Photo: Lewis-Smith, Chicago / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Linder is, for me, one of cinema's true founding fathers and far too easily forgotten. Born in Gironde, he built "Max" into one of the first recurring screen characters and was hailed as the first international movie star, with Chaplin himself reportedly looking up to him. That lineage gives me chills, because it means much of modern screen comedy traces back to this elegant man in a silk hat and moustache. His early death in 1925 feels like a genuine loss to film history. I hold nothing but reverence for an artist who made the whole world laugh before movies could even speak.
Overview
Gabriel-Maximilien 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".
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Max Linder
- Name (Japanese)
- マックス・ランデー
- Reading
- まっくす・らんでー
- Born
- December 16, 1883 – October 31, 1925
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / screenwriter / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.