Michael Jeter

He is survived by his partner, Sean Blue. A few Max Linder films:. As of 2004 the cause of death has yet to be determined. 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. He had been thought to be in good health, but was found dead in his home in Los Angeles, California. 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. When he was diagnosed with HIV, he discussed it openly at a time when there was still much unreasoned fear about the disease. After Max Linder's death, Charles Chaplin dedicated one of his films: "For the unique Max, the great master - his student Charles Chaplin".

He was open about his troubles with drug and alcohol addiction, and for a time decided to retire from entertainment, but was eventually enticed back with roles on television and in movies. However, in Paris on October 31, 1925 Linder and his wife were successful in taking their own lives. His woebegone look, extreme flexibility and high energy led Tommy Tune to cast him in the Off-Broadway Cloud 9 and, on Broadway, in a memorable role in the musical Grand Hotel, for which he won a Tony Award in 1990. They were found and were recuperated, the incident covered up by the physician reporting it as an accidental overdose of sleeping powder. He pursued his initial stage career in Baltimore, Maryland, as he had heard it was hard to get work in New York without an equity card. The emotional problems besetting Linder evidenced themselves in early 1924 when he and his wife attempted suicide at a hotel in Vienna, Austria. Born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, Jeter was a student at Memphis State University when his interests changed from medicine to acting. In 1923, he married an 18-year old girl with whom he had a daughter they named Maud.

Michael Jeter (August 26, 1952 - March 30, 2003) was a United States actor. The aftereffects of Linder's war service was that he suffered from continuing health problems including bouts of severe depression. Waterworld. 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. The Boys Next Door. Once more, his American productions were box office failures and a discouraged Max Linder went back to his homeland. Dead Bang. Linder returned to France in 1917 but two years later made another attempt at filmmaking in Hollywood.

The Polar Express (to be released posthumously.). audiences and the studio cancelled production of the remaining films in his contract. Mouse Hunt. Unfortunately, his first few American made "Max" films didn't connect with the U.S. The Money Pit. In 1916, Linder received and accepted an offer from Essanay Studios of Chicago, Illinois to work in the United States. Zelig. Physically unfit for combat duty, he worked as a dispatch driver during the war until he was seriously wounded.

Ragtime. World War I brought a temporary end to his career in film. Hair. 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. Patch Adams. 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. Jakob the Liar. Max Linder created what was probably the first identifiable motion-picture character who appeared in successive situation comedies.

The Fisher King. 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. Jurassic Park III. 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. The Green Mile. Max Linder, born December 16, 1883 - died October 31, 1925, was an influential French pioneer of silent film. Open Range. The Skater's Debut (1907).

Taken. Max and His Mother-in-Law (1910). From Here to Eternity. Max and His Dog (1912). Hothouse. Max's Hat (1913). Noodle's Brother, Mr. Noodle". Max and the Jealos Husband (1914).

Sesame Street: as Elmo's friend "Mr. Max in America (1917). Gypsy (1993 TV version). Max Wants a Divorce (1917). Evening Shade. Max in a Taxi (1917). Grand Hotel (Tony award for his portrayal of Otto Kringelein, a dying man with a thirst for life, his song "We'll Take a Glass Together" was revelatory.). Be My Wife (1921).

Cloud 9. Seven Years Bad Luck (1921). Point. The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922). R. Secours (Help!) (1923). G.