
Mervyn LeRoy
Highest Rated: 100% Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Lowest Rated: 14% Any Number Can Play (1949)
Birthday: Oct 15, 1900
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Former actor and comedy writer who began a prolific directing career in 1927. LeRoy did his best work at Warner Bros. in the 1930s, turning out a string of grittily realistic films which reflected the hardships of Depression-era America. His 1930 gangster film, "Little Caesar," launched Edward G. Robinson into stardom and inaugurated the genre with which Warners would make its name. In 1938 LeRoy switched to MGM and turned his hand to glossier and, for the most part, less satisfactory fare. His other achievements include producing "The Wizard of Oz" (1939), taking over the direction of "Mister Roberts" (1955) from an ailing John Ford and introducing Ronald Reagan to Nancy Davis.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moment to Moment | Director | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mary, Mary |
Director, Producer |
- | 1963 |
64% | 74% | Gypsy |
Director, Producer |
- | 1962 |
80% | 57% | The Devil at 4 O'Clock | Director | - | 1961 |
60% | 61% | A Majority of One | Director | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wake Me When It's Over |
Director, Producer |
- | 1960 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The FBI Story | Director | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Home Before Dark |
Director, Producer |
- | 1958 |
No Score Yet | 80% | No Time for Sergeants |
Director, Producer |
- | 1958 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Toward the Unknown |
Director, Producer |
- | 1956 |
63% | 83% | The Bad Seed |
Director, Producer |
- | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strange Lady in Town |
Director, Producer |
- | 1955 |
92% | 84% | Mister Roberts | Director | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | 30% | Rose Marie | Director | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 27% | Latin Lovers | Director | - | 1953 |
86% | 65% | Million Dollar Mermaid | Director | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 37% | Lovely to Look At | Director | - | 1952 |
88% | 73% | Quo Vadis? | Director | - | 1951 |
71% | 83% | Little Women |
Director, Producer |
- | 1949 |
43% | 74% | East Side, West Side | Director | - | 1949 |
14% | 58% | Any Number Can Play | Director | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Homecoming | Director | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Desire Me | Director | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | 53% | Without Reservations | Director | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | 67% | The House I Live In | Director | - | 1945 |
100% | 75% | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You, John Jones! | Director | - | 1943 |
86% | 67% | Madame Curie | Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Johnny Eager |
Director, Producer |
- | 1942 |
90% | 88% | Random Harvest | Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Can't Fool a Camera | Self | - | 1941 |
33% | 72% | Blossoms in the Dust | Director | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Unholy Partners |
Director, Producer |
- | 1941 |
80% | 88% | Waterloo Bridge | Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Escape | Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stand Up and Fight | Producer | - | 1939 |
98% | 89% | The Wizard of Oz | Producer | $5.5M | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Fools for Scandal |
Director, Producer |
- | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dramatic School | Producer | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The King and the Chorus Girl | Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 88% | They Won't Forget |
Director, Producer |
- | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marry the Girl | Producer | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 79% | The Great Garrick | Producer | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Producer | - | 1937 |
20% | 51% | Anthony Adverse | Director | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Three Men on a Horse | Director | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Sweet Adeline | Director | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oil for the Lamps of China | Director | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 17% | I Found Stella Parish | Director | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Page Miss Glory | Director | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Happiness Ahead | Director | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Heat Lightning | Director | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hi, Nellie | Director | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Elmer the Great | Director | - | 1933 |
100% | 86% | Gold Diggers of 1933 | Director | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Hard to Handle | Director | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The World Changes | Director | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Tugboat Annie | Director | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Two Seconds | Director | - | 1932 |
96% | 91% | I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang | Director | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Heart of New York | Director | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big City Blues |
Director, Producer |
- | 1932 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Three on a Match | Director | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | 27% | High Pressure | Director | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tonight or Never | Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gentleman's Fate | Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Too Young to Marry | Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Broadminded | Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Local Boy Makes Good | Director | - | 1931 |
91% | 76% | Five Star Final | Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Numbered Men | Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Playing Around | Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Top Speed | Director | - | 1930 |
92% | 75% | Little Caesar | Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Show Girl in Hollywood | Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Broadway Babies | Director | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harold Teen | Director | - | 1928 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ella Cinders | Writer | - | 1926 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1970 |
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