| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Lloyd, Harold |
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| 1893–1971, American movie actor, b. Burchard, Kans. Lloyd was famous for his comic portrayals of a wistful innocent with horn-rimmed glasses who blunders in and out of hair-raising situations. His natural style of acting helped to create a believable character that made Lloyd the most popular film comedian of the 1920s. He appeared in over 500 films, including many shorts, spanning both the silent and sound eras; among them were Safety Last (1923), Girl Shy (1924), The Freshman (1925), Movie Crazy (1932), and Mad Wednesday (1947). | 1 | | See S. Lloyd and J. Vance, Harold Lloyd: Master Comedian (2002). | 2 |
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