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Lloyd Hamilton is a Actor American born on 19 august 1891 at Oakland (USA)
Lloyd Vernon Hamilton (August 19, 1891 – January 19, 1935) was an American silent film comedian.
In his solo comedies, the husky Hamilton adopted the persona of a slightly prissy, overgrown boy, and his films often have surreal touches: in The Movies he tearfully bids goodbye to his mother to go to the city, turns his back on the family farm, and steps directly into the city which is right next door. In Move Along he neatly lays his trousers in the street, to have a steamroller press them. Few of Hamilton's silent comedies survive; they were produced by Educational Pictures, which suffered a laboratory fire in 1937. Those of Hamilton's films that do exist are often prized by comedy collectors and silent-film enthusiasts.
Hamilton was a heavy drinker, and it has long been claimed that he would often turn rather violent when intoxicated (however, in Anthony Balducci's recent biography on Hamilton (McFarland & Company, 2009) the author argues that there exists no evidence anywhere of this having been the case). In the late 1920s he was in a speakeasy when a boxer was murdered (Hamilton was not a suspect), and after the incident the motion picture authorities banned him from pictures. By 1929 he was back on screen in talking pictures (his speaking voice being a nasal tenor that fit his finicky screen character) but his continued drinking affected his health. Meanwhile, his alcoholism also affected his family life; he was married twice, first to Ethel Lloyd and later to Irene Dalton, but each marriage turned disastrous and did not last long.
Hamilton's last starring series was a string of two-reel comedies produced by Mack Sennett. He continued to play the hapless victim of circumstance, as in Too Many Highballs where Hamilton tries to park his car and keeps getting boxed in by motorists. When the Sennett series lapsed, there was talk of Hamilton joining the Hal Roach studio, but Roach knew of Hamilton's notorious alcohol abuse and declined to hire him. Hamilton's facial features had acquired deep lines and hollows from heavy drinking, and he no longer looked like the "overgrown boy" in his final films.
In 1935 he died during an operation for what was described as "stomach troubles."
Hamilton has a "star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Birth name Lloyd Vernon Hamilton
Nationality USA
Birth 19 august 1891 at Oakland (USA)
Death 19 january 1935 (at 43 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 19 august 1891 at Oakland (USA)
Death 19 january 1935 (at 43 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Biography
Hamilton is best remembered as the stocky half of silent comedy's "Ham and Bud" (opposite diminutive Bud Duncan), and later, his own series of short comedies. Hamilton's skill was admired by his fellow comedians, thus contributing to his reputation as a comedian's comedian—according to Oscar Levant, Charlie Chaplin singled him out as the one actor of whom he was jealous, Buster Keaton in an interview praised him as "one of the funniest men in pictures," while Charley Chase, who early in his career had directed Hamilton in a number of short subjects, stated that he would often ask himself "how would 'Ham' Hamilton play this?" before shooting a scene.In his solo comedies, the husky Hamilton adopted the persona of a slightly prissy, overgrown boy, and his films often have surreal touches: in The Movies he tearfully bids goodbye to his mother to go to the city, turns his back on the family farm, and steps directly into the city which is right next door. In Move Along he neatly lays his trousers in the street, to have a steamroller press them. Few of Hamilton's silent comedies survive; they were produced by Educational Pictures, which suffered a laboratory fire in 1937. Those of Hamilton's films that do exist are often prized by comedy collectors and silent-film enthusiasts.
Hamilton was a heavy drinker, and it has long been claimed that he would often turn rather violent when intoxicated (however, in Anthony Balducci's recent biography on Hamilton (McFarland & Company, 2009) the author argues that there exists no evidence anywhere of this having been the case). In the late 1920s he was in a speakeasy when a boxer was murdered (Hamilton was not a suspect), and after the incident the motion picture authorities banned him from pictures. By 1929 he was back on screen in talking pictures (his speaking voice being a nasal tenor that fit his finicky screen character) but his continued drinking affected his health. Meanwhile, his alcoholism also affected his family life; he was married twice, first to Ethel Lloyd and later to Irene Dalton, but each marriage turned disastrous and did not last long.
Hamilton's last starring series was a string of two-reel comedies produced by Mack Sennett. He continued to play the hapless victim of circumstance, as in Too Many Highballs where Hamilton tries to park his car and keeps getting boxed in by motorists. When the Sennett series lapsed, there was talk of Hamilton joining the Hal Roach studio, but Roach knew of Hamilton's notorious alcohol abuse and declined to hire him. Hamilton's facial features had acquired deep lines and hollows from heavy drinking, and he no longer looked like the "overgrown boy" in his final films.
In 1935 he died during an operation for what was described as "stomach troubles."
Hamilton has a "star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Ex-Plumber (1931)
, 21minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lloyd Hamilton, Addie McPhail, Stanley Blystone, Mitchell Lewis
Roles Elmer Swift - Plumber
Rating58%
Marriage Rows (1931)
, 19minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lloyd Hamilton, Al St. John, Addie McPhail, Edna Marion, Doris Deane
Roles Elmer
Up a Tree (1930)
, 19minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lloyd Hamilton, Addie McPhail, Dell Henderson
Roles Elmer Dolittle
Won by a Neck (1930)
, 25minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lloyd Hamilton, Ruth Hiatt, Addie McPhail, Ed Brady, William McCall, Glen Cavender
Roles Percy
Show of Shows (1929)
, 2h8Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Frank Fay, Anthony Bushell, John Barrymore, William Courtenay, William Bakewell, Richard Barthelmess
Roles Hansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution")
Rating58%
Black Waters (1929)
, 1h30Directed by Marshall Neilan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors James Kirkwood Sr., Mary Brian, Robert Downing Ames, John Loder, Frank Reicher, Noble Johnson
Roles Temple
Tanned Legs (1929)
, 1h11Directed by Marshall Neilan
Genres Comedy
Themes Musical films
Actors Ann Pennington, Arthur Lake, June Clyde, Dorothy Revier, Sally Blane, Albert Gran
Roles Detective
Rating54%
Peggy is the daughter of Mr. Reynolds and his wife Sophie. Although married, both of the elder Reynolds are having romantic interludes with younger people, Mrs. Lyons-King and Roger Fleming, respectively. In addition, Peggy's sister, Janet, is infatuated with Clinton Darrow, a ne'er-do-well, who is only interested in the Reynolds' money, not in Janet. Peggy is in the only normal relationship, with her boyfriend, Bill.
Peaceful Oscar (1927)
, 25minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lloyd Hamilton, Blanche Payson, William White
Roles Peaceful Oscar
One Sunday Morning (1926)
, 25minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lloyd Hamilton, Stanley Blystone
The Movies (1925)
, 20minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lloyd Hamilton, Arthur Thalasso, Frank Jonasson, Glen Cavender, Robert Brower, Florence Lee
Roles A Country Boy
Rating60%
A Self-Made Failure (1924)
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Actors Lloyd Hamilton, Ben Alexander, Patsy Ruth Miller, Mary Carr, Sam De Grasse, Charles Reisner
Roles Breezy, The Failure
Hollywood (1923)
Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors George K. Arthur, Bess Flowers, Ruby Lafayette, Roscoe Arbuckle, Gertrude Astor, Mary Astor
Roles Lloyd Hamilton
Rating68%
Angela Whitaker (Hope Drown) is a young unknown who comes to Hollywood to become an actress, and brings her grandfather, Joel Whitaker (Luke Cosgrave). At the end of the first day, she has not found work, but her grandfather has.