Larry Semon
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1889-1928) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 39
Lawrence Semon was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film era. In his day, Semon was considered a major movie comedian, but he is now remembered mainly for working with both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before they started working together.
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UnderworldFilm, Slippy Lewis1925
The CloudhopperFilm, Director, Producer
The Wizard of OzFilm, 1925Director, Writer1924
Her Boy FriendFilm, Director, Producer1923
HorseshoesFilm, Director1922
A Pair of KingsFilm, Director, Writer1921
The BakeryFilm, Director, Writer
The Bell HopFilm, 1921Director, Writer1920
School DaysFilm, Director, Writer1919
Between the ActsFilm, Director1918
Bathing Beauties and Big BoobsFilm, Director, Writer1917Gall and GolfFilm, DirectorPlagues And Puppy LoveFilm, 1917Director1916
The Man from EgyptFilm, Director, Writer1889Born9 February 1889People around Larry
Stan Laurel Larry directed Bears and Bad Men (1918)
Oliver Hardy Larry directed The Bakery and The Stage Hand
Norman Taurog Directed The Bakery, The Stage Hand and The Show
Kate Price Larry directed More Money Than Manners (1916)
William Hauber Larry directed The Wizard of Oz (1925)
Al Thompson Larry directed The Bakery and The Stage Hand
Albert E. Smith Produced The Head Waiter and The Suitor
Eva Thatcher Larry directed The Bakery and Golf
Hughie Mack Larry directed A Jealous Guy and Losing Weight
Spencer Bell Larry produced The Wizard of Oz and Kid Speed
Frank Alexander Also in Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs (1918)
Noel M. Smith Directed Kid Speed and The Girl in the Limousine
Frank Hayes Larry directed The Stage Hand and School Days
Madge Kirby Also in Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs (1918)
Norma Nichols Also in The Bakery and The Bell Hop
Mae Dahlberg Larry directed Bears and Bad Men (1918)
Templar Saxe Larry directed More Money Than Manners (1916)
William Shea Larry directed The Man from Egypt (1916)
Mary Carr Larry directed The Wizard of Oz (1925)
Charles Graham Baker Wrote The Girl in the Limousine (1924)
Otto Lederer Larry directed The Wizard of Oz (1925)
Jack Duffy Also in The Grocery Clerk and School Days
Norma Shearer Larry directed The Star Boarder (1919)
James J. Jeffries Larry produced Kid Speed (1924)
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He directed and appeared in the 1925 silent film The Wizard of Oz, which had a slight influence on the better-known 1939 talkie The Wizard of Oz released by MGM. The film was included in the 2005 three-disc DVD version of the 1939 film, along with other silent Oz movies.
