lloyd hamilton one imaginative and among funniest silentfilm comedians utterly forgotten unfortunately original negatives large percentage films lost fox warehouse burnt early s hamilton handsome graceful like chaplin keaton lloyd dapper like raymond griffith unlike harry langdon again chaplin hamilton try audience sympathybr br however films hugely popular time original release remain hilarious today oscar levant claimed asked chaplin comedian hed ever envied chaplin instantly named lloyd hamilton character frequently portrayed hamilton screen  flatcapped naff fastidious hand gestures ducklike walk  later adapted vaudeville comedian eddie garr teri garrs father adapted jackie gleason s tv character the poor soulbr br the movies directed pseudonymously roscoe arbuckle one hamiltons innovative shorts hilarious first see country boy bidding farewell family outside homespun cottage way big city steps away cottage see big city traffic booming round himbr br eventually hero ends restaurant uncredited montmartre cafe downtown la movie actors eat takes theres amusing gag hamiltons bumpkin character meets three actors costume makeup presidents washington lincoln roosevelt gag would funnier impostors looked like originals finally lad seats table hoping meet celebrity sure enough entering restaurant sitting next table big movie star  none lloyd hamilton theres wellmade doubleexposure shot  join nearly invisible  lloyd hamilton greets lloyd hamilton country boybr br sadly hamiltons peak period creativity brief began film career crude slapstick films one half double act ham bud opposite bud duncan brief blazing period stardom shorts late silent period sound movies kind hamilton quickly shoved cast list crude early talkies died young fortunately the movies quite funny splendid introduction unique comedians style ill rate  