Acting

King Zany

Born June 11, 1889 · Toledo, Ohio, USA

Died February 19, 1939 · aged 49

No biography available.

Known For

HollywoodHollywood · 1923
Hollywood
★ 9.01923
MovieComedyDrama
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
The RainbowThe Rainbow · 1929
The Rainbow
★ 9.01929
MovieDramaWestern
The Rainbow is a 1929 American Western film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Dorothy Sebastian, Lawrence Gray and Sam Hardy.
Here Come the GirlsHere Come the Girls · 1918
Here Come the Girls
★ 2.01918
MovieComedy
Bebe and girlfriend go shopping for new corsets. Harold sneaks into the corset shop and a customer asks him to take her measurements - a ticklish task, as the brash young man suddenly becomes playfully bashful.
The LambThe Lamb · 1918
The Lamb
1918
MovieComedy
The Lamb is a 1918 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It is believed to be lost.
Hey ThereHey There · 1918
Hey There
★ 6.71918
MovieComedy
In this early short Harold Lloyd sneaks into a movie studio in order to locate an attractive young lady he's just met at a snack bar. He's retrieved a letter she dropped and wants to return it to her, but it's pretty clear that his interest extends beyond mere politeness. (She's the adorable young Bebe Daniels, so this is easy to understand.) The movie studio setting provides Harold with lots of opportunities to do what comedians do in comedies like this one: flirt with actresses, anger the studio brass, and dash through sets disrupting everything.
The City Gone WildThe City Gone Wild · 1927
The City Gone Wild
★ 10.01927
MovieCrimeDrama
Hard-boiled underworld melodrama, with gang wars and gunfights, in which criminal lawyer turns prosecutor to avenge a friend's death.
Broadway or BustBroadway or Bust · 1924
Broadway or Bust
★ 7.01924
MovieWestern
Virginia Redding inherits a fortune and goes to New York, leaving behind her suitor Dave, a rancher. Good fortune strikes Dave when radium deposits are discovered on his ranch, and he and his partner sell out, go to New York, and become society sensations.
A Gasoline WeddingA Gasoline Wedding · 1918
A Gasoline Wedding
★ 5.81918
MovieComedy
A rich man's daughter has more suitors than she's interested in, and he's going to marry her off -- even if she doesn't know about it.

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HollywoodHollywood · 1923
Hollywood
★ 9.01923
MovieComedyDrama
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...

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