Max Wall
Biography
Max Wall, an English comedian and actor, built a career in music hall, theater, television and film. Born in Brixton, he was the son of a music hall entertainer and made his stage debut at fourteen in a touring pantomime, Mother Goose, before working as a specialty dancer in a London revue by 1925. He became best known for the strutting, absurdly dressed music hall figure Professor Wallofski, an act that John Cleese cited as an influence on his Ministry of Silly Walks sketch. After a career decline, he re-emerged in the 1970s. He appeared as Père Ubu in Ubu Roi in 1966, toured with Mott the Hoople in 1972, and later took a role in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, staged in 1979, followed by Krapp's Last Tape in 1984. His films included Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) and Terry Gilliam's Jabberwocky (1977), where he played King Bruno the Questionable; he toured a one-man show, Aspects of Max Wall.
82years old at death
- Born Brixton
- Died Westminster Hospital
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- George Maxwell Lorimer (birth name)Also credited as Maxwell George Lorimer
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years1975 to 1979
Every film, newest first
- 1979Hanover StreetIMDb rating 6.0
- 1978The Hound of the BaskervillesIMDb rating 4.5
- 1977JabberwockyIMDb rating 6.1
- 1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingIMDb rating 5.9
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First role
Max Wall made his stage debut at 14 as Jack in Mother Goose with a traveling pantomime company in Devon and Cornwall, after auditioning for a touring theater company.
Beyond film
In 1966, Max Wall played Père Ubu in Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi, and in 1972 he went on Mott the Hoople's "Rock n' Roll Circus Tour", which won him a new audience.
Beyond film
On 1 April 1977, Stiff Records put out Wall's recording of Ian Dury's "England's Glory," a song from Dury's stage show Apples. The release had "Dream Tobacco" on the other side and came free with the album Hits Greatest Stiffs.
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Worked with
Max Wall shares two films with Bernard Bresslaw, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bernard Bresslaw's page
Christopher Plummer's page
Harrison Ford's page
Joss Ackland's page
John Ratzenberger's page
Denholm Elliott's page
All films by Terry Gilliam
All films by Peter Hyams
Robert StevensonDirector, 1 film, 1975
All films by Robert Stevenson
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