Editing Harold Lloyd (section)

==Early life==
Lloyd was born on April 20, 1893, in [[Burchard, Nebraska]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shilling |first1=Donovan A. |title=Rochester's Movie Mania |date=September 1, 2013 |publisher= Pancoast Publishing |isbn=978-0-9821090-4-5 |page=284 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GvPxgAi_zRoC&pg=PA284 |language= en}}</ref> the son of James Darsie Lloyd and Sarah Elisabeth Fraser.<ref>{{cite book |last1=D'Agostino |first1=Annette M. |title=The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia |date=2004 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1514-4 |page=190 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=smlZAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> His paternal great-grandparents were Welsh.<ref>{{cite web |title= Comedy in the 1920s - 1950s| work= alphadragondesign.com |url= http://www.alphadragondesign.com/final_project/pages/others/harold.html |access-date=April 13, 2015 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120724133810/http://www.alphadragondesign.com/final_project/pages/others/harold.html |archive-date=July 24, 2012 }}</ref> In 1910, after his father had several business venture failures, Lloyd's parents divorced. Lloyd and his father moved to [[San Diego, California]],<ref name="wish">{{cite book |last1= Wishart |first1=David J. |title= Encyclopedia of the Great Plains |date= January 1, 2004 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-4787-1 |page=272 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rtRFyFO4hpEC&pg=PA272 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Burnett |first=Claudine E. |date=2013-12-31 |title=Long Beach 100 Years Ago, Part II |url=https://lbpost.com/hi-lo/long-beach-100-years-ago-part-ii/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=the Hi-lo |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Diego |first=Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San |date=2024-10-03 |title=Harold Lloyd: 'King of Daredevil Comedy' With San Diego Roots and Hollywood Dreams |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2024/10/02/harold-lloyd-the-silent-film-pioneer-with-san-diego-roots-and-hollywood-dreams/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Times of San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> where he attended [[San Diego High School]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cash |first=John |title= San Diego High School, 1882-1982 A Photographic Perspective |url= https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1982/april/photographic/ |journal=The Journal of San Diego History |volume= 28 |issue=2 |pages=105 |via=San Diego History Center}}</ref>

Lloyd became interested in theater as a child, and worked in repertory companies.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last1=Wynn |first1=Neil A. |title=The A to Z from the Great War to the Great Depression |date=July 16, 2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6330-9 |page=174 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=m-ismXvbPkwC&pg=PA174 |language= en}}</ref> He often experimented with [[Cosmetics|makeup]] to disguise his youthful appearance.<ref name=":0" />