| Max Davidson | |
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| Born | May 23, 1875 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | September 4, 1950 (aged 75) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1912-1945 |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Marti (1927 - ?) |
Max Davidson (May 23, 1875 - September 4, 1950) was a German film actor known for his comedic Jewish persona during the silent film era.[1] With a career spanning over thirty years, Davidson appeared in over 180 films.
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Born in Berlin, Germany, Davidson emigrated to the United States in the 1890s where he began working in stock theater and vaudeville. He entered silent movies in 1912. By the mid-teens, Davidson had appeared in his first feature film, Edward Dillon's Don Quixote (1915), followed by D.W. Griffith's Intolerance, and Tod Browning's Puppets (both 1916). In the 1920s, he began working for Hal Roach, appearing in numerous two-reeler comedies including Call of the Cuckoo with Charley Chase, Pass the Gravy and Get 'Em Young with Stan Laurel, Why Girls Say No and Love 'Em and Feed 'Em with Oliver Hardy, and The Extra Girl with Mabel Normand. He also portrayed the crazy old man who haunts a house in the Our Gang short Moan and Groan, Inc. (1929), and starred alongside a young Jackie Coogan in a pair of silent features, The Rag Man (1923) and Old Clothes (1925).[2]
Davidson made the transition to sound film, but ended his career by playing mostly uncredited roles. He made his final screen appearance in the 1945 Clark Gable film Adventure. Davidson died on September 4, 1950 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Scenting a Terrible Crime | The Superintendent | |
| 1914 | An Interrupted Séance | Landlord | |
| 1915 | Caught by the Handle | Mr. Riche | |
| 1916 | Sunshine Dad | Mystic Seer | |
| 1917 | A Daughter of the Poor | Joe Eastman | Alternative titles: The Heart of the Poor The Spitfire |
| 1918 | The Hun Within | Max | |
| 1919 | The Mother and the Law | The Kindly Neighbor | |
| 1921 | No Woman Knows | Ferdinand Brandeis | |
| 1922 | Second Hand Rose | Abe Rosenstein | |
| 1923 | The Darling of New York | Solomon Levinsky | |
| 1924 | Hold Your Breath | Street Merchant | |
| 1925 | Justice of the Far North | Izzy Hawkins | |
| 1926 | Raggedy Rose | Moe Ginsberg | |
| 1927 | Pleasure Before Business | Sam Weinberg | |
| 1927 | Jewish Prudence | Papa Gimplewart | |
| 1928 | Feed 'em and Weep | Max, restaurant manager | |
| 1929 | So This Is College | Moe Levine, the tailor | |
| 1930 | The Shrimp | Professor Schoenheimer | |
| 1931 | Oh! Oh! Cleopatra | Royal musician | |
| 1932 | Docks of San Francisco | Max, Detective | |
| 1933 | The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble | Larsen | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Straight Is the Way | Old clothes man | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Metropolitan | Tailor | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Roamin' Wild | Abe Wineman | |
| 1937 | The Girl Said No | Max | Alternative title: With Words and Music |
| 1939 | The Great Commandment | Old man | |
| 1940 | Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman | Flower man | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | Juror | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Adventure | Man in library | Uncredited |
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