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Leo McCarey

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
5

Gender
Male

Birthday
October 3, 1896 (129 years old)

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."

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Known For

Directing

2025Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)...Director
1962Satan Never Sleeps...Director
1958Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!...Director
1957An Affair to Remember...Director
1955Tom and Jerry...Director
1955Meet the Governor...Director
1955Screen Director's Playhouse...Director
1952My Son John...Director
1950You Can Change The World...Director
1948Good Sam...Director
1945The Bells of St. Mary's...Director
1944Going My Way...Director
1942Once Upon a Honeymoon...Director
1939Love Affair...Director
1937The Awful Truth...Director
1937Make Way for Tomorrow...Director
1936The Milky Way...Director
1935Ruggles of Red Gap...Director
1934Belle of the Nineties...Director
1934Six of a Kind...Director
1933Duck Soup...Director
1932The Kid from Spain...Director
1931Indiscreet...Director
1930Part Time Wife...Director
1930Let's Go Native...Director
1930Wild Company...Director
1929Red Hot Rhythm...Director
1929The Sophomore...Director
1929Madame Q...Director
1929The Unkissed Man...Director
1929Big Business...Co-Director
1929Why Is a Plumber?...Director
1929Wrong Again...Director
1929Liberty...Director
1928We Faw Down...Director
1928Habeas Corpus...Co-Director
1928The Boy Friend...Director
1928Should Married Men Go Home?...Co-Director
1928Imagine My Embarrassment...Director
1928Should Women Drive?...Director
1928The Fight Pest...Director
1928The Finishing Touch...Co-Director
1928The Family Group...Director
1928Pass the Gravy...Director
1927Flaming Fathers...Director
1927Fighting Fathers...Director
1927The Way of All Pants...Director
1927Should Second Husbands Come First?...Director
1927Sugar Daddies...Co-Director
1927Don't Tell Everything...Director
1927Eve's Love Letters...Director
1927Jewish Prudence...Director
1927Why Girls Say No...Director
1927Should Men Walk Home?...Director
1926Be Your Age...Director
1926Tell 'Em Nothing...Director
1926Bromo and Juliet...Director
1926Crazy Like a Fox...Director
1926Mighty Like a Moose...Director
1926Long Fliv the King...Director
1926Mum's the Word...Director
1926Dog Shy...Director
1926Mama Behave...Director
1926Charley My Boy!...Director
1925His Wooden Wedding...Director
1925The Uneasy Three...Director
1925The Caretaker's Daughter...Director
1925No Father to Guide Him...Director
1925Innocent Husbands...Director
1925Isn't Life Terrible?...Director
1925What Price Goofy?...Director
1925Looking for Sally...Director
1925Big Red Riding Hood...Director
1925Bad Boy...Director
1925Is Marriage the Bunk?...Director
1925Hard Boiled...Director
1925Should Husbands Be Watched?...Director
1925Plain and Fancy Girls...Director
1925The Family Entrance...Director
1925Fighting Fluid...Director
1925Hello Baby!...Director
1925The Rat's Knuckles...Director
1924The Royal Razz...Director
1924The Poor Fish...Director
1924Accidental Accidents...Director
1924Bungalow Boobs...Director
1924Too Many Mammas...Director
1924Sittin' Pretty...Director
1924Outdoor Pajamas...Director
1924Why Men Work...Director
1924Sweet Daddy...Director
1924Seeing Nellie Home...Director
1924A Ten-Minute Egg...Director
1924Why Husbands Go Mad...Director
1924Stolen Goods...Director
1924Young Oldfield...Director
1924Publicity Pays...Director
1924Jeffries, Jr....Director
1924All Wet...Director
1923White Tiger...Assistant Director
1923Drifting...Assistant Director
1922Man Under Cover...Assistant Director
1922The Wise Kid...Assistant Director
1921Society Secrets...Director
1921Outside the Law...Assistant Director
Freed 'em and Weep...Director
Christopher Closeup...Director

Writing

1994Love Affair...Original Film Writer
1963Move Over, Darling...Story
1962Satan Never Sleeps...Screenplay
1958Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!...Screenplay
1957An Affair to Remember...Story
1957An Affair to Remember...Screenplay
1955Meet the Governor...Writer
1952My Son John...Screenplay
1952My Son John...Story
1948Good Sam...Screenplay
1945The Bells of St. Mary's...Story
1944Going My Way...Story
1942Once Upon a Honeymoon...Story
1940My Favorite Wife...Original Story
1939Love Affair...Story
1938The Cowboy and the Lady...Original Story
1930Part Time Wife...Writer
1930Follies of love...Writer
1930Radiomanía...Screenplay
1930Fast Work...Story
1930Hog Wild...Story
1930Below Zero...Story
1930The Night Life...Writer
1930The golf player...Writer
1930The golfer...Writer
1930Brats...Story
1930Blotto...Story
1929Angora Love...Writer
1929Red Hot Rhythm...Story
1929Stepping Out...Story
1929Bacon Grabbers...Writer
1929Sky Boy...Writer
1929Crazy Feet...Story
1929Perfect Day...Writer
1929Snappy Sneezer...Story
1929Dad's Day...Story
1929Men O' War...Writer
1929Leaping Love...Writer
1929Madame Q...Story
1929Berth Marks...Story
1929The Big Squawk...Story
1929Double Whoopee...Story
1929Movie Night...Story
1929Hurdy Gurdy...Writer
1929Unaccustomed as We Are...Story
1929Thin Twins...Story
1929Why Is a Plumber?...Writer
1929Wrong Again...Story
1929Off to Buffalo...Story
1929Liberty...Writer
1929Ruby Lips...Story
1929Going Ga-Ga...Writer
1928Chasing Husbands...Writer
1928The Booster...Writer
1928The Boy Friend...Writer
1928All Parts...Writer
1928Should Married Men Go Home?...Writer
1928Imagine My Embarrassment...Story
1928Should Women Drive?...Story
1928The Fight Pest...Story
1928From Soup to Nuts...Writer
1928Aching Youth...Story
1928Pass the Gravy...Writer
1927Flaming Fathers...Writer
1927Fighting Fathers...Writer
1927Putting Pants on Philip...Story
1927Should Second Husbands Come First?...Writer
1927The Second 100 Years...Story
1927Jewish Prudence...Writer
1925The Uneasy Three...Writer
1925Looking for Sally...Writer
1924Stolen Goods...Writer
1924Publicity Pays...Writer
1924Jeffries, Jr....Writer

Production

1962Satan Never Sleeps...Producer
1958Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!...Producer
1952My Son John...Producer
1948Good Sam...Producer
1945The Bells of St. Mary's...Producer
1944Going My Way...Producer
1940My Favorite Wife...Producer
1939Love Affair...Producer
1937The Awful Truth...Producer
1937Make Way for Tomorrow...Producer
1930Let's Go Native...Producer
1929A Pair of Tights...Supervising Producer
1929Going Ga-Ga...Supervising Producer
1928Feed 'em and Weep...Supervising Producer
1927The Battle of the Century...Production Supervisor
1927Call of the Cuckoo...Production Supervisor

Sound

1957An Affair to Remember...Songs

Acting

2002Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Filmas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1952My Son Johnas John Jefferson (voice) (uncredited)
1951The Screen Directoras Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1948The Ed Sullivan Showas Self
1937Make Way for Tomorrowas Passerby / Man in Overcoat / Carpet Sweeper (uncredited)