Harry Langdon

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Harry Langdon
Harry L. Langdon (1884-1944)
Born	June 15, 1884 Council Bluffs, Iowa
Died	December 22, 1944 Los Angeles, California
Spouse(s)	Rose Francis Mensolf (1903 - 1929) Helen Walton (1929 - 1932) Mabel Sheldon (1934 - 1944)

Harry L. Langdon (June 15, 1884 – December 22, 1944) was an American silent film comedian.

1 Life and career
2 Selected filmography
3 See also
4 External link

[edit] Life and career

Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, he began working in vaudeville then joined Vitagraph Movie Studios. He eventually went over to Keystone Studios where he became a major star. At the height of his film career he was considered one of the four best comics of the silent film era. His screen character was that of a child-like man with an innocent's understanding of the world and the people in it. He was a first class mime. When Langdon had good directors guiding him, he produced work that rivaled Chaplin's, Lloyd's and Keaton's. He decided to take his career into his own hands, however, and this led to the decline of his films. He ended his career working for low budget studios. His best films were The Strong Man (1926) and Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1927).

Harry Langdon died in 1944 in Los Angeles from a cerebral hemorrhage and was interred in the Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. In 1997, his hometown of Council Bluffs celebrated "Harry Langdon Day" and in 1999 named Harry Langdon Boulevard in his honor.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Harry Langdon has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Blvd.