Appeared in more than 400 films during 1905-1925, most of which were short comedies; out of these, little more than two hundred have been possible to identify, and to date, less than a hundred of them are known to still exist.
At an early point in his career, while movies were still silent, Linder discovered the importance of adding the right music to films in order to put an audience in the perfect mood; he frequently sent notebooks with music he considered fitting for his films. The compositions could be amusing, dramatic or romantic.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945." Pages 671-677. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
Dressed as a matador in Barcelona's arena (15th November 1912) and "fought" with a calf with false horns while on tour in Spain with André Deed and Stacia Napierkowska. The event was also filmed.
Dropped out of school at 17 in order to become an actor in the theater and vaudeville, which did not please his parents.
Earned 1 million francs a year in 1914.
Father of Maud Linder.
First time married, in Paris, at the age of forty (1923) to his twenty-year old bride Hélène Peters.
Made over 500 short films/movies. Only about 82 survive.
Max Linder was the first actor in movies to be credited as director in the opening titles.
Nice, France, 1923, he suffered minor injuries when thrown from his car after losing control, at high speed on a bend.
The "mirror routine," made famous in The Marx Brothers' Duck Soup (1933) was in fact first performed by Linder, in Seven Years Bad Luck (1921).
When Charles Chaplin, who called Max Linder "his Professor," heard that Linder had committed suicide, he closed his studio one day to show his deep respect.
Widely considered the very first International movie star.