Mervyn LeRoy

ActorDirectorProducerDirectingWriter Oct 15 (died age 86) San Francisco, California, USA 1922–2008 (86 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Wizard of Oz

Producer

Film

Quo Vadis

Director

Film

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Director

Film

Little Women

Director

Film

The Bad Seed

Director

Film

Little Caesar

Director

Film

Waterloo Bridge

Director

Film

Gold Diggers of 1933

Director

Filmography

Acting (21)

Movies (18)

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008

as Self (archive footage)

8.5

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

1990

as Self (archive footage)

8.3

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

The Making of the Wizard of Oz

1979

as Self

7.0

Rome, the Eternal City

1951

as Self

You Can't Fool a Camera

1941

as Himself

5.7

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self

6.5

The Making of a Great Motion Picture

1936

5.0

The Chorus Lady

1924

as Duke (the jockey)

Broadway After Dark

1924

as Carl Fisher

Going Up

1923

as The Bellboy

Little Johnny Jones

1923

as George Nelson, Jockey

The Call of the Canyon

1923

as Jack Rawlins

Prodigal Daughters

1923

as Newsboy

1.0

My American Wife

1922

as Extra

Television (3)

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

This Is Your Life

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (99)

Movies (99)

Moment to Moment

Director

Moment to Moment

Producer

Mary, Mary

Director

Mary, Mary

Producer

Gypsy

Director

Gypsy

Producer

A Majority of One

Director

A Majority of One

Producer

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

1961

Director

6.3

Wake Me When It's Over

1960

Director

6.0

Wake Me When It's Over

Producer

The FBI Story

Director

The FBI Story

Producer

Home Before Dark

Director

No Time for Sergeants

Director

The Bad Seed

Director

The Bad Seed

Producer

Toward the Unknown

Director

Toward the Unknown

Producer

Mister Roberts

Director

Strange Lady in Town

Director

Strange Lady in Town

Producer

Rose Marie

Director

Latin Lovers

Director

Million Dollar Mermaid

Director

Lovely to Look at

Director

Quo Vadis

Director

Little Women

Director

Little Women

Producer

The Great Sinner

Co-Director

East Side, West Side

Director

Any Number Can Play

Director

Homecoming

Director

Desire Me

Director

Without Reservations

Director

The House I Live In

Director

The House I Live In

Producer

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Director

Madame Curie

Director

You, John Jones!

Director

Random Harvest

Director

Johnny Eager

Director

Johnny Eager

Producer

Unholy Partners

Director

Blossoms in the Dust

Director

Blossoms in the Dust

Producer

Waterloo Bridge

Director

Escape

Director

Escape

Producer

The Wizard of Oz

Producer

At the Circus

Producer

Stand Up and Fight

Producer

Fools for Scandal

Director

Fools for Scandal

Producer

Dramatic School

Producer

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

Producer

The Great Garrick

Producer

They Won't Forget

Director

The King and the Chorus Girl

Director

Anthony Adverse

Director

Three Men on a Horse

Director

I Found Stella Parish

Director

Page Miss Glory

Director

Oil for the Lamps of China

Director

Heat Lightning

Director

Hi, Nellie!

Director

Sweet Adeline

Director

Happiness Ahead

Director

Gold Diggers of 1933

Director

Elmer, the Great

Director

Hard to Handle

Director

Tugboat Annie

Director

The World Changes

Director

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Director

Two Seconds

Director

Three on a Match

Director

High Pressure

Director

Big City Blues

Director

The Heart of New York

Director

Gentleman's Fate

Director

Little Caesar

Director

Five Star Final

Director

Broadminded

Director

Tonight or Never

Director

Too Young to Marry

Director

Local Boy Makes Good

Director

Numbered Men

Director

Top Speed

Director

Show Girl in Hollywood

Director

Playing Around

Director

Hot Stuff

Director

Broadway Babies

1929

Director

5.2

Little Johnny Jones

1929

Director

Oh Kay!

1928

Director

Harold Teen

Director

Naughty Baby

Director

Flying Romeos

Director

No Place to Go

1927

Director

Ella Cinders

1926

Scenario Writer

7.0