Mervyn LeRoy
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-10-15 (87 years old)
Deathday
1987-09-13
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known As
Mervyn Le Roy
Mervyn Leroy
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Mervyn LeRoy
Biography
Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director, producer, and sometime actor. LeRoy worked in costumes, processing labs and as a camera assistant until he became a gag writer and actor in silent films, including The Ten Commandments in 1923. LeRoy credits Ten Commandments director, Cecil B. DeMille, for inspiring him to become a director: "As the top director of the era, DeMille had been the magnet that had drawn me to his set as often as I could go." LeRoy also credits DeMille for teaching him the directing techniques required to make his own films. His first directing job was with First National Pictures on 1927's No Place to Go. LeRoy ended ...
Acting
1979
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1924
as Duke (the jockey)
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
as Self (archive footage)
1924
as Carl Fisher
1922
as Extra
1940
1988
as Self (archive footage)
1951
as Self
1923
as The Bellboy
1923
as Newsboy
1987
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1990
as Self (archive footage)
1923
as George Nelson, Jockey
1923
as Jack Rawlins
2008
as Self (archive footage)
1941
as Himself
Production
1939
as Producer
1942
as Director
1951
as Director
1961
as Director
1933
as Director
1946
as Director
1932
as Director
1931
as Director
1941
as Producer
1941
as Director
1956
as Director
1932
as Director
1931
as Director
1952
as Director
1932
as Director
1952
as Director
1949
as Director
1934
as Director
1943
as Director
1936
as Director
1940
as Director
1955
as Director
1962
as Director
1932
as Director
1944
as Director
1959
as Director
1937
as Director
1958
as Director
1941
as Director
1933
as Director
1934
as Director
1949
as Director
1941
as Director
1931
as Director
1949
as Director
1948
as Director
1958
as Director
1955
as Director
1940
as Director
1960
as Director
1933
as Director
1966
as Producer
1963
as Director
1936
as Director
1934
as Director
1956
as Director
1945
as Director
1933
as Director
1937
as Producer
1966
as Director
1961
as Director
1932
as Director
1937
as Director
1932
as Director
1954
as Director
1938
as Director
1931
as Director
1953
as Director
1929
as Director
1933
as Director
1935
as Director
1930
as Director
1931
as Director
1943
as Director
1935
as Director
1934
as Director
1930
as Director
1935
as Director
1947
as Director
1930
as Director
1959
as Producer
1963
as Producer
1928
as Director
1930
as Director
1931
as Director
1926
as Scenario Writer
1929
as Director
1937
as Producer
1927
as Director
1956
as Producer
1962
as Producer
1940
as Producer
1931
as Director
1949
as Producer
1929
as Director
1928
as Director
1941
as Producer
1939
as Producer
1939
as Producer
1961
as Producer
1949
as Co-Director
1928
as Director
1956
as Producer
1938
as Producer
1945
as Producer
1955
as Producer
1938
as Producer
1960
as Producer
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