Leo McCarey

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-10-03 (73 years old)

Deathday

1969-07-05

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Leo McCarey

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Thomas Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. During his lifetime he was involved in nearly 200 movies, especially comedies. French director Jean Renoir once said that "Leo McCarey understood people better than any other Hollywood director." Description above from the Wikipedia article Leo McCarey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

as Passerby / Man in Overcoat / Carpet Sweeper (uncredited)

1951

The Screen Director

as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

2002

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

as Self (uncredited archive footage)

1952

My Son John

as John Jefferson (voice) (uncredited)

Production

1933

Duck Soup

as Director

1957

1957

1937

1936

The Milky Way

as Director

1935

1937

The Awful Truth

as Director

1939

Love Affair

as Director

1942

1944

Going My Way

as Director

1944

Going My Way

as Producer

1944

Going My Way

as Story

1927

Jewish Prudence

as Director

1927

1929

Liberty

as Director

1929

Liberty

as Writer

1929

Perfect Day

as Writer

1929

1929

Men O' War

as Writer

1927

Call of the Cuckoo

as Production Supervisor

1928

We Faw Down

as Director

1929

Wrong Again

as Director

1952

My Son John

as Director

1952

My Son John

as Screenplay

1952

My Son John

as Story

1952

My Son John

as Producer

1928

1931

Indiscreet

as Director

1934

1926

Bromo and Juliet

as Director

1948

Good Sam

as Director

1934

Six of a Kind

as Director

1928

Pass the Gravy

as Director

1926

1962

1932

1930

Let's Go Native

as Director

1925

1924

1924

A Ten-Minute Egg

as Director

1924

Outdoor Pajamas

as Director

1924

Young Oldfield

as Director

1926

Tell 'Em Nothing

as Director

1926

Be Your Age

as Director

1926

Mama Behave

as Director

1926

1927

1927

1927

1927

Flaming Fathers

as Director

1927

1925

1925

1925

1926

Crazy Like a Fox

as Director

1926

Dog Shy

as Director

1924

Too Many Mammas

as Director

1930

Part Time Wife

as Director

1930

1927

Why Girls Say No

as Director

1924

All Wet

as Director

1940

My Favorite Wife

as Producer

1924

1948

Good Sam

as Screenplay

1948

Good Sam

as Producer

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

as Original Story

1928

The Boy Friend

as Director

1928

1926

Charley My Boy!

as Director

1937

1925

1925

1930

Wild Company

as Director

1929

The Sophomore

as Director

1929

Big Business

as Co-Director

1930

Below Zero

as Story

1930

Hog Wild

as Story

1929

Hurdy Gurdy

as Writer

1930

1929

Leaping Love

as Writer

1925

1925

The Uneasy Three

as Director

1925

1924

Sittin' Pretty

as Director

1924

Sweet Daddy

as Director

1994

Love Affair

as Original Film Writer

1963

1929

Berth Marks

as Story

1924

1924

Why Men Work

as Director

1924

Bungalow Boobs

as Director

1924

The Royal Razz

as Director

1925

1925

Hard Boiled

as Director

1928

The Family Group

as Director

1928

Aching Youth

as Story

1928

The Fight Pest

as Director

1928

1928

All Parts

as Writer

1928

The Booster

as Writer

1928

1929

Ruby Lips

as Story

1929

1929

Thin Twins

as Story

1929

Stepping Out

as Story

1930

1930

The golfer

as Writer

1930

Fast Work

as Story

1930

1929

1937

The Awful Truth

as Producer

1939

Love Affair

as Producer

1924

The Poor Fish

as Director

1929

Going Ga-Ga

as Writer

1929

Going Ga-Ga

as Supervising Producer

1930

Let's Go Native

as Producer

1929

Wrong Again

as Story

1930

Blotto

as Story

1930

Brats

as Story

1928

Feed 'em and Weep

as Supervising Producer

1929

A Pair of Tights

as Supervising Producer

1962

1929

1929

Dad's Day

as Story

1929

Madame Q

as Director

1929

Madame Q

as Story

1926

Mum's the Word

as Director

1929

1929

Angora Love

as Writer

1925

Bad Boy

as Director

1923

White Tiger

as Assistant Director

1923

Drifting

as Assistant Director

1924

Publicity Pays

as Director

1924

1924

Stolen Goods

as Director

1924

Stolen Goods

as Writer

1924

Jeffries, Jr.

as Director

1924

Jeffries, Jr.

as Writer

1955

1955

1928

1927

1925

1925

Fighting Fluid

as Director

1925

Hello Baby!

as Director

1925

1925

1939

Love Affair

as Story

1921

Outside the Law

as Assistant Director

1929

Movie Night

as Story

1929

Red Hot Rhythm

as Director

1929

1930

Radiomanía

as Screenplay

1929

Crazy Feet

as Story

1927

The Battle of the Century

as Production Supervisor

1921

Society Secrets

as Director

1929

1929

The Unkissed Man

as Director

1929

Sky Boy

as Writer

1925

1962

Satan Never Sleeps

as Screenplay

1927

Sugar Daddies

as Co-Director

1928

The Finishing Touch

as Co-Director

1928

1928

Habeas Corpus

as Co-Director

1955

Tom and Jerry

as Director

1940

My Favorite Wife

as Original Story

1928

1927

Fighting Fathers

as Director

1927

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