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 ... (Producer)

1944

Going My Way ... (Producer)

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

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

1933

Duck Soup ... (Director)

1932

The Kid from Spain ... (Director)

1931

Indiscreet ... (Director)

1930

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

1929

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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1922

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

1921

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