Max Linder

A few Max Linder films:. Donald "Ducky" Mallard. 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 is currently starring in the CBS television series "Navy NCIS" as the character Dr. 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. They were married in September 1967 and have two children, Peter and Sophie. After Max Linder's death, Charles Chaplin dedicated one of his films: "For the unique Max, the great master - his student Charles Chaplin". He is now married to Katherine (Carpenter).

However, in Paris on October 31, 1925 Linder and his wife were successful in taking their own lives. They had three sons, Paul, Jason (adopted), and Valentine. They were found and were recuperated, the incident covered up by the physician reporting it as an accidental overdose of sleeping powder. He was married to the actress Jill Ireland from 1957 to 1967. The emotional problems besetting Linder evidenced themselves in early 1924 when he and his wife attempted suicide at a hotel in Vienna, Austria. Although he subsequently became a familiar face on television, he was never able to achieve the same level of popular success as he had done with his role as Kuryakin, a Russian secret agent. In 1923, he married an 18-year old girl with whom he had a daughter they named Maud. The Man From U.N.C.L.E., intended as a vehicle for Robert Vaughn, unexpectedly made McCallum into a sex symbol.

The aftereffects of Linder's war service was that he suffered from continuing health problems including bouts of severe depression. McCallum began his career as a bit-part actor in British films of the 1950s. 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. He is best known for his role as Illya Kuryakin on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.. Once more, his American productions were box office failures and a discouraged Max Linder went back to his homeland. David Keith McCallum (born September 19, 1933 in Glasgow) is a Scottish actor. Linder returned to France in 1917 but two years later made another attempt at filmmaking in Hollywood. Cherry (1999).

audiences and the studio cancelled production of the remaining films in his contract. Healer (1994). Unfortunately, his first few American made "Max" films didn't connect with the U.S. Dirty Weekend (1993). In 1916, Linder received and accepted an offer from Essanay Studios of Chicago, Illinois to work in the United States. Fatal Inheritance (1993). Physically unfit for combat duty, he worked as a dispatch driver during the war until he was seriously wounded. Hear My Song (1991).

World War I brought a temporary end to his career in film. The Haunting of Morella (1990). 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. Terminal Choice (1985). 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. The Watcher in the Woods (1980). Max Linder created what was probably the first identifiable motion-picture character who appeared in successive situation comedies. King Solomon's Treasure (1977).

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. Dogs (1976). 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 Kingfisher Caper (1975). Max Linder, born December 16, 1883 - died October 31, 1925, was an influential French pioneer of silent film. The Mosquito Squadron (1969). The Skater's Debut (1907). La Cattura (1969).

Max and His Mother-in-Law (1910). Sol Madrid (1968). Max and His Dog (1912). Three Bites of the Apple (1967). Max's Hat (1913). Around the World Under the Sea (1966). Max and the Jealos Husband (1914). The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965).

Max in America (1917). The Great Escape (1963). Max Wants a Divorce (1917). Billy Budd (1962). Max in a Taxi (1917). Freud (1962). Be My Wife (1921). Jungle Street (1961).

Seven Years Bad Luck (1921). The Long and the Short and the Tall (1960). The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922). Violent Playground (1958). Secours (Help!) (1923). A Night to Remember (1958). The Secret Place (1957).

Hell Drivers (1957). Robbery Under Arms (1957). These Dangerous Years (1957). Navy NCIS (2003-04).

The Education of Max Bickford (2001). VR.5 (1995). Trainer (1991). Lucky/Chances (miniseries) (1990).

Mother Love (miniseries) (1989). As the World Turns (in 1983). Sapphire and Steel (1979-82). Kidnapped (miniseries) (1979).

The Invisible Man (1975-76). Colditz (1972). The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964-68).