Mervyn LeRoy
Directing
22
Acting Credits
76
Directed
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...
Known For
Filmography
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
as Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1990
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
as Self
The Making of the Wizard of Oz
1979
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Rome, the Eternal City
1951
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
You Can't Fool a Camera
1941
as Himself
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936
The Chorus Lady
1924
as Duke (the jockey)
Broadway After Dark
1924
as Carl Fisher
Going Up
1923
as The Bellboy
Prodigal Daughters
1923
as Newsboy
Little Johnny Jones
1923
as George Nelson, Jockey
The Call of the Canyon
1923
as Jack Rawlins
My American Wife
1922
as Extra