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Lawrence Semon (February 9, 1889 [1] – October 8, 1928) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film era. In his day, Semon was considered a major movie comedian, but he is now remembered mainly for working with both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before they started working together.
Larry Semon was a slapstick comedian and director who starred in many short films in the early 1920s. He also played the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (1925), but his career declined after his marriage to Dorothy Dwan.
- January 1, 1
- West Point, Mississippi, USA
- January 1, 1
- 1.70 m
Larry Semon. Director: The Wizard of Oz. Slapstick comedian known for his charming, white-painted face and clownish smile, mugged his way to being a very highly paid and popular actor. His career was marred by personal problems, and his fortune was lost to high spending. By the time he died, he'd already been hospitalized for a nervous breakdown and was penniless. He was 39 years old.
- July 16, 1889
- October 8, 1928
Nov 29, 2015 · Learn about the life and career of Larry Semon, a silent film star who worked with Laurel and Hardy and tried to remake The Wizard of Oz. Find out how he rose and fell in the film industry, and why he is still remembered in Germany.
Lawrence "Larry" Semon (February 9, 1889 [1] – October 8, 1928) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent movie era. In his day, Semon was considered a major movie comedian. He is now remembered mainly for working with both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before they started working together.
1920. School Days …. Producer. 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 ...
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Stars. L arry Semon was a director of numerous silent films, as well as an actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and cartoonist. Semon was born in West Point, Miss. His mother and father were actors, and as soon as he was old enough he too appeared on stage. In school in Savannah, Ga., Semon began cartooning and became an expert working on ...
