Harry Langdon (1884 - 1944)

American comedian active vaudeville, silent films and talkies. One of the great comedians of the silent era.

* June 15, 1884 Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
 as Harry Philmore Langdon
 December 22, 1944 Los Angeles, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, January 1928
Photoplay, February 1928
Photoplay, February 1928

Photoplay, June 1928
Photoplay, July 1928
Photoplay, June 1929

Photoplay, July 1929
Photoplay, September 1929
Photoplay, December 1929

Photoplay, December 1929
Photoplay, January 1930
Photoplay, June 1930

Photoplay, September 1930
Photoplay, February 1932
Photoplay, February 1932


Books on Harry Langdon

Joyce Rheuban
Harry Langdon, The Comedian as Metteur-en-Scène
Rutherford - Madison - Teaneck/London and Toronto, 1983

William Schelly
Harry Langdon
1982

Donald W. McCaffrey Four Great Comedians Donald W. McCaffrey
Four Great Comedians, Chaplin, Lloyd, Keaton, Langdon
New York, 1968

Books with substantial mentioning of Harry Langdon

Noel Carroll
Comedy incarnate, Buster Keaton, Physical Humor, and Bodily Coping
Malden, MA, 2007

Brian J. Robb Silent cinema Brian J. Robb
Silent cinema
Harpenden, Herts, 2007

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Glenn Mitchell A-Z of Silent Film Comedy Glenn Mitchell
A-Z of Silent Film Comedy, An Illustrated Companion
London, 1998

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Silent Years Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Silent Years
London, 1985

James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard with Gregory W. Mank and Charles Hoyt
The Funsters
New Rochelle, New York, 1979

Richard Koszarski
Hollywood Directors, 1914-1940
New York, 1976

Walter Kerr The Silent Clowns Walter Kerr
The Silent Clowns
New York, 1975

Kalton C. Lahue and Sam Gill Clown Princes and Court Jesters Kalton C. Lahue and Sam Gill
Clown Princes and Court Jesters
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1970

Books with an entry on Harry Langdon

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Roy Liebman Silent Film Performers Roy Liebman
Silent Film Performers, An Annotated Bibliography of Published, Unpublished and Archival Sources for over 350 Actors and Actresses
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1996

Joe Franklin Encyclopedia of Comedians Joe Franklin
Encyclopedia of Comedians
Secaucus, N.J., 1979

Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood Charles Donald Fox
Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk
New York, 1925

Books with photograph(s) of Harry Langdon

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978