…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. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…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。… ※「Roach,H.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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