Larry Semon
Directing 1889-07-14 West Point, Mississippi, USA
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.…
Known For
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The Wizard of Oz
1925
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The Suitor
1920
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Underworld
1927
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Go Straight!
1925
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Golf
1922
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The Hick
1921
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The Fly-Cop
1920
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Between the Acts
1919
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The Sawmill
1922
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The Star Boarder
1919
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Kid Speed
1924
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School Days
1920
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Passing the Buck
1919
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Pluck and Plotters
1918
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A Simple Sap
1928
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Scamps and Scandals
1919
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The Simple Life
1919
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The Grocery Clerk
1919