Roach, H.

Japanese: Roach,H.(英語表記)RoachH
Roach, H.

…An American comedian from the silent film era, he is known as one of the three great comedy kings along with Chaplin and Keaton. Born as the son of a photographer in Birchardt, Nebraska, he started out as a supporting actor in a traveling theater company, then worked as an extra in a film, and eventually appeared in over 100 short comedies, including the Lonesome Luke film series, for Rollin Films, founded by fellow extra Hal Roach. He then created a new character with a style that was common in American cities at the time, consisting of a gray flannel suit, straw hat, and round glasses (later becoming his trademark, known as Lloyd glasses), and broke away from the image of being a Chaplin imitation. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Roach, H." is listed below.

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Japanese:

…無声映画時代のアメリカのコメディアンで,チャップリン,キートンとともに三大喜劇王と呼ばれる。ネブラスカ州バーチャードの写真屋の子として生まれ,旅回り劇団の端役から映画のエキストラをへて,やがてエキストラ仲間だったハル・ローチHal Roachの設立したロリン・フィルム社で短編喜劇〈ロンサム・リューク〉もの100本余りに出演する。そしてそののち,当時アメリカの都会のどこにでも見られたグレーのフランネル・スーツにストロー・ハット,丸い眼鏡(のちに〈ロイド眼鏡〉と呼ばれるトレードマークになった)というスタイルの新しいキャラクターをつくり出し,チャップリンの亜流のイメージから脱却する。…

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