Max Davidson

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Max Davidson (May 23, 1875 - September 4, 1950) was a movie comedian of the Jewish style.

He was born in Germany in 1875, his real name being Max Solomon. He entered silent movies in 1912 and worked for D.W. Griffith in the teens and Hal Roach in the 1920's. "Call of the Cuckoos," "Pass The Gravy," "Don't Tell Everything," "Flaming Fathers," Should Second Husbands Come First?" "The Boy Friend" and "Jewish Prudence" are among his best known two-reelers. Baby boomers might best remember him as the crazy old man who haunts a house in the Our Gang short "Moan and Groan, Inc." He also starred alongside young Jackie Coogan in a pair of silent features, "The Rag Man" and "Old Clothes."

He ended his career by playing uncredited roles from the 1930's until his final screen appearance in Adventure (1945).

Many film historians and buffs rank him among the top performers in the "second tier" of silent comedians (below "The Big Three" of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.