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Bacon started in films as an actor with Charlie Chaplin and Broncho Billy Anderson and appeared in more than 40 total. As an actor, he is best known for supporting Chaplin in such films as 1915's The Tramp and The Champion and 1917's Easy Street. He later became a director and directed over 100 films between 1920 and 1955.
31m. IMDb RATING. 6.7 /10. 2.8K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Short Comedy Sport. Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins.
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- Short, Comedy, Sport
- Charles Chaplin
- 1915-03-11
The Fireman is the second film Charlie Chaplin distributed by the Mutual Film Corporation in 1916. Released on June 12, it starred Chaplin as the fireman and Edna Purviance as the daughter to Lloyd Bacon.
He started his career as a vaudeville actor and he continued acting in silent movies with top stars such as Charles Chaplin. He several times directed his namesake, character actor Irving Bacon, but the two were not related. Biography. Lloyd Bacon was born Lloyd Francis Bacon on December 4, 1889, in San José, California.
next film. Year : 1915. Cast : Charles Chaplin, Lloyd Bacon, Edna Purviance, Leo White, Bud Jamison, Billy Armstrong, Carl Stockdale, Paddy McGuire, Ben Turpin, G.M. ('Broncho Billy') Anderson, Spike (dog) Production : Essanay. Description : Inspired by the Keystone film, The Knockout (1914) and Chaplin’s interest in boxing, this comedy has ...
Charlie Chaplin : Behind the Screen. Behind The Screen. previous. next film. Year : 1916. Cast : Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, Lloyd Bacon, Albert Austin, John Rand, Leo White, Frank J. Coleman, Charlotte Mineau, Leota Bryan, Wesley Ruggles, Tom Wood, James T. Kelly. Production : Mutual. Description :
Bacon started in films with Charlie Chaplin and Bronco Billy Anderson and appeared in more than 40 total. As an actor he is best known for supporting Chaplin in such films as 1915’s The Tramp, The Champion and 1917’s Easy Street. He also directed over a hundred films between 1920 and 1955.
