Larry Semon
Birthday
1889/07/14
Day of death
1928/10/08 (39 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
West Point, Mississippi, USA
Also know as
Lawrence Semon, Ларри Симон, Lawrence "Larry" Semon
Biography
American silent film comedian whose hugely successful career disappeared virtually overnight, Larry Semon was the son of a traveling vaudeville magician, Zera the Great. He grew up in show business and was trained in stage comedy and acrobatics. A talent for drawing and cartooning led to art school and then work as a cartoonist for various New York City newspapers. The humor evident in his published cartoons prompted executives at New York's Vitagraph Studios to hire him as a gag writer in 1916....Read more
Acting
(1927) Underworld
as Slippy Lewis
(1925) The Wizard of Oz
as Scarecrow / Toymaker
(1922) The Sawmill
as The Dumb-Bell
(1922) Golf
as The son
(1924) Kid Speed
as The Speed Kid
(1925) Go Straight!
as Self
(1919) The Simple Life
as A Farmer's Boy
(1918) Pluck and Plotters
as The Janitor
(1919) Passing the Buck
as The House Detective
(1919) Between the Acts
as Larry, the Handy Man and a Drunkard
(1919) Scamps and Scandals
as Larry
(1920) School Days
as Joe
(1920) The Suitor
as The Suitor
(1921) The Hick
as Larry, the Hick
(1920) The Fly-Cop
as The Fly Cop
(1928) Dummies
as The Entertainer
(1922) A Weakend Driver
as ---
(1919) The Star Boarder
as Star Boarder / Little Joe, Escaped Convict
(1928) A Simple Sap
as It
(1919) The Grocery Clerk
as The Grocery Clerk
(1925) The Cloudhopper
as Borden Rhoom / Getz A. Bunn
(1925) The Perfect Clown
as Bert Larry
(1917) Plagues And Puppy Love
as Larry
(1919) Dew Drop Inn
as Larry, the Detective
(1918) Bears and Bad Men
as Larry Cutshaw
(1918) Huns and Hyphens
as Larry
(1918) Dunces and Dangers
as Larry
(1919) His Home Sweet Home
as The Husband
(1918) Romans and Rascals
as Caesar / A Minstrel
(1919) Dull Care
as Larry, a Detective
(1918) Frauds and Frenzies
as Larry, First Prisoner
(1919) Traps and Tangles
as Detective Sparks
(1922) A Pair of Kings
as King August / Stranger
(1921) The Bakery
as Larry, a Bakery Clerk
(1921) The Fall Guy
as Larry, the Fall Guy
(1927) The Stunt Man
as Larry
(1921) The Rent Collector
as Larry, the Rent Collector
(1922) The Counter Jumper
as Larry, the Counter Jumper
(1921) The Bell Hop
as The Bellhop
(1921) The Sportsman
as The Sportsman
(1923) Lightning Love
as Larry, a Suitor
(1923) The Midnight Cabaret
as Larry, a Waiter
(1923) Horseshoes
as Larry
(1923) No Wedding Bells
as Larry
(1923) The Gown Shop
as Larry, a salesman
(1924) Her Boy Friend
as Larry, the Chief's son
(1917) Gall and Golf
as O.U. Dubb
(1916) Walls and Wallops
as ---
(1924) The Girl in the Limousine
as Tony
(1918) Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs
as Lawrence
(1927) Oh, What a Man!
as The Detective
(1923) The Barnyard
as Lay Zee, Farm Hand
(1919) The Head Waiter
as The Head Waiter
(1918) Hindoos and Hazards
as Larry
(1925) The Dome Doctor
as Peter Pep
(1917) Risks and Roughnecks
as Our Hero
(1917) Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies
as Larry
(1922) The Show
as The Prop Man / Gentle Onlooker
(1919) Well, I'll Be
as The Sheriff
(1924) Trouble Brewing
as Government agent
(1920) The Stage Hand
as The Stage Hand
(1927) Spuds
as Spuds
(1917) Turks and Troubles
as ---
(1917) Footlights and Fakers
as ---
(1917) He Never Touched Me
as ---
(1917) Somewhere in Any Place
as ---
(1917) Big Bluffs and Bowling Balls
as ---
(1917) Jolts and Jewelry
as ---
(1917) Bullies and Bullets
as ---