Mervyn LeRoy

Personal Info

Birthday

October 15, 1900

Day of Death

1987-09-13

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Mervyn Le Roy

Mervyn Leroy

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Mervyn LeRoy

Biography

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.

LeRoy credits Ten Commandments director, Cecil B. DeMille, for inspiring him to become a director: "As the top director of the era, DeMille had been the magnet that had drawn me to his set as often as I could go." LeRoy also credits DeMille for teaching him the directing techniques required to make his own films.

Known For

Broadway After Dark

The Call of the Canyon

My American Wife

Prodigal Daughters

Little Johnny Jones

Going Up

The Chorus Lady

Filmography

2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self (archive footage)
2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
1990
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
as Self (archive footage)
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
The Making of the Wizard of Oz
as Self
1951
Rome, the Eternal City
as Self
1941
You Can't Fool a Camera
as Himself
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1924
The Chorus Lady
as Duke (the jockey)
Broadway After Dark
as Carl Fisher
1923
The Call of the Canyon
as Jack Rawlins
Going Up
as The Bellboy
Little Johnny Jones
as George Nelson, Jockey
Prodigal Daughters
as Newsboy
1922
My American Wife
as Extra