonesome Luke, A Foozle at the Tee Party, Pathe, 1915.
Fresh from the Farm, Pathe, 1915.
From Italy's Shore, Universal, 1915.
Luke de Fluke, Giving Them Fits, Pathe, 1915.
Lonesome Luke, Great While It Lasted, Pathe, 1915.
Into the Light, Universal, 1915.
Willie Work, Just Nuts, Pathe, 1915.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke, Pathe, 1915.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster (also known as Social Gangster), Pathe, 1915.
Suitor, Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers, Keystone, 1915.
Lonesome Luke, A Mixup for Mazie, Pathe, 1915.
Once Every Ten Minutes, Pathe, 1915.
A One Night Stand, 1915.
Lonesome Luke, Peculiar Patients' Pranks, Pathe, 1915.
Pressing His Suit, Pathe, 1915.
Lucas, Ragtime Snap Shots, Pathe, 1915.
Lonesome Luke, Ruses, Rhymes, and Roughnecks, Pathe, 1915.
Soaking the Clothes, Pathe, 1915.
Lonesome Luke, Some Baby, Pathe, 1915.
Spit-Ball Sadie, Pathe, 1915.
Terribly Stuck Up, Pathe, 1915.
Tinkering with Trouble, Pathe, 1915.
An Awful Romance, 1916.
Braver than the Bravest, 1916.
Busting the Beanery, 1916.
Caught in a Jam, 1916.
Ice, 1916.
Jailed, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke, Circus King, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury (also known as Luke Rolls inLuxury), Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary (also known as Luke Leans to the Literary), Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke and the Bang-Tails, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke and the Bomb Throwers, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke and the Mermaids, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke and the Rural Roughnecks, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke, Crystal Gazer, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke Foils the Villain, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke Does the Midway, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke Joins the Navy, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke Laughs Last, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke Locates the Loot (also known as Luke Locates the Lute), Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke Lugs Luggage, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke, Patient Provider, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke Pipes the Pippins, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke, Rank Impersonator, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke Rides Roughshod, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Double, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Fatal Flivver, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Fireworks Fizzle, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Late Lunchers, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Lost Lamb, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Movie Muddle (also known as Director of the Cinemaand Luke's Model Movie), Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Newsie Knockout, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Preparedness Preparations, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Shattered Sleep, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Society Mixup, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Speedy Club Life, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Washful Waiting, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke, the Candy Cut-Up, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke the Chauffeur, Pathe, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Luke, the Gladiator, Pathe, 1916.
Marriage a la Carte, 1916.
A Matrimonial Mixup, 1916.
Restless Wrestlers, 1916.
Skylight Sleep, 1916.
Lonesome Luke, Them Was the Happy Days!, Pathe, 1916.
Trouble Enough, 1916.
Unfriendly Fruit, 1916.
All Aboard, Pathe, 1917.
Bashful, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Birds of a Feather, Pathe, 1917.
Bliss, Pathe, 1917.
By the Sad Sea Waves, Pathe, 1917.
Clubs Are Trump, Pathe, 1917.
Drama's Dreadful Deal, 1917.
The Flirt, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke from London to Laramie, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke, Lawyer, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke Loses Patients, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke, Mechanic, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke, Messenger, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke, Plumber (also known as Lonesome Luke's Plumbing Mishaps and Luke's Plumbing Blunders), Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke's Lively Life, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Lonesome Luke's Wild Women, Pathe, 1917.
Love, Laughs, and Lather, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Busy Day, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Lost Liberty, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Luke's Trolley Troubles, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire, Pathe, 1917.
Move On, Pathe, 1917.

Over the Fence, Pathe, 1917.
Pinched, Pathe, 1917.
Rainbow Island, Pathe, 1917.
Step Lively, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, Stop! Luke! Listen!, Pathe, 1917.
Lonesome Luke, We Never Sleep, Pathe, 1917.
Are Crooks Dishonest?, Pathe, 1918.
Back to the Woods, Pathe, 1918.
Beach Nuts, Pathe, 1918.
Beat It, Pathe, 1918.
Bees in His Bonnet, Pathe, 1918.
The Big Idea, Pathe, 1918.
Groom, Bride and Gloom, Pathe, 1918.
The City Slicker, Pathe, 1918.
Fireman, Save My Child, Pathe, 1918.
Follow the Crowd, Pathe, 1918.
A Gasoline Wedding, Pathe, 1918.
Hear 'Em Rave, Pathe, 1918.
Here Come the Girls, Pathe, 1918.
Hey There!, Pathe, 1918.
Hit Him Again, Pathe, 1918.
It's a Wild Life, Pathe, 1918.
Kicked Out, Pathe, 1918.
Kicking the Germ out of Germany, Pathe, 1918.
The Lamb, Pathe, 1918.
Soda jerk, Let's Go, Pathe, 1918.
Look Pleasant, Please, Pathe, 1918.
The Non-Stop Kid, Pathe, 1918.
Nothing but Trouble, Pathe, 1918.
Bellhop, On the Jump, Pathe, 1918.
An Ozark Romance, Pathe, 1918.
Janitor, Pipe the Whiskers, Pathe, 1918.
Bring up the Curtain, Pathe, 1918.
She Loves Me Not, Pathe, 1918.
Sic 'Em, Towser, Pathe, 1918.
Somewhere in Turkey, Pathe, 1918.
Swing Your Partners, Pathe, 1918.
Take a Chance, Pathe, 1918.
That's Him, Pathe, 1918.
The Tip, Pathe, 1918.
Two-Gun Gussie, Pathe, 1918.
Two Scrambled, Pathe, 1918.
Why Pick on Me?, Pathe, 1918.
Ask Father, Pathe, 1919.
At the Old Stage Door, Pathe, 1919.
Before Breakfast, Pathe, 1919.
Be My Wife, Pathe, 1919.
Billy Blazes, Esq., Pathe, 1919.
The boy, Bumping into Broadway, Pathe, 1919.
The boy, Captain Kidd's Kids, Pathe, 1919.
Chop Suey and Co., Pathe, 1919.
Count the Votes, Pathe, 1919.
Count Your Change, Pathe, 1919.
Crack Your Heels, Pathe, 1919.
Don't Shove, Pathe, 1919.
The Dutiful Dub, Pathe, 1919.
The boy, From Hand to Mouth, Pathe, 1919.
Going! Going! Gone!, Pathe, 1919.
Heap Big Chief, Pathe, 1919.
He Leads, Others Follow, Pathe, 1919.
His Only Father, Pathe, 1919.
American boy, His Royal Slyness, Pathe, 1919.
I'm on My Way, Pathe, 1919.
A Jazzed Honeymoon, Pathe, 1919.
Just Dropped In, Pathe, 1919.
Just Neighbors, Pathe, 1919.
Look Out Below, Pathe, 1919.
The Marathon, Pathe, 1919.
Never Touched Me, Pathe, 1919.
Next Aisle Over, Pathe, 1919.
Off the Trolley, Pathe, 1919.
On the Fire (also known as The Chef), Pathe, 1919.
Pay Your Dues, Pathe, 1919.
Pistols for Breakfast, Pathe, 1919.
The Rajah, Pathe, 1919.
A Sammy in Siberia, Pathe, 1919.
Si, Senor, Pathe, 1919.
Soft Money, Pathe, 1919.
Spring Fever, Pathe, 1919.
Swat the Crook, Pathe, 1919.
Wanted--$5,000, Pathe, 1919.
Young Mr. Jazz, Pathe, 1919.
The boy, An Eastern Westerner, Pathe, 1920.
The boy, Get Out and Get Under, Pathe, 1920.
The boy, Haunted Spooks, Pathe, 1920.
The boy, High and Dizzy, Pathe, 1920.
The boy, Number, Please, Pathe, 1920.
O'Reilly (the boy), Among Those Present, Pathe, 1921.
The boy, I Do, Pathe, 1921.
The boy, Never Weaken, Pathe, 1921.
The boy, Now or Never, Pathe, 1921.
Appeared in other films as Willie Work, including Willie Goes to Sea; appeared as an extra in His Heart His Hand His Sword; also appeared in other Keystone comedies.
Credits; Film Director; Silent Short Films
Over the Fence, Pathe, 1917.
Credits; Film Appearances; Silent Full-Length Films
Tottenhot, The Patchwork Girl of Oz (also known as L. Frank Baum's Whimsical Fairy Tale The Patchwork Girl of Oz), Paramount, 1914, rereleased as Ragged Girl of Oz, 1918, rereleased as The Raggedy Girl, 1919.
Extra, Samson, Universal, 1914.
The boy, A Sailor-Made Man, Associated Exhibitors, 1921.
Dr. Jackson, Doctor Jack (also known as Dr. Jack), Associated Distributors, 1922.
Sonny and Granddaddy, Grandma's Boy, Associated Exhibitors, 1922.
Himself, Dogs of War, 1923.
The boy (Harold), Safety Last, Pathe, 1923.
Harold Van Pelham, Why Worry?, Pathe, 1923.
Harold Meadows, Girl Shy, Pathe, 1924.
Hubby, Hot Water, Pathe, 1924.
Harold "Speedy" Lamb, The Freshman, Pathe, 1925.
J. Harold Manners, For Heaven's Sake, Paramount, 1926.
Harold Hickory, The Kid Brother (also known as The Mountain Day), Paramount, 1927.
Harold "Speedy" Swift, Speedy, Paramount, 1928.
Credits; Film Producer; Silent Full-Length Films
Girl Shy, Pathe, 1924.
The Freshman, Pathe, 1925.
For Heaven's Sake, Paramount, 1926.
The Kid Brother (also known as The Mountain Day; silent full-length film), Paramount, 1927.
Speedy, Paramount, 1928.
Credits; Film Appearances; Full-Length Films with Sound
Harold Bledsoe, Welcome Danger, Paramount, 1929.
Harold Horne, Feet First, Paramount, 1930.
Harold Hall, Movie Crazy, Paramount, 1932.
Ezekiel Cobb, The Cat's Paw, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1934.
Burleigh "Tiger" Sullivan, The Milky Way, Paramount, 1936.
Professor Dean Lambert, Professor Beware, Paramount, 1938.
Harold Diddlebock, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, 1947, rereleased as MadWednesday, RKO, 1950.
Performer in archival footage, The Golden Age of Comedy (documentary), 1957.
Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy (compilation), 1962.
The Funny Side of Life (compilation), 1963.
Credits; Film Producer; Full-Length Films with Sound
Feet First, Paramount, 1930.
Movie Crazy, Paramount, 1932.
The Cat's Paw, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1934.
Professor Beware, Paramount, 1938.
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (also known as The Navy Steps Out), RKO, 1941.
My Favorite Spy, RKO, 1942.
The Funny Side of Life (compilation), 1963.
Credits; Television Work; Series
Producer of archival footage used in series, Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy, syndicated, 1977.
Credits; Television Appearances; Miniseries
Performer in archival footage, Hollywood, Thames Television, 1980.
Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic
Mystery guest, What's My Line?, CBS, 1953.
Credits; Stage Appearances
Little Abe, Tess of the d'Ubervilles, Burwood Stock Company, Omaha, NE, 1905.
Credits; Videos
Some of Lloyd's work was collected in the videotapes Harold Lloyd's Comedy Classics, 1916-1919 and His Royal Slyness/Spooks.
Writings;Memoirs
(With Wesley W. Stout) An American Comedy: An Autobiography, 1928, rereleased as An American Comedy: Acted by Harold Lloyd, Directed by Wesley W. Stout, B. Blom (New York City), 1971, and as An American Comedy, with an introduction by Richard Griffith and an interview conducted and edited by Hubert I. Cohen, Dover Publications (New York City), 1971.
Writings;Nonfiction
Contributor to periodicals, including Film Comment, Filmplay, Films and Filming, Motion Picture, and Photoplay.

Further Reference

Periodicals:

American Film, June, 1988.
Film Comment, March/April, 1993, pp. 26-34.
Films of the Golden Age, winter, 1997, pp. 74-79.
New York Times, March 9, 1971, p. 1.

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