Max Linder

A few Max Linder films:. Meloni is frequently confused with actor Elias Koteas. In his honor, Lycée Max Linder, a public school in the city of Libourne in the Gironde département near his birthplace was given his name. In 2002 he gave an acclaimed performance as disgraced detective Mark Fuhrman in TV-movie Murder in Greenwich Village (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339422/). In the ensuing years, Linder was relegated to little more than a footnote in film history until 1963 when a Max Linder compilation film titled Laugh with Max Linder was released and in 1983 his daughter made a documentary film titled The Man in the Silk Hat. His most recent movie appearance was as Freakshow in the independent comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. He has also appeared in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Wet Hot American Summer, and after director Garry Marshall saw him on "Oz", he was cast as Julia Roberts' fiance in The Runaway Bride. After Max Linder's death, Charles Chaplin dedicated one of his films: "For the unique Max, the great master - his student Charles Chaplin". From 1999 to 2003 he appeared on both shows simultaneously.

However, in Paris on October 31, 1925 Linder and his wife were successful in taking their own lives. L&O producer Dick Wolf, impressed by Meloni's acting abilities, signed him up for L&O:SVU in 1999, where he has remained ever since. They were found and were recuperated, the incident covered up by the physician reporting it as an accidental overdose of sleeping powder. In 1999 he even jokingly kissed his onscreen partner Lee Tergesen at an awards dinner for GLAAD. The emotional problems besetting Linder evidenced themselves in early 1924 when he and his wife attempted suicide at a hotel in Vienna, Austria. Meloni's raw magnetism and affable reaction towards the open sexuality of his character earned him press attention and legions of fans, particularly within the gay community. In 1923, he married an 18-year old girl with whom he had a daughter they named Maud. The role called for him to passionately kiss and touch other men, frequently submit to rear and full frontal nudity, and even urinate into a bucket.

The aftereffects of Linder's war service was that he suffered from continuing health problems including bouts of severe depression. His first real moment of stardom came from his controversial role as sociopathic bisexual Chris Keller in the HBO prison drama Oz. After having made several hundred short films, he all but gave up on the business, appearing in only two more films during 1923 and 1924 including "Secours" (Help!) for director Abel Gance. His first noticeable role was as the bodyguard in the 1996 lesbian thriller Bound. Once more, his American productions were box office failures and a discouraged Max Linder went back to his homeland. Meloni worked his way up the acting ladder with short-lived TV series and bit parts in a number of films. Linder returned to France in 1917 but two years later made another attempt at filmmaking in Hollywood. He has also worked as a bouncer, bartender, construction worker, and personal trainer.

audiences and the studio cancelled production of the remaining films in his contract. Meloni started his acting career at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he did his undergraduate studies. Unfortunately, his first few American made "Max" films didn't connect with the U.S. April 2, 1961) is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Elliot Stabler in the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Meloni is married to Sherman Williams and they have 2 children. In 1916, Linder received and accepted an offer from Essanay Studios of Chicago, Illinois to work in the United States. Christopher Meloni (also known as Chris Meloni) (b. Physically unfit for combat duty, he worked as a dispatch driver during the war until he was seriously wounded. Chris in the nude - view only if 18 or older please (http://www.acropolisvideo.com/menofoz/).

World War I brought a temporary end to his career in film. Official website (http://www.christopher-meloni.com/). By 1911, he was directing his own films as well as writing the script and the universality of silent films brought Linder fame and fortune throughout Europe, making him the highest paid entertainer of the day. IMDB listing (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005221/). Linder made more than one hundred short films portraying "Max," a wealthy and dapper man-about-town frequently in hot water because of his penchant for beautiful women and the good life. Max Linder created what was probably the first identifiable motion-picture character who appeared in successive situation comedies.

While working in Paris on the theater stage and in music halls, Leuvielle became fascinated with motion pictures and in 1905 took a job with Pathé Frères that saw him become a comedic actor, director, screenwriter, as well as a producer under the stage name, Max Linder. Born Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle in Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France to a wine growing family, he grew up with a passion for the theater and as a young man joined a theater troupe touring the country. Max Linder, born December 16, 1883 - died October 31, 1925, was an influential French pioneer of silent film. The Skater's Debut (1907).

Max and His Mother-in-Law (1910). Max and His Dog (1912). Max's Hat (1913). Max and the Jealos Husband (1914).

Max in America (1917). Max Wants a Divorce (1917). Max in a Taxi (1917). Be My Wife (1921).

Seven Years Bad Luck (1921). The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922). Secours (Help!) (1923).