Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-10-03

Deathday

1969-07-05 (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

7.5%

Make Way for Tomorrow

May 9, 1937

6.6%

The Ed Sullivan Show

Jun 20, 1948

5.2%

My Son John

Apr 8, 1952

TSD

6.0%

The Screen Director

Mar 12, 1951

RRT

0.0%

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

Apr 2, 2002

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Acting

2002

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (uncredited archive footage)

1952

My Son John as John Jefferson (voice) (uncredited)

1951

The Screen Director as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

1937

Make Way for Tomorrow as Passerby / Man in Overcoat / Carpet Sweeper (uncredited)

Directing

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Christopher Closeup as Director

1962

Satan Never Sleeps as Director

1958

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! as Director

1957

An Affair to Remember as Director

1955		Tom and Jerry as Director
1955		Meet the Governor as Director
1955		Screen Director's Playhouse as Director

1952

My Son John as Director

1950

You Can Change The World as Director

1948

Good Sam as Director

1945

The Bells of St. Mary's as Director

1944

Going My Way as Director

1942

Once Upon a Honeymoon as Director

1939

Love Affair as Director

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

1936

The Milky Way as Director

1935

Ruggles of Red Gap as Director

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

1933

Duck Soup as Director

1932

The Kid from Spain as Director

1931

Indiscreet as Director

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1923		White Tiger as Assistant Director
1923		Drifting as Assistant Director

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

Production

1962

Satan Never Sleeps as Producer

1958

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! as Producer

1952

My Son John as Producer

1948

Good Sam as Producer

1945

The Bells of St. Mary's as Producer

1944

Going My Way as Producer

1940

My Favorite Wife as Producer

1939

Love Affair as Producer

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

1930

Let's Go Native as Producer

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

1928

Feed 'em and Weep as Supervising Producer

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

Sound

1957

An Affair to Remember as Songs

Writing

1994

Love Affair as Original Film Writer

1963

Move Over, Darling as Story

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

1958

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! as Screenplay

1957		An Affair to Remember as Screenplay
1957		An Affair to Remember as Story

1955

Meet the Governor as Writer

1952		My Son John as Screenplay
1952		My Son John as Story

1948

Good Sam as Screenplay

1945

The Bells of St. Mary's as Story

1944

Going My Way as Story

1942

Once Upon a Honeymoon as Story

1940

My Favorite Wife as Original Story

1939

Love Affair as Story

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady as Original Story

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

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

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

1927		Flaming Fathers as Writer
1927		Putting Pants on Philip as Story
1927		Should Second Husbands Come First? as Writer
1927		The Second 100 Years as Story
1927		Jewish Prudence as Writer

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

1924		Stolen Goods as Writer
1924		Publicity Pays as Writer
1924		Jeffries, Jr. as Writer