Mervyn LeRoy
Directing · Producer · Director · Scenario Writer
Born Oct 15, 1900 · San Francisco, California, USA
Active 1922–1987 · Awards: Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding, Academy Honorary Award, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding, Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, National Board of Review Award for Best Film, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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.
Filmography
The Wizard of Oz (1939) — ProducerQuo Vadis (1951) — DirectorI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) — DirectorLittle Women (1949) — Director · ProducerThe Bad Seed (1956) — Director · ProducerLittle Caesar (1931) — DirectorWaterloo Bridge (1940) — DirectorGold Diggers of 1933 (1933) — DirectorMister Roberts (1955) — DirectorRandom Harvest (1942) — DirectorNo Time for Sergeants (1958) — DirectorAt the Circus (1939) — ProducerMadame Curie (1943) — DirectorThirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) — DirectorGypsy (1962) — Director · ProducerThree on a Match (1932) — DirectorFive Star Final (1931) — DirectorThe Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) — DirectorBlossoms in the Dust (1941) — Director · ProducerJohnny Eager (1941) — Producer · DirectorEast Side, West Side (1949) — DirectorElla Cinders (1926) — Scenario WriterEscape (1940) — Director · ProducerHome Before Dark (1958) — Director