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Leo McCarey (1896–1969)

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Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street. See more trivia »

Born:

Thomas Leo McCarey
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died:

(age 72) in Santa Monica, California, USA
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1962 Satan Never Sleeps
 
1958 Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
 
1957 An Affair to Remember
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
– Tom and Jerry (1955)
– Meet the Governor (1955)
 
1952 My Son John
 
1951 You Can Change the World (documentary short)
 
1948 Good Sam
 
1945 The Bells of St. Mary's
 
1944 Going My Way
 
1942 Once Upon a Honeymoon
 
1939 Love Affair
 
1937 The Awful Truth
 
1937 Make Way for Tomorrow
 
1936 The Milky Way
 
1935 Ruggles of Red Gap
 
1934 Belle of the Nineties
 
1934 Six of a Kind
 
1933 Duck Soup
 
1932 The Kid from Spain
 
1931 Indiscreet
 
1930 Part Time Wife
 
1930 Let's Go Native
 
1930 Wild Company
 
1929 Red Hot Rhythm
 
1929 The Sophomore
 
1929 Dad's Day (short)
 
1929 Madame Q (short)
 
1929 The Unkissed Man (short)
 
1929 Big Business (short) (supervising)
 
1929 Why Is a Plumber? (short)
 
1929 When Money Comes (short)
 
1929 Wrong Again (short)
 
1929 Liberty (short)
 
1929 Going Ga-ga (short) (supervising)
 
1929 Freed 'em and Weep
 
1928 We Faw Down (short)
 
1928 Feed 'em and Weep (short) (supervising)
 
1928 Habeas Corpus (short)
 
1928 Do Gentlemen Snore? (short)
 
1928 That Night (short)
 
1928 Should Married Men Go Home? (short)
 
1928 Imagine My Embarrassment (short) (supervising)
 
1928 Should Women Drive? (short)
 
1928 The Fight Pest (short) (supervising)
 
1928 Tell It to the Judge (short)
 
1928 Blow by Blow (short)
 
1928 Came the Dawn (short) (supervising)
 
1928 The Finishing Touch (short) (supervising)
 
1928 The Family Group (short) (supervising)
 
1928 Pass the Gravy (short)
 
1927 Flaming Fathers (short)
 
1927 Us (short) (supervising)
 
1927 The Way of All Pants (short)
 
1927 Should Second Husbands Come First? (short)
 
1927 What Every Iceman Knows (short) (supervising)
 
1927 Sugar Daddies (short)
 
1927 Don't Tell Everything (short)
 
1927 Eve's Love Letters (short)
 
1927 Jewish Prudence (short)
 
1927 Why Girls Say No (short)
 
1927 Should Men Walk Home? (short)
 
1926 Be Your Age (short)
 
1926 Tell 'Em Nothing (short)
 
1926 Bromo and Juliet (short)
 
1926 Crazy Like a Fox (short)
 
1926 Mighty Like a Moose (short)
 
1926 Long Fliv the King (short)
 
1926 Mum's the Word (short)
 
1926 Dog Shy (short)
 
1926 Mama Behave (short)
 
1926 Charley My Boy (short)
 
1925 His Wooden Wedding (short)
 
1925 Hold Everything (short)
 
1925 The Uneasy Three (short) (uncredited)
 
1925 The Caretaker's Daughter (short)
 
1925 No Father to Guide Him (short)
 
1925 Innocent Husbands (short)
 
1925 Isn't Life Terrible? (short) (uncredited)
 
1925 What Price Goofy? (short) (uncredited)
 
1925 Looking for Sally (short)
 
1925 Big Red Riding Hood (short)
 
1925 Bad Boy (short)
 
1925 Is Marriage the Bunk? (short)
 
1925 Hard Boiled (short)
 
1925 Should Husbands Be Watched? (short)
 
1925 Plain and Fancy Girls (short)
 
1925 The Family Entrance (short)
 
1925 Fighting Fluid (short)
 
1925 Hello Baby! (short)
 
1925 The Rat's Knuckles (short)
 
1924 The Royal Razz (short)
 
1924 The Poor Fish (short)
 
1924 All Wet (short)
 
1924 Accidental Accidents (short)
 
1924 Bungalow Boobs (short)
 
1924 Too Many Mammas (short)
 
1924 Sittin' Pretty (short)
 
1924 Outdoor Pajamas (short)
 
1924 Why Men Work (short)
 
1924 Sweet Daddy (short)
 
1924 Seeing Nellie Home (short)
 
1924 A Ten-Minute Egg (short)
 
1924 Why Husbands Go Mad (short)
 
1924 Jeffries Jr. (short)
 
1924 Stolen Goods (short)
 
1924 Young Oldfield (short)
 
1924 Publicity Pays (short)
 
1921 Society Secrets
 
Show ShowWriter (91 titles)
1994 Love Affair (1939 story)
 
1963 Move Over, Darling (story)
 
1962 Satan Never Sleeps (screenplay)
 
1958 Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (screenplay)
 
1957 An Affair to Remember (screenplay / story)
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
– Indiscreet (1956) (original screenplay)
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
– Meet the Governor (1955) (writer)
 
1952 My Son John (screenplay / story)
 
1948 Good Sam (story)
 
1945 The Bells of St. Mary's (story)
 
1944 Going My Way (story / as Leo Mc Carey)
 
1942 Once Upon a Honeymoon (screenplay)
 
1940 My Favorite Wife (original story)
 
1939 Love Affair (story)
 
1938 The Cowboy and the Lady (story)
 
1931 Indiscreet (uncredited)
 
1931 Glückliche Kindheit (short) (screenplay)
 
1930 Part Time Wife
 
1930 Locuras de amor
 
1930 Fast Work (short) (story)
 
1930 Hog Wild (short) (story - uncredited)
 
1930 Below Zero (short) (story - uncredited)
 
1930 La vida nocturna (short)
 
1930 All Teed Up (short)
 
1930 Brats (short) (story)
 
1930 Blotto (short) (story)
 
1930 Night Owls (short) (story - uncredited)
 
1930 Tiembla y Titubea (short)
 
1930 Radiomanía (short)
 
1930 Le joueur de golf (short)
 
1930 El jugador de golf (short)
 
1930 Ladrones (short)
 
1929 Angora Love (short) (story)
 
1929 Red Hot Rhythm (story)
 
1929 The Hoose-Gow (short) (story)
 
1929 Stepping Out (short) (story)
 
1929 Bacon Grabbers (short) (uncredited)
 
1929 Sky Boy (short) (writer)
 
1929 They Go Boom! (short) (story)
 
1929 Crazy Feet (short) (story)
 
1929 Perfect Day (short) (story)
 
1929 Snappy Sneezer (short) (story)
 
1929 Dad's Day (short) (story)
 
1929 Men O'War (short) (uncredited)
 
1929 Leaping Love (short) (story)
 
1929 Madame Q (short) (story)
 
1929 Berth Marks (short) (story - uncredited)
 
1929 Thundering Toupees (short) (story)
 
1929 The Big Squawk (short) (story)
 
1929 Double Whoopee (short) (story - uncredited)
 
1929 Movie Night (short) (story)
 
1929/I Hurdy Gurdy (short) (story)
 
1929 Unaccustomed As We Are (short) (story)
 
1929 The Unkissed Man (short) (story)
 
1929 Big Business (short) (uncredited)
 
1929 Thin Twins (short) (story)
 
1929 Why Is a Plumber? (short) (story)
 
1929 That's My Wife (short) (story)
 
1929 When Money Comes (short) (story)
 
1929 Wrong Again (short) (story)
 
1929 Off to Buffalo (short) (story)
 
1929 A Pair of Tights (short) (story)
 
1929 Liberty (short) (writer)
 
1929 Ruby Lips (short) (story)
 
1929 Going Ga-ga (short) (writer)
 
1928 Chasing Husbands (short) (writer)
 
1928 Feed 'em and Weep (short) (story)
 
1928 Habeas Corpus (short) (writer)
 
1928 The Booster (short) (writer)
 
1928/I The Boy Friend (short) (story)
 
1928 Two Tars (short) (story)
 
1928 All Parts (short) (writer)
 
1928 Do Gentlemen Snore? (short) (story)
 
1928 Is Everybody Happy? (short) (story)
 
1928 That Night (short) (story)
 
1928 Should Married Men Go Home? (short) (writer)
 
1928 Imagine My Embarrassment (short) (story)
 
1928 Should Women Drive? (short) (story)
 
1928 The Fight Pest (short) (story)
 
1928 Tell It to the Judge (short) (story)
 
1928 From Soup to Nuts (short) (writer)
 
1928 Aching Youths (short) (story)
 
1928 Dumb Daddies (short) (writer)
 
1927 Fighting Fathers (short)
 
1927 Putting Pants on Philip (short) (story)
 
1927 Us (short)
 
1927 The Second 100 Years (short) (story)
 
1927 What Every Iceman Knows (short)
 
1927 Jewish Prudence (short)
 
1925 Looking for Sally (short)
 
1921 Society Secrets (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (14 titles)
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (supervisor - segment "The Finishing Touch" - uncredited)
 
1973 Laurel und Hardy auf der Jagd nach dem Mammon (director: archive footage)
 
1929 Angora Love (short) (supervising director)
 
1929 Big Business (short) (supervising director - uncredited)
 
1929 That's My Wife (short) (supervising director)
 
1928 Habeas Corpus (short) (supervising director)
 
1928 Two Tars (short) (supervising director)
 
1928 Early to Bed (short) (director: re-takes, supervising director)
 
1928 Their Purple Moment (short) (supervising director)
 
1928 You're Darn Tootin' (short) (supervising director)
 
1928 Aching Youths (short) (supervisor)
 
1927 Assistant Wives (short) (supervisor)
 
1927 Putting Pants on Philip (short) (supervising director)
 
1927 Love 'Em and Feed 'Em (short) (supervisor)
 
Show ShowProducer (14 titles)
1962 Satan Never Sleeps (producer)
 
1958 Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (producer)
 
1952 My Son John (producer)
 
1948 Good Sam (producer)
 
1945 The Bells of St. Mary's (producer)
 
1944 Going My Way (producer)
 
1942 Once Upon a Honeymoon (producer - uncredited)
 
1940 My Favorite Wife (producer - uncredited)
 
1939 Love Affair (producer)
 
1937 The Awful Truth (producer)
 
1937 Make Way for Tomorrow (producer)
 
1930 Let's Go Native (producer)
 
1929 Stepping Out (short) (producer)
 
1929 A Pair of Tights (short) (supervising producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (12 titles)
2008 What Happens in Vegas (writer: "An Affair to Remember")
 
2004 Garfield (lyrics: "An Affair to Remember End Title" 1956)
 
2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ("An Affair to Remember")
 
1993 Sleepless in Seattle (writer: "An Affair to Remember")
 
1966 Walk Don't Run (lyrics: "An Affair to Remember Our Love Affair" - uncredited)
 
1962 Satan Never Sleeps (lyrics: "Satan Never Sleeps")
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "An Affair to Remember")
 
1958 This Is Your Life (TV series)
– Harry Warren (1958) (lyrics: "An Affair to Remember" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Gisele MacKenzie Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.2 (1957) (lyrics: "An Affair to Remember" - uncredited)
 
1957 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– Episode dated 5 October 1957 (1957) (lyrics: "An Affair to Remember" - uncredited)
 
1957 An Affair to Remember (lyrics: "An Affair to Remember Our Love Affair", "Continué", "The Tiny Scout He Knows You Inside Out", "Tomorrow Land", "You Make It Easy To Be True")
 
1948 Good Sam (writer: "Eight to Five" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (4 titles)
1928 Leave 'Em Laughing (short) (production supervisor)
 
1927 The Battle of the Century (short) (production supervisor)
 
1927 Hats Off (short) (production supervisor)
 
1927 Call of the Cuckoo (short) (production supervisor)
 
1924 Short Kilts (short) (assistant director)
 
1921 No Woman Knows (assistant director)
 
1920 Outside the Law (assistant director)
 
1920 The Virgin of Stamboul (assistant director)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1952 My Son John
John Jefferson (voice) (uncredited)
 
1937 Make Way for Tomorrow
Passerby/Man in Overcoat/Carpet Sweeper (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #12.16 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Eddie Fisher Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1954 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (1954) … Himself
 
1951 The 23th Annual Academy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter: Best Director
 
1951 The Screen Director (documentary short)
Himself (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
 
1945 The 17th Annual Academy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Director
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2004 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

Leo Mc Carey

Height:

5' 9¼" (1.76 m)
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I don't know what my formula is. I only know I like my characters to walk in clouds. I like a little bit of the fairy tale. Let others photograph the ugliness of the world. I don't want to distress people. See more »

Trivia:

Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra