Larry Semon

Larry Semon

DirectorWriterActor

Born: February 9, 1889
Died: October 8, 1928
Awards: 1 wins, 1 nominations

Slapstick comedian known for his charming, white-painted face and clownish smile, mugged his way to being a very highly paid and popular actor. His career was marred by personal problems, and his fortune was lost to high spending. By the time he died, he'd already been hospitalized for a nervous…

Biography

Slapstick comedian known for his charming, white-painted face and clownish smile, mugged his way to being a very highly paid and popular actor. His career was marred by personal problems, and his fortune was lost to high spending. By the time he died, he'd already been hospitalized for a nervous breakdown and was penniless. He was 39 years old.

Director

Anything for Laughs(1951)

A Simple Sap(1928)

Oh, What a Man!(1927)

The Stunt Man(1927)

Writer

Stop! Look and Laugh(1951)

A Simple Sap(1928)

Oh, What a Man!(1927)

The Stunt Man(1927)

Actor

A Simple Sap(1928)as It

Dummies(1928)as The Entertainer

Oh, What a Man!(1927)as The Detective

The Stunt Man(1927)as Larry

Underworld(1927)as 'Slippy' Lewis

Producer

Oh, What a Man!(1927)

Spuds(1927)

Stop, Look and Listen(1926)

The Cloudhopper(1925)

Editor

The Counter Jumper(1922)

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Special Delivery(1927)

Costume Department

The Wizard of Oz(1925)

Thanks

Those Were the Days(1980)

Self

Go Straight(1925)as Self

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17(1923)as Self

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 6(1922)as Self

Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F(1922)as Self

Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 20(1921)as Self

Archive Footage

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic(2011)as Self

The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond(2009)as Self, Farmhand

Living Famously(2002)as Jimmy

Slaphappy(2001)as Self (2001)

Quand le rire était fou(1998)as Various characters

Known for

The Show1922 · Director The Wizard of Oz1925 · Director Stop, Look and Listen1926 · Director The Girl in the Limousine1924 · Director

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Dorothy Dwan and Larry Semon in Spuds (1927)

Oliver Hardy, Claire Adams, and Larry Semon in The Girl in the Limousine (1924)

Oliver Hardy and Larry Semon in The Girl in the Limousine (1924)

Joseph Donohue, Jewell Hunt, James McCabe, Kate Price, and Larry Semon in Terry's Tea Party (1916)

Dorothy Dwan and Larry Semon in Kid Speed (1924)

Oliver Hardy and Larry Semon in The Agent (1922)

Credit Score: Larry Semon

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The Girl in the Limousine

Tony

Sun Jul 20 1924

#	Name	Score	Year	Win	Nom	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	The Girl in the Limousine	3.25	1924			•	6.3	0	0	21
2	Stop, Look and Listen	3.09	1926			•	5.1	0	0	44
3	The Wizard of Oz	2.00	1925			•	4.9	0	0	1939
4	Spuds	1.63	1927			•	0.0	0	0	0