Leo McCarey

Born: 1896-10-03 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 1969-07-05

Known For: Directing

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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Leo McCarey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2025

Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928) ... (Director)

2002

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

1994

Love Affair ... (Original Film Writer)

1952

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

1951

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

1950

You Can Change The World ... (Director)

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
Good Sam ... (Director)

1945

The Bells of St. Mary's ... (Director)

1944

Going My Way ... (Director)

1942

Once Upon a Honeymoon ... (Director)

1940

My Favorite Wife ... (Producer)

1939

Love Affair ... (Director)

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady ... (Original Story)

1937

The Awful Truth ... (Director)
Make Way for Tomorrow as Passerby / Man in Overcoat / Carpet Sweeper (uncredited)

1936

The Milky Way ... (Director)

1935

Ruggles of Red Gap ... (Director)

1934

Six of a Kind ... (Director)
Belle of the Nineties ... (Director)

1933

Duck Soup ... (Director)

1932

The Kid from Spain ... (Director)

1931

Indiscreet ... (Director)

1930

Fast Work ... (Story)
The golfer ... (Writer)
Below Zero ... (Story)
The golf player ... (Writer)
Let's Go Native ... (Director)
Blotto ... (Story)
Hog Wild ... (Story)
Brats ... (Story)
Follies of love ... (Writer)
Part Time Wife ... (Director)
Wild Company ... (Director)
Radiomanía ... (Screenplay)
The Night Life ... (Writer)

1929

Bacon Grabbers ... (Writer)
Double Whoopee ... (Story)
Perfect Day ... (Writer)
Angora Love ... (Writer)
Unaccustomed as We Are ... (Story)
Movie Night ... (Story)
Wrong Again ... (Director)
Why Is a Plumber? ... (Director)
Big Business ... (Co-Director)
Madame Q ... (Director)
Berth Marks ... (Story)
Men O' War ... (Writer)
Thin Twins ... (Story)
Liberty ... (Director)
A Pair of Tights ... (Supervising Producer)
Leaping Love ... (Writer)
Hurdy Gurdy ... (Writer)
Red Hot Rhythm ... (Director)
Dad's Day ... (Story)
Crazy Feet ... (Story)
The Unkissed Man ... (Director)
The Big Squawk ... (Story)
Going Ga-Ga ... (Writer)
Snappy Sneezer ... (Story)
The Sophomore ... (Director)
Stepping Out ... (Story)
Ruby Lips ... (Story)
Sky Boy ... (Writer)
Off to Buffalo ... (Story)

1928

Pass the Gravy ... (Director)
Chasing Husbands ... (Writer)
All Parts ... (Writer)
Should Married Men Go Home? ... (Writer)
From Soup to Nuts ... (Writer)
The Finishing Touch ... (Co-Director)
Feed 'em and Weep ... (Supervising Producer)
Aching Youth ... (Story)
The Boy Friend ... (Director)
The Fight Pest ... (Director)
We Faw Down ... (Director)
Habeas Corpus ... (Co-Director)
The Family Group ... (Director)
Should Women Drive? ... (Director)
Imagine My Embarrassment ... (Director)
The Booster ... (Writer)

1927

The Battle of the Century ... (Production Supervisor)
Putting Pants on Philip ... (Story)
Why Girls Say No ... (Director)
Sugar Daddies ... (Co-Director)
Call of the Cuckoo ... (Production Supervisor)
The Second 100 Years ... (Story)
Eve's Love Letters ... (Director)
Don't Tell Everything ... (Director)
The Way of All Pants ... (Director)
Should Second Husbands Come First? ... (Director)
Should Men Walk Home? ... (Director)
Jewish Prudence ... (Director)
Flaming Fathers ... (Director)
Fighting Fathers ... (Director)

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

Drifting ... (Assistant Director)
White Tiger ... (Assistant Director)

1922

Man Under Cover ... (Assistant Director)
The Wise Kid ... (Assistant Director)

1921

Society Secrets ... (Director)
Outside the Law ... (Assistant Director)