Max Hamburger

born: 06 December 1882 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

died: 24 July 1939 Somerset Hotel, San Francisco, California, United States of America (heart attack, age 56)

American actor who appeared in over fifty films with Harold Lloyd. In the 1920 Census, he was actually living with James Parrott; incidentally, they both died in the same year of similar causes. By 1930 and at the time of his death, he was working as a stagehand and property man for the theatre. According to the coroner's report (which can be viewed by those with accounts at FamilySearch), he and some friends traveled from Los Angeles to San Francisco and checked into the Somerset Hotel at around 6pm on 23 July 1939. At 1am that night, Max called the night clerk and asked for a doctor; one was sent up and treated him, but he succumbed to heart problems two hours later. The report mentions his brother S.A. (Solomon Aron) Hamburger. Some birth records give a birth month of December, but he himself later went with the birth month of May according to his Social Security Applications and Claims Index entry at Ancestry. His birth certificate clearly states December 6th, 1882 (see below). His height is as per the coroner's register. The dates and locations currently listed on his IMDb page are completely wrong, as well as his filmography being only half complete.

Real name: Maxwell David Hamburger Height: 5'5"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1917 Luke's Lost Liberty [?] 1917 Luke's Busy Day [?] 1917 Luke's Trolley Troubles [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke, Lawyer [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke's Lively Life [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke On Tin Can Alley [?] 1917 Lonseome Luke's Honeymoon [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke, Plumber [?] 1917 Stop! Luke! Listen! [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke, Messenger [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke, Mechanic [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke's Wild Women [?] 1917 Over The Fence [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke Loses Patients [?] 1917 Pinched [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke In Birds Of A Feather [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke In From London To Laramie [?] 1917 Rainbow Island [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke In Love, Laughs And Lather [?] 1917 The Flirt [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke In We Never Sleep [?] 1917 Move On [?] 1917 Bashful [?] 1917 Step Lively [?] 1918 The Tip [?] 1918 The Big Idea Telegram messenger 1918 The Lamb [?] 1918 Hit Him Again [?] 1918 Beat It [?] 1918 A Gasoline Wedding [?] 1918 Look Pleasant, Please [?] 1918 Here Come The Girls [?] 1918 Let's Go [?] 1918 On The Jump [?] 1918 Follow The Crowd [?] 1918 Pipe The Whiskers [?] 1918 It's A Wild Life [?] 1918 Hey There! [?] 1918 Kicked_Out [?] 1918 The Non-Stop Kid Suitor 1918 Two-Gun Gussie Bar patron 1918 Fireman, Save My Child [?] 1918 The City Slicker [?] 1918 Sic 'Em Towser [?] 1918 Somewhere In Turkey [?] 1918 Are Crooks Dishonest? [?] 1918 An Ozark Romance [?] 1918 Kicking The Germ Out Of Germany [?] 1918 That's Him Train passenger (he's the last one to board) 1918 Bride And Gloom [?] 1918 Bees In His Bonnet [?] 1918 Swing Your Partners Wagon cop 1918 Why Pick On Me? [?] 1918 Hear 'Em Rave [?] 1918 Just Rambling Along Diner 1918 Take A Chance Prison guard 1919 Going! Going! Gone! [?] 1919 Billy Blazes, Esq. Tavern patron 1919 Never Touched Me [?] 1919 Captain Kidd's Kids [?] 1919 All At Sea Sailor 1919 From Hand To Mouth [?] 1920 His Royal Slyness Guard 1920 Haunted Spooks Gardener 1920 An Eastern Westerner [?] 1920 High And Dizzy Elevator operator BIRTH CERTIFICATE (click image to enlarge) CORONER'S REPORT (click image to enlarge)

Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQRG-KL4 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V228-KM6 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7ST-PVH (birth records) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16940-5269-11?cc=1803957 (1895 IA State Census, line 8) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11111-95814-0?cc=1325221 (1900 Census, line 11) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-36568-13557-10?cc=2126961 (1905 IA State Census) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22896-5988-43?cc=1488411 (1920 Census, line 95) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22721-7663-22?cc=1810731 (1930 Census, line 38) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD4-TV3Z (coroner's register, death record - images only viewable if signed in) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-26184-5538-66?cc=1932433 (CA Death Index, MAX D HAMBURGER, #45092) http://1940-census.mooseroots.com/l/100797276/Max-Hamburger (1940 Census) https://archive.org/stream/phodec15chic#page/n235/mode/1up The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia, by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd Stan Without Ollie: The Stan Laurel Solo Films, 1917-1927, by Ted Okuda and James L. Neibaur Photo credit: "goughf1" at Ancestry.com Jim Jarvis (help, birth certificate and photo proof) Jesse Brisson (research, filmography, coroner's report, ID in many films, and information) This page was last updated on: 08 May 2022