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Birthday
July 14, 1889
Day of Death
1928-10-08
(39 years old)
Place of Birth
West Point, Mississippi, USA
Also Known As
Lawrence Semon
Ларри Симон
Lawrence "Larry" Semon
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. He quickly proved himself and was promoted to director for the Hughie Mack series of comedies.
1928
1927
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
The Grocery Clerk
as The Grocery Clerk
The Head Waiter
as The Head Waiter
Dew Drop Inn
as Larry, the Detective
Dull Care
as Larry, a Detective
Between the Acts
as Larry, the Handy Man and a Drunkard
The Simple Life
as A Farmer's Boy
His Home Sweet Home
as The Husband
The Star Boarder
as Star Boarder / Little Joe, Escaped Convict
Passing the Buck
as The House Detective
Well, I'll Be
as The Sheriff
Scamps and Scandals
as Larry
Traps and Tangles
as Detective Sparks
1918
1917
