Monday 16 March 2015

Harold Lloyd



Harold Lloyd was born on the 20th of April 1893 in Nebraska, United States and died on the 8th of March 1971 in California.
He was an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, comedian and did many incredibly life threatening stunts in silent comedy films during the silent film era and ranked alongside Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, being the most popular film comedians.

One of Harold Lloyd's most famous scenes was in the movie "Safety Last!" where he was hanging from a clock face and it's hand danling from a skyscraper, it was preformed in public with no special effects, stunt doubles or safety lines, being one of the most dangerous yet successful stunts preformed in public.











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