ACTOR

Max Linder

1883 - 1925

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Gabriel Leuvielle (16 December 1883 – 1 November 1925), known professionally as Max Linder (French: [maks lɛ̃.dɛʁ]), was a French actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and comedian of the silent film era. His onscreen persona "Max" was one of the first recognizable recurring characters in film. He has also been cited as the "first international movie star" and "the first film star anywhere".Born in Cavernes, France to Catholic parents, Linder grew up with a passion for theater and enrolled in the Conservatoire de Bordeaux in 1899. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Linder has received more than 252,797 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Max Linder is the 732nd most popular actor (down from 651st in 2019), the 1,287th most popular biography from France (down from 1,189th in 2019) and the 64th most popular French Actor.

Max Linder was a silent film comedian who was most famous for his slapstick comedy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Max Linders by language

Over the past year Max Linder has had the most page views in the with 35,126 views, followed by English (28,578), and Russian (20,945). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Occitan (89.38%), Finnish (67.27%), and Simple English (56.95%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Max Linder ranks 732 out of 13,578. Before him are James Spader, Death of Marilyn Monroe, Mark Ruffalo, Ray Milland, J. K. Simmons, and Famke Janssen. After him are Linda Christian, Lionel Logue, Eric Roberts, Daniela Bianchi, Adam West, and Richard Farnsworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Max Linder ranks 49. Before him are Marie Laurencin, Joseph Pilates, Gino Severini, Georgios Papanikolaou, Gottfried Feder, and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. After him are Adolph Joffe, Alexandros Papagos, Ida Rubinstein, Erich Heckel, José Clemente Orozco, and Ivan Ilyin. Among people deceased in 1925, Max Linder ranks 38. Before him are Percy Fawcett, John Singer Sargent, H. Rider Haggard, Pierre Louÿs, Clément Ader, and Johann Palisa. After him are Lovis Corinth, Christian Krohg, Boris Savinkov, Robert Koldewey, August von Wassermann, and Michel Verne.

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In France

Among people born in France, Max Linder ranks 1,287 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (1678), Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1311), Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895), Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827), and Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753). After him are Dalmatius (350), Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (1523), Antoine Destutt de Tracy (1754), Gérard Debreu (1921), Bernard Hinault (1954), and Clément Marot (1495).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Max Linder ranks 64. Before him are François Cluzet (1955), André Antoine (1858), Cléo de Mérode (1875), Charles Boyer (1899), Emmanuelle Béart (1963), and Nathalie Baye (1948). After him are Jean-Louis Barrault (1910), Capucine (1928), Maria Schneider (1952), Anne Parillaud (1960), Eva Green (1980), and Mistinguett (1875).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Three Must-Get-Theres
Dart-In-Again
In this movie, Max Linder parodies the famous novel "The Three Musketeers".
Aug 22o 19226.4 / 10
Max Takes a Bath
Max
On doctor's orders Max buys a new bathtub but things don't work out as planned.
Oct 22o 19106.1 / 10
Seven Years Bad Luck
Max
After breaking a mirror in his home, superstitious Max tries to avoid situations which could bring bad luck, but in doing so causes himself the worst luck imaginable.
Feb 6o 19216.8 / 10