Mervyn LeRoy

1900-1987

Biography: life and films

Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director and producer. He was born in San Francisco, California, USA on 15th October 1900 and died in Beverly Hills, California, USA on 13th September 1987, aged 86.

His best films as a film director include I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Johnny Eager (1942) and No Time for Sergeants (1958), and whose best work as an actor include Alfred E. Green's The Ghost Breaker (1922), The Call of the Canyon (1923) and Monta Bell's Broadway After Dark (1924).

Mervyn LeRoy directed 76 films and appeared in 7 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Victor Fleming (2 films).

His most frequent genres include: drama (39 films), comedy (30), romance (15), comedy-romance (15), comedy-drama (10), War (7), Thriller (4), Biography (4), history (3), Western (3), crime-thriller (2) and Horror (2).

Our average rating for Mervyn LeRoy over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

The Ghost Breaker (1922) [a]

Going Up (1923) [a]

Little Johnny Jones (1923) [a]

Prodigal Daughters (1923) [a]

The Call of the Canyon (1923) [a]

Broadway After Dark (1924) [a]

The Chorus Lady (1924) [a]

Ella Cinders (1926) [w]

No Place to Go (1927) [d]

Flying Romeos (1928) [d]

Harold Teen (1928) [d]

Naughty Baby (1928) [d]

Oh Kay! (1928) [d]

Broadway Babies (1929) [d]

Hot Stuff (1929) [d]

Little Johnny Jones (1929) [d]

Numbered Men (1930) [d]

Playing Around (1930) [d]

Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) [d]

Top Speed (1930) [d]

Broadminded (1931) [d]

Five Star Final (1931) [d]

Gentleman's Fate (1931) [d]

Little Caesar (1931) [d]

Local Boy Makes Good (1931) [d]

Tonight or Never (1931) [d]

Too Young to Marry (1931) [d]

Big City Blues (1932) [d]

High Pressure (1932) [d]

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) [d]

The Heart of New York (1932) [d]

Three on a Match (1932) [d]

Two Seconds (1932) [d]

Elmer, the Great (1933) [d]

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) [d]

Hard to Handle (1933) [d]

The World Changes (1933) [d]

Tugboat Annie (1933) [d]

Happiness Ahead (1934) [d]

Heat Lightning (1934) [d]

Hi, Nellie! (1934) [d]

Sweet Adeline (1934) [d]

I Found Stella Parish (1935) [d]

Oil for the Lamps of China (1935) [d]

Page Miss Glory (1935) [d]

Anthony Adverse (1936) [d]

Three Men on a Horse (1936) [d]

The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) [d]

They Won't Forget (1937) [d]

Fools for Scandal (1938) [d]

The Wizard of Oz (1939) [d]

Escape (1940) [d]

Waterloo Bridge (1940) [d]

Blossoms in the Dust (1941) [d]

Unholy Partners (1941) [d]

Johnny Eager (1942) [d]

Random Harvest (1942) [d]

Madame Curie (1943) [d]

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) [d]

Without Reservations (1946) [d]

Desire Me (1947) [d]

Homecoming (1948) [d]

Any Number Can Play (1949) [d]

East Side, West Side (1949) [d]

Little Women (1949) [d]

Quo Vadis (1951) [d]

Lovely to Look at (1952) [d]

Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) [d]

Latin Lovers (1953) [d]

Rose Marie (1954) [d]

Mister Roberts (1955) [d]

Strange Lady in Town (1955) [d]

The Bad Seed (1956) [d]

Toward the Unknown (1956) [d]

Home Before Dark (1958) [d]

No Time for Sergeants (1958) [d]

The FBI Story (1959) [d]

Wake Me When It's Over (1960) [d]

A Majority of One (1961) [d]

The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) [d]

Gypsy (1962) [d]

Mary, Mary (1963) [d]

Moment to Moment (1965) [d]

The Green Berets (1968) [d]



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