ACTOR

Harold Lloyd

1893 - 1971

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Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.One of the most influential film comedians of the silent era, Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and talkies, from 1914 to 1947. His bespectacled "glasses character" was a resourceful, ambitious go-getter who matched the zeitgeist of the 1920s-era United States.His films frequently contained "thrill sequences" of extended chase scenes and daredevil physical feats. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Lloyd has received more than 2,341,402 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Harold Lloyd is the 305th most popular actor (up from 313th in 2019), the 551st most popular biography from United States (up from 566th in 2019) and the 151st most popular American Actor.

Harold Lloyd was a silent film comedian who was most famous for his high-risk and death-defying stunts.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Harold Lloyds by language

Over the past year Harold Lloyd has had the most page views in the with 282,130 views, followed by German (33,169), and Spanish (32,326). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (218.62%), Ido (109.66%), and Min Nan (91.44%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Harold Lloyd ranks 305 out of 13,578. Before him are Raquel Welch, Helmut Berger, Juliette Binoche, Kenneth Branagh, Burt Young, and Salma Hayek. After him are Carl Weathers, Kim Novak, Mia Farrow, Leonard Nimoy, Sean Penn, and Ian Holm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Harold Lloyd ranks 17. Before him are Alexander of Greece, Soong Ching-ling, Draža Mihailović, Chaim Soutine, Lazar Kaganovich, and Roland Freisler. After him are Palmiro Togliatti, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Karl Mannheim, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Omar Bradley. Among people deceased in 1971, Harold Lloyd ranks 17. Before him are Hermann Hoth, Arne Tiselius, Theodor Svedberg, Mátyás Rákosi, Lin Biao, and Giorgos Seferis. After him are Arne Jacobsen, Donald Winnicott, Wilhelm List, Franz Stangl, Gotthard Heinrici, and François Duvalier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harold Lloyd ranks 551 out of 20,380. Before him are James B. Sumner (1887), Joseph McCarthy (1908), Raquel Welch (1940), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), Burt Young (1940), and Bob Beamon (1946). After him are Chet Baker (1929), Donna Summer (1948), Terry Gilliam (1940), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), Kamala Harris (1964), and T. S. Eliot (1888).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Harold Lloyd ranks 151. Before him are Jeff Bridges (1949), Tobin Bell (1942), Janet Leigh (1927), Ernest Borgnine (1917), Raquel Welch (1940), and Burt Young (1940). After him are Carl Weathers (1948), Kim Novak (1933), Mia Farrow (1945), Leonard Nimoy (1931), Sean Penn (1960), and Matt Damon (1970).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Kid Brother
Harold Hickory
The most important family in Hickoryville is (not surprisingly) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and his tough manly sons Leo and Olin. The timid youngest son, Harold, doesn't have the muscles to match up to them, so he has to use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and also the love of beautiful Mary.
Jan 17o 19276.988 / 10
Safety Last!
The Boy - Harold
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
Apr 1o 19237.84 / 10
The Freshman
The Freshman
Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way of introducing himself that he saw in a movie. When he arrives at Tate University, he soon becomes the target of practical jokes and ridicule. With the help of his one real friend Peggy, he resolves to make every possible effort to become popular.
Sep 20o 19257 / 10