Larry Semon

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Personal Info

Known for

Directing

From

West Point, Mississippi, USA

Born

7/14/1889

Age

135

Credit(s)

69

Biography

American silent film comedian whose hugely successful career disappeared virtually overnight, Larry Semon was the son of a traveling vaudeville magician, Zera the Great. He grew up in show business and was trained in stage comedy and acrobatics. A talent for drawing and cartooning led to art school and then work as a cartoonist for various New York ...Show More