Harold Lloyd Net Worth is
$1.3 Million

Mini Biography

Harold Clayton Lloyd was created in Burchard, Nebraska around the 20th of Apr 1893. When Harold was 12 he became a member of the theatre generally just performing along with his senior high school. Harold’s dad (nick-named ‘Foxy’) had not been effective at business and Harold’s mom regretted marrying him. Later on, actor John Street Connor asked Lloyd to visit LA with him. Lloyd, right now divorced, received $3000 after a major accident. They flipped a gold coin – it had been either mind to California or tails to NY and it arrived up California based on Lloyd’s child, Gloria, in “Harold Lloyd, THE 3RD Genius” (1989) unquestionably the most useful documentary on his existence, which was made by film historians David Gill & Kevin Brownlow. While Harold and John Street Connor were in NORTH PARK, the Edison film organization asked Connor to provide extras. This resulted in the first film appearance of Lloyd inside a 1913 film known as The Aged Monk’s Story (1913). That yr Lloyd was solid as a supplementary in a film known as Rory ‘o The Bogs where he discovered another extra, Hal Roach. In addition they appeared down the road in Samson (1914) and in The Patchwork Young lady of Oz (1914). In 1915 Roach got developed a fresh film business and he asked Harold Lloyd for his personal series. The studio room now got a fresh name, Rolin. Harold was a sluggish developer at humor. His first personality was known as Willie Work, later on Lonesome Luke, that was an imitation of Charlie Chaplin’s tramp personality. Just Nut products (1915), the very first Lonesome Luke, was successful and Roach needed no modification. Finally in 1917 Lloyd believed up a fresh personality known as simply “Eyeglasses” personality. Lloyd aimed the to begin these films but later understood you can’t really act and immediate at exactly the same time. Roach got later claimed he previously invented the type nonetheless it was certainly Lloyd’s idea. He was became a member of by a large business including ‘Snub’ Pollard & Bebe Daniels. In 1921 it had been period for Lloyd to begin with building feature-length comedies. The to begin these was A Sailor-Made Man (1921) that was a huge successful. It was accompanied by Grandma’s Boy (1922). Lloyd needed Grandma’s Boy to become only a dramatic picture however when he previewed it inside a theater the audience had not been laughing. Therefore Roach got all of the writers to work through gags for the picture. Following the film premiered Lloyd identified it among the greatest accomplishments. Next came a fascinating picture called Dr. Jack port (1922)accompanied by Lloyd’s most magnificent film, Protection Last! (1923)in 1923. The film demonstrated Lloyd dangling from a time clock privately of the building. By the end of that yr Lloyd remaining Roach and shaped his own business known as ‘The Harold Lloyd company’ where for the very first 24 months he distributed his films through Pathe and later on for Paramount. His most widely used film was The Freshman (1925) in 1925. In 1928 Lloyd got already created his personal autobiography “An American Humor” exactly the same yr where he produced his last silent film entitled Speedy (1928). In 1929 Lloyd began creating a film called Welcome Risk (1929)where he originally shot it like a silent film but down the road he re-shot it like a speaking film. His profession was heading down using the dawn of audio. He made yet another thrill picture known as Feet Initial (1930)within the style of Protection Last. But with the melancholy hitting, he no more achieved exactly the same popularity as he do within the roaring twenties. He came back two years later on with an incredible film that was thought to be his greatest talkie. The film was Film Crazy (1932) where Lloyd regarded as he was at his funniest. Convinced it had been popular he continued a vacation to European countries. He later came back to Hollywood and got found that the film have been a flop, he decreased himself to 1 film every 2 yrs. He produced another great speaking film entitled The Milky Method (1936) in 1936, aimed by Leo McCarey. After one of is own last movies, Teacher Beware (1938), although he didn’t precisely retire he simply drifted from the film market. He created two more movies for RKO in the first 40s before retiring. From then on he found a lot more interests like the research of color and such. Down the road he took several photos of Marilyn Monroe. In 1947, director Preston Sturges, who had under no circumstances forgotten ‘The Freshman’ wished to create a tribute to Lloyds career. Therefore Lloyd decided to create a film with Sturges, which in the long run was entitled The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947), nonetheless it didn’t reach the very best. Three years later on maker Howard Hughes re-issued and edited it right down to 79 mins and transformed the name to Mad Wed. Lloyd was right now nearly forgotten. Even though film was unsuccessful, in 1951 Lloyd was nominated to get a golden world for best FILM Actor inside a musical or humor. But he do receive an honorary Oscar in 1953 to be a get better at comedian and great citizen. In 1962 he compiled a few of his silent comedies into two documentaries, that have been called Harold Lloyd’s World of Comedy & a different one in 1963 entitled Harold Lloyd’s Funny Part of Life. Lloyd re-released a few of his movies and his popularity was returning but not since it was previously. He passed away in 1971 at age 78. He was also known for his good charity function. His stars for the walk of popularity are in 6840 Hollywood Blvd & at 1501 Vine Road, California.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Harold Lloyd
Died	March 8, 1971, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Height	1.78 m
Profession	Comedian, Stunt Performer, Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
Education	East High School
Nationality	American
Spouse	Mildred Davis
Children	Gloria Lloyd, Harold Lloyd Jr., Marjorie Elisabeth Lloyd
Parents	J. Darcie 'Foxy' Lloyd, Elisabeth Fraser Lloyd
Siblings	Gaylord Lloyd
Awards	Academy Honorary Award
Nominations	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Movies	Safety Last!, The Freshman, Girl Shy, The Kid Brother, Grandma's Boy, Why Worry?, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, Movie Crazy, Never Weaken, Feet First, Speedy, Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy, Welcome Danger, Haunted Spooks, Dr. Jack, Bumping into Broadway, The Milky Way, For Heaven's Sake, From Hand to Mouth, A Sailor-Made Man, The Cat's-Paw, Professor Beware, An Eastern Westerner, Number, Please?, High and Dizzy, Now or Never, Ask Father, Over the Fence, Get Out and Get Under, Among Those Present, The Non-Stop Kid, Billy Blazes, Esq., Two-Gun Gussie, Look Out Below, Are Crooks Dishonest?, A Jazzed Honeymoon, Hot Water, Harold Lloyd filmography, Just Nuts, Funny Side of Life, Just Neighbors, Captain Kidd's Kids, The Flirt, I'm on My Way, Slapstick Symposium: The Harold Lloyd Collection, Why Pick on Me?, The City Slicker, Hey There!, On the Fire, Don't Shove, Luke's Movie Muddle