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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-01-29

Deathday

1968-12-04 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Archie L. Mayo
Archibald L. Mayo

Archie Mayo

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Archie Mayo (29 January 1891, New York City – 4 December 1968, Guadalajara, Mexico) was a movie director and stage actor who moved to Hollywood in 1915 and began working as a director in 1917. His films include Is Everybody Happy? (1929) with Ted Lewis, Night After Night (1932) with Mae West, The Doorway to Hell (1930) with James Cagney and Lew Ayres, Convention City (1933) with Joan Blondell, The Mayor of Hell (1933) with James Cagney, The Petrified Forest (1936) with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, and The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) with Gary Cooper. Mayo retired in 1946, shortly after completing A Night in Casablanca with the Marx Brothers and Angel on My Shoulder with Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, and Claude Rains. Mayo has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Directing

1946		Angel on My Shoulder as Director
1946		A Night in Casablanca as Director

1944

Sweet and Low-Down as Director

1943

Crash Dive as Director

1942		Orchestra Wives as Director
1942		Moontide as Director

1941		Confirm or Deny as Director
1941		Charley's Aunt as Director
1941		The Great American Broadcast as Director

1940		Four Sons as Director
1940		The House Across the Bay as Director

1939

They Shall Have Music as Director

1938		Youth Takes a Fling as Director
1938		The Adventures of Marco Polo as Director

1937		It's Love I'm After as Director
1937		Call It a Day as Director
1937		Black Legion as Director

1936		Give Me Your Heart as Director
1936		I Married a Doctor as Director
1936		The Petrified Forest as Director

1935		The Case of the Lucky Legs as Director
1935		Go Into Your Dance as Director
1935		Bordertown as Director

1934		Desirable as Director
1934		The Man with Two Faces as Director
1934		Gambling Lady as Director

1933		Convention City as Director
1933		Ever in My Heart as Director
1933		The Mayor of Hell as Director
1933		The Life of Jimmy Dolan as Director

1932		Night After Night as Director
1932		Two Against the World as Director
1932		Street of Women as Director
1932		The Expert as Director
1932		Under Eighteen as Director

1931		Bought! as Director
1931		Svengali as Director
1931		Illicit as Director

1930		The Doorway to Hell as Director
1930		Oh, Sailor, Behave! as Director
1930		Courage as Director
1930		Vengeance as Director
1930		Wide Open as Director

1929		The Sacred Flame as Director
1929		The Sap as Director
1929		Is Everybody Happy? as Director
1929		Sonny Boy as Director

1928		My Man as Director
1928		On Trial as Director
1928		State Street Sadie as Director
1928		Retribution as Director
1928		The Crimson City as Director
1928		Beware of Married Men as Director

1927		The College Widow as Director
1927		Slightly Used as Director
1927		Dearie as Director
1927		Quarantined Rivals as Director
1927		Johnny Get Your Hair Cut as Director

1926		Christine of the Big Tops as Director
1926		Money Talks as Director
1926		Weak, But Willing as Director

1925

A Rarin’ Romeo as Director

1924		Reno or Bust as Director
1924		Away We Go as Director

1923

Spring Fever as Director

Production

1958

The Beast of Budapest as Producer

Writing

1922

The Speeder as Story