History Creator / HaroldLloyd

-->-- '''Lloyd''' in 1970, shortly before his death

** Usually, though not always, accompanied by a [[NiceHat straw hat]].

->''"My humor was never cruel or cynical. I just took life and poked fun at it. We made it so it could be understood the world over, without language barriers. We seem to have conquered the time barrier, too."'' [[note]]Lloyd in 1970, shortly before his death[[/note]]

* TheMagicPokerEquation: Played with in ''An Eastern Westerner''. Harold sits down to play poker and naturally is dealt a full house in true Magic Poker Equation style. However, this is subverted when the guy sitting next to him is dealt a pair of twos--and surreptitously switches out his hand for Harold's.

* In the ''WesterhAnimation/PowerpuffGirls'' episode "Silent Treatment" the girls get sucked into a silent movie and quickly pass by Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin.

* Will Smith's cop character in ''Film/IRobot'' mentions that the name of the driver that [[spoiler: was killed in the same accident that left his daughter Sarah and the cop slowly drowning as they were trapped in their cars underwater]] was "named Harold Lloyd. Like the film star, but no relation." Notable since the film is supposed to take place in 2035, showing how people still remembered his career even over a hundred years after some of the films were made.

Born in Nebraska, Lloyd moved with his father to San Diego after his parents' divorce, and started acting in high school. He made his film debut in 1913 and soon became partners with another up-and-comer, producer Hal Roach. Lloyd achieved fame with "Lonesome Luke", a fairly obvious imitation of Chaplin's Tramp character that nevertheless proved popular. However, Lloyd grew more ambitious and created his own persona, the "glasses" character that would be a movie fixture for twenty years. The "glasses" character, unlike Chaplin's tragicomic outsider and Keaton's somewhat cynical [[TheStoic stoic]], was more of an everyman, a determined, go-getting all-American type who usually got both the girl and the happy ending.

Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker, and one of the biggest stars of UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood. Along with Creator/CharlieChaplin and Creator/BusterKeaton, Lloyd dominated silent comedy in the 1920s, leading British film historian Kevin Brownlow to dub him "the Third Genius" of the genre.

'''Lloyd films with their own pages:'''

In 1923, following the tremendous success of ''Film/SafetyLast'', (the one with the "clock dangling" scene that became Lloyd's SignatureScene) Lloyd left Creator/HalRoachStudios and became his own boss during his era of greatest success, the 1920s where he produced more feature films than Chaplin and Keaton. Unlike those rivals, he never took credit as a writer or director of his films despite closely controlling all aspects of production. His films during these years became famous for thrilling, elaborate stuntwork and long chase sequences, all of which were performed by Lloyd himself. Even more impressively, this was done after losing the thumb and forefinger on his right hand when a prop bomb exploded too early.

Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker, and one of the biggest stars of UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood. Along with Creator/CharlieChaplin and Creator/BusterKeaton, Lloyd dominated silent comedy in the 1920s, leading film historian Kevin Brownlow to dub him "the Third Genius" of the genre.

Lloyd attempted to adapt the "glasses" character for talkies but met with gradually diminishing returns and was essentially retired by 1938. He held the copyright to most of his features and was reluctant to show them in revivals or on television, and consequently his reputation diminished over the decades in comparison with his contemporaries'. Some of Lloyd's features were released on VHS in the early 1990s, and a DVD collection of features and shorts was finally released in 2005. Creator/TheCriterionCollection currently has the rights to Lloyd's catalog and is releasing his films on Blu-ray.

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* IdenticalLookingAsians: In ''The Cat's-Paw'', Lloyd's character Ezekiel Cobb, who grew up in China as the son of a missionary, observes that white girls all look alike.

* IdenticalLookingAsians: Inverted in ''The Cat's-Paw'', in which Lloyd's character Ezekiel Cobb, who grew up in China as the son of a missionary, observes that white girls all look alike.

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* {{Adorkable}}: His "Glasses" character was probably one of the earliest examples. This is actually a pretty good illustration of the effect of the glasses. Without the glasses, he wasn't "adorkable", he was just a [[http://photos.famousfix.com/ctf_13439562/harold-lloyd/ctn_13439562 very handsome man]].

* The main character in the animated ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' was a mix between Harold Lloyd and Creator/JimmyStewart.

* EekAMouse: In ''Hot Water'' Harold's wife makes the standard reaction to a mouse on the floor. Her wails help make Harold, in the other room, think that he killed his mother-in-law, whom he incorrectly believes to be dead. (ItMakesSenseInContext. Sort of.)

Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was one of the biggest stars of UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood. Along with Creator/CharlieChaplin and Creator/BusterKeaton, Lloyd dominated silent comedy in the 1920s, leading film historian Kevin Brownlow to dub him "the Third Genius" of the genre.

* ''Film/TheFreshman'' (1925)

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Born in Nebraska and raised in San Diego by his father after his parents' divorce, Lloyd started acting in high school. He made his film debut in 1913 and soon became partners with another up-and-comer, producer Hal Roach. Lloyd achieved fame with "Lonesome Luke", a fairly obvious imitation of Chaplin's Tramp character that nevertheless proved popular. However, Lloyd grew more ambitious and created his own persona, the "glasses" character that would be a movie fixture for twenty years. The "glasses" character, unlike Chaplin's tragicomic outsider and Keaton's somewhat cynical [[TheStoic stoic]], was more of an everyman, a determined, go-getting all-American type who usually got both the girl and the happy ending.

Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor and comedian, and one of the biggest stars of UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood. Along with Creator/CharlieChaplin and Creator/BusterKeaton, Lloyd dominated silent comedy in the 1920s, leading film historian Kevin Brownlow to dub him "the Third Genius" of the genre.

Lloyd started acting in high school. He made his film debut in 1913 and soon became partners with another up-and-comer, producer Hal Roach. Lloyd achieved fame with "Lonesome Luke", a fairly obvious imitation of Chaplin's Tramp character that nevertheless proved popular. However, Lloyd grew more ambitious and created his own persona, the "glasses" character that would be a movie fixture for twenty years. The "glasses" character, unlike Chaplin's tragicomic outsider and Keaton's somewhat cynical [[TheStoic stoic]], was more of an everyman, a determined, go-getting all-American type who usually got both the girl and the happy ending.

Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor and comedian, and one of the biggest stars of UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood. Along with Creator/CharlieChaplin and Creator/BusterKeaton, Lloyd dominated silent comedy in the 1920s, leading film historian Kevin Brownlow to dub him the "Third Genius" of the genre.

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[[caption-width-right:280:{{Adorkable}}!]]

Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893 -- March 8, 1971) was one of the biggest stars of UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood. Along with Creator/CharlieChaplin and Creator/BusterKeaton, Lloyd (sometimes described as "The Third Genius" in reference to the other two actors) dominated the silent comedy genre in the 1920s.