Larry Semon

Larry Semon

Directing
🎂 1889-07-14 (39 years old at death)
✝️ 1928-10-08
📍 West Point, Mississippi, USA
👤 Male
🎬 55 Movies
🔗 IMDb
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. ...
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Filmography (55 movies)

A Simple Sap
A Simple Sap
1928
as It
Oh, What a Man!
Oh, What a Man!
1927
as The Detective
The Stunt Man
The Stunt Man
1927
as Larry
Underworld
Underworld
1927
as Slippy Lewis
Spuds
Spuds
1927
as Spuds
The Perfect Clown
The Perfect Clown
1925
as Bert Larry
The Cloudhopper
The Cloudhopper
1925
as Borden Rhoom / Getz A. Bunn
Go Straight!
Go Straight!
1925
as Self
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
1925
as Scarecrow / Toymaker
Kid Speed
Kid Speed
1924
as The Speed Kid
Her Boy Friend
Her Boy Friend
1924
as Larry, the Chief's son
The Girl in the Limousine
The Girl in the Limousine
1924
as Tony
Trouble Brewing
Trouble Brewing
1924
as Government agent
Horseshoes
Horseshoes
1923
as Larry
Lightning Love
Lightning Love
1923
as Larry, a Suitor
The Gown Shop
The Gown Shop
1923
as Larry, a salesman
The Barnyard
The Barnyard
1923
as Lay Zee, Farm Hand
The Midnight Cabaret
The Midnight Cabaret
1923
as Larry, a Waiter
Golf
Golf
1922
as The son
A Pair of Kings
A Pair of Kings
1922
as King August / Stranger
The Show
The Show
1922
as The Prop Man / Gentle Onlooker
The Sawmill
The Sawmill
1922
as The Dumb-Bell
The Bell Hop
The Bell Hop
1921
as The Bellhop
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy
1921
as Larry, the Fall Guy
The Bakery
The Bakery
1921
as Larry, a Bakery Clerk
The Rent Collector
The Rent Collector
1921
as Larry, the Rent Collector
The Hick
The Hick
1921
as Larry, the Hick
The Suitor
The Suitor
1920
as The Suitor
The Stage Hand
The Stage Hand
1920
as The Stage Hand
School Days
School Days
1920
as Joe
The Fly-Cop
The Fly-Cop
1920
as The Fly Cop
The Grocery Clerk
The Grocery Clerk
1919
as The Grocery Clerk
The Head Waiter
The Head Waiter
1919
as The Head Waiter
Dew Drop Inn
Dew Drop Inn
1919
as Larry, the Detective
Dull Care
Dull Care
1919
as Larry, a Detective
Between the Acts
Between the Acts
1919
as Larry, the Handy Man and a Drunkard
The Simple Life
The Simple Life
1919
as A Farmer's Boy
His Home Sweet Home
His Home Sweet Home
1919
as The Husband
The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder
1919
as Star Boarder / Little Joe, Escaped Convict
Passing the Buck
Passing the Buck
1919
as The House Detective
Well, I'll Be
Well, I'll Be
1919
as The Sheriff
Scamps and Scandals
Scamps and Scandals
1919
as Larry
Traps and Tangles
Traps and Tangles
1919
as Detective Sparks
Pluck and Plotters
Pluck and Plotters
1918
as The Janitor
Frauds and Frenzies
Frauds and Frenzies
1918
as Larry, First Prisoner
Bears and Bad Men
Bears and Bad Men
1918
as Larry Cutshaw
Huns and Hyphens
Huns and Hyphens
1918
as Larry
Dunces and Dangers
Dunces and Dangers
1918
as Larry
Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs
Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs
1918
as Lawrence
Hindoos and Hazards
Hindoos and Hazards
1918
as Larry
Babes and Boobs
Babes and Boobs
1918
as A Boob
Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies
Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies
1917
as Larry
Risks and Roughnecks
Risks and Roughnecks
1917
as Our Hero
Gall and Golf
Gall and Golf
1917
as O.U. Dubb
Bullies and Bullets
Bullies and Bullets
1917