Larry Semon

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Larry Semon

Born 1889-02-09 West Point, Mississippi, USA 71 films

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 Stud…

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Filmography

71 films
The Show poster

A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters th…

The Show

★ 7.0 1922

The Sawmill poster

A bumbling sawmill employee tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter while staying out of the…

The Sawmill

★ 5.4 1922

The Bell Hop poster

A government official staying in a hotel puts some important secret papers in the hotel safe. A rin…

The Bell Hop

★ 6.8 1921

The Fall Guy poster

Larry falls afoul of wanted criminal Gentleman Joe, who runs a saloon full of tough guys and gunsli…

The Fall Guy

★ 4.9 1921

The Bakery poster

Well-meaning but accident-prone bakery employee Larry is involved in numerous slapstick mishaps on…

The Bakery

★ 4.7 1921

The Hick poster

Larry might be a hick causing a lot of trouble at the farm, but he shows he can outsmart those croo…

The Hick

★ 6.0 1921

The Sportsman poster

The Sportsman is an American film comedy first released in 1921, directed by Larry Semon and Norman…

The Sportsman

★ 6.7 1921

The Suitor poster

Larry having to go through a lot of trouble to get his girl. All from bomb baking cooks to high fly…

The Suitor

★ 4.9 1920

School Days poster

Larry in school and always gets in trouble until he falls asleep and dreams of when he's all grown…

School Days

★ 6.8 1920