Leo McCarey

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Known For Directing

Known Credits 148

Gender Male

Birthday October 3, 1896

Day of Death July 5, 1969 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Leo Mc Carey
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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."

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Known For

Directing

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(1 episode) … Director

1962

… Director

1958

… Director

1957

… Director

1955		Screen Director's Playhouse (2 episodes) … Director
1955		Meet the Governor … Director

1952

… Director

1950

… Director

1948

… Director

1945

… Director

1944

… Director

1942

… Director

1939

… Director

1937		The Awful Truth … Director
1937		Make Way for Tomorrow … Director

1936

… Director

1935

… Director

1934		Belle of the Nineties … Director
1934		Six of a Kind … Director

1933

… Director

1932

… Director

1931

… Director

1930		Part Time Wife … Director
1930		Let's Go Native … Director
1930		Wild Company … Director

1929		Red Hot Rhythm … Director
1929		The Sophomore … Director
1929		Madame Q … Director
1929		The Unkissed Man … Director
1929		Big Business … Co-Director
1929		Why Is a Plumber? … Director
1929		Wrong Again … Director
1929		Liberty … Director

1928		We Faw Down … Director
1928		Habeas Corpus … Co-Director
1928		The Boy Friend … Director
1928		Should Married Men Go Home? … Co-Director
1928		Imagine My Embarrassment … Director
1928		The Fight Pest … Director
1928		The Finishing Touch … Co-Director
1928		The Family Group … Director
1928		Pass the Gravy … Director

1927		Flaming Fathers … Director
1927		The Way of All Pants … Director
1927		Should Second Husbands Come First? … Director
1927		Sugar Daddies … Co-Director
1927		Don't Tell Everything … Director
1927		Eve's Love Letters … Director
1927		Jewish Prudence … Director
1927		Why Girls Say No … Director
1927		Should Men Walk Home? … Director

1926		Be Your Age … Director
1926		Tell 'Em Nothing … Director
1926		Bromo and Juliet … Director
1926		Crazy Like a Fox … Director
1926		Mighty Like a Moose … Director
1926		Long Fliv the King … Director
1926		Mum's the Word … Director
1926		Dog Shy … Director
1926		Mama Behave … Director
1926		Charley My Boy! … Director

1925		His Wooden Wedding … Director
1925		The Uneasy Three … Director
1925		The Caretaker's Daughter … Director
1925		No Father to Guide Him … Director
1925		Innocent Husbands … Director
1925		Isn't Life Terrible? … Director
1925		What Price Goofy? … Director
1925		Looking for Sally … Director
1925		Big Red Riding Hood … Director
1925		Bad Boy … Director
1925		Is Marriage the Bunk? … Director
1925		Hard Boiled … Director
1925		Should Husbands Be Watched? … Director
1925		Plain and Fancy Girls … Director
1925		The Family Entrance … Director
1925		Fighting Fluid … Director
1925		Hello Baby! … Director
1925		The Rat's Knuckles … Director

1924		The Royal Razz … Director
1924		The Poor Fish … Director
1924		Accidental Accidents … Director
1924		Bungalow Boobs … Director
1924		Too Many Mammas … Director
1924		Sittin' Pretty … Director
1924		Outdoor Pajamas … Director
1924		Why Men Work … Director
1924		Sweet Daddy … Director
1924		Seeing Nellie Home … Director
1924		A Ten-Minute Egg … Director
1924		Why Husbands Go Mad … Director
1924		Stolen Goods … Director
1924		Young Oldfield … Director
1924		Publicity Pays … Director
1924		Jeffries Jr. … Director
1924		All Wet … Director

1923		White Tiger … Assistant Director
1923		Drifting … Assistant Director

1921		Society Secrets … Director
1921		Outside the Law … Assistant Director

Writing

1994

… Original Film Writer

1963

… Story

1962		Satan Never Sleeps … Screenplay
1962		Something's Got to Give … Story

1958

… Screenplay

1957

… Story … Screenplay

1955

… Writer

1952

… Story … Screenplay

1948

… Screenplay

1945

… Story

1944

… Story

1942

… Story

1940

… Original Story

1939

… Story

1938

… Original Story

1930		Part Time Wife … Writer
1930		Follies of love … Writer
1930		Radiomanía … Screenplay
1930		Fast Work … Story
1930		Hog Wild … Story
1930		Below Zero … Story
1930		The golf player … Writer
1930		The golfer … Writer
1930		The Night Life … Writer
1930		Brats … Story
1930		Blotto … Story

1929		Angora Love … Writer
1929		Red Hot Rhythm … Story
1929		Stepping Out … Story
1929		Bacon Grabbers … Writer
1929		Sky Boy … Writer
1929		Crazy Feet … Story
1929		Perfect Day … Writer
1929		Snappy Sneezer … Story
1929		Dad's Day … Story
1929		Men O'War … Writer
1929		Leaping Love … Writer
1929		Madame Q … Story
1929		Berth Marks … Story
1929		The Big Squawk … Story
1929		Double Whoopee … Story
1929		Movie Night … Story
1929		Hurdy Gurdy … Writer
1929		Unaccustomed as We Are … Story
1929		Thin Twins … Story
1929		Wrong Again … Story
1929		Off to Buffalo … Story
1929		Liberty … Writer
1929		Ruby Lips … Story
1929		Going Ga-Ga … Writer

1928		Chasing Husbands … Writer
1928		The Booster … Writer
1928		The Boy Friend … Writer
1928		All Parts … Writer
1928		Should Married Men Go Home? … Writer
1928		Imagine My Embarrassment … Story
1928		The Fight Pest … Story
1928		From Soup to Nuts … Writer
1928		Aching Youth … Story
1928		Pass the Gravy … Writer

1927		Flaming Fathers … Writer
1927		Putting Pants on Philip … Story
1927		Should Second Husbands Come First? … Writer
1927		The Second Hundred Years … Story
1927		Jewish Prudence … Writer

1925		The Uneasy Three … Writer
1925		Looking for Sally … Writer

1924		Stolen Goods … Writer
1924		Publicity Pays … Writer
1924		Jeffries Jr. … Writer

Production

1962

… Producer

1958

… Producer

1952

… Producer

1948

… Producer

1945

… Producer

1944

… Producer

1940

… Producer

1939

… Producer

1937		The Awful Truth … Producer
1937		Make Way for Tomorrow … Producer

1930

… Producer

1929		A Pair of Tights … Supervising Producer
1929		Going Ga-Ga … Supervising Producer

1928

… Supervising Producer

1927		The Battle of the Century … Production Supervisor
1927		Call of the Cuckoo … Production Supervisor

Acting

1951

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

1948

(1 episode) as Self

1937

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

Sound

1957

… Songs

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