Trivia

When Charles Chaplin, who called Linder "my professor," heard that Linder had committed suicide, he closed his studio for a day to show his deep respect.

Widely considered the very first International movie star.

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).

The first actor in movies to be credited as director in the opening titles.

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.

Earned 1 million francs a year in 1914.

Appeared in more than 500 films from 1905-25, most of which were short comedies; out of these, little more than 200 have been identified and, to date, only 82 are known to exist.

In 1910 he shot one comedy each week; they all revolved round the blameless bachelor Max who lives in luxury and gets into funny situations because he is after a well-behaved, pretty young lady.

It was incorrectly reported that he was killed in the Battle of the Aisne in World War I and his obituary was published in "Moving Picture World" on 10/10/1914.

Is viewed as a big influence on Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.

Dropped out of school at 17 in order to become an actor in the theater and vaudeville, which did not please his parents.

First time married, in Paris, at the age of 40 (1923) to his 20-year-old bride Hélène Peters.

In Nice, France, in 1923 he suffered minor injuries when thrown from his car after losing control at high speed on a bend.

Suffered from chronic depression, likely brought on by his experiences when serving during the first world war.

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 (11/15/1912) and "fought" with a calf with false horns while on tour in Spain with André Deed and Stacia Napierkowska. The event was filmed.

Although the comedian made a few films in America, they weren't as successful as the ones made in France.