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
Gypsy (1962) — Director · ProducerThe Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) — DirectorNo Time for Sergeants (1958) — DirectorHome Before Dark (1958) — DirectorThe Bad Seed (1956) — Director · ProducerMister Roberts (1955) — DirectorQuo Vadis (1951) — DirectorLittle Women (1949) — Director · ProducerEast Side, West Side (1949) — DirectorThirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) — DirectorMadame Curie (1943) — DirectorRandom Harvest (1942) — DirectorBlossoms in the Dust (1941) — Director · ProducerJohnny Eager (1941) — Producer · DirectorWaterloo Bridge (1940) — DirectorEscape (1940) — Director · ProducerThe Wizard of Oz (1939) — ProducerAt the Circus (1939) — ProducerGold Diggers of 1933 (1933) — DirectorI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) — DirectorThree on a Match (1932) — DirectorLittle Caesar (1931) — DirectorFive Star Final (1931) — DirectorElla Cinders (1926) — Scenario Writer