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Known ForProduction

GenderMale

Born / DiedMay 30, 1899 (Died at 37)

Zodiac Sign♊Gemini

Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Career Span1921 – 1936

Known Credits97 Titles

Official Links

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ProductionPopularity Score 0.6

Irving Thalberg

Also known as:Irving Grant ThalbergI.R. IrvingBoy WonderWunderkind

Total Works

96 movies • 1 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

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Biography

Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. He was called "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and ability to select scripts, choose actors, gather production staff, and make profitable films, mostly for Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Irving Thalberg's career

7.8

Freaks

1932•movie

Role: Producer

7.4

A Night at the Opera

1935•movie

Role: Executive Producer

7.4

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935•movie

Role: Producer

7.0

Grand Hotel

1932•movie

Role: Producer

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 97 titles featuring Irving Thalberg

7.8

Freaks

1932•movie

Role: Producer

7.4

A Night at the Opera

1935•movie

Role: Executive Producer

7.4

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935•movie

Role: Producer

7.0

Grand Hotel

1932•movie

Role: Producer

7.1

A Day at the Races

1937•movie

Role: Producer

6.6

Tarzan the Ape Man

1932•movie

Role: Executive Producer

7.5

The Unknown

1927•movie

Role: Producer

7.3

Greed

1924•movie

Role: Producer

7.6

The Crowd

1928•movie

Role: Producer

5.1

The Broadway Melody

1929•movie

Role: Producer

7.0

Camille

1936•movie

Role: Producer

6.5

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1923•movie

Role: Producer

7.4

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1939•movie

Role: Thanks

7.6

The Big Parade

1925•movie

Role: Producer

7.3

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925•movie

Role: Producer

6.5

Foolish Wives

1922•movie

Role: Producer

6.3

The Good Earth

1937•movie

Role: In Memory Of

6.9

Red Dust

1932•movie

Role: Producer

6.8

The Merry Widow

1934•movie

Role: Producer

7.1

The Champ

1931•movie

Role: Producer

7.2

Flesh and the Devil

1926•movie

Role: Producer

6.2

Mata Hari

1931•movie

Role: Producer

6.7

The Unholy Three

1925•movie

Role: Producer

6.0

Anna Christie

1930•movie

Role: Producer

7.1

Show People

1928•movie

Role: Producer

6.6

Red-Headed Woman

1932•movie

Role: Producer

6.6

The Big House

1930•movie

Role: Producer

6.2

A Free Soul

1931•movie

Role: Producer

6.9

West of Zanzibar

1928•movie

Role: Producer

6.9

Possessed

1931•movie

Role: Producer

6.3

China Seas

1935•movie

Role: Executive Producer

6.3

Romeo and Juliet

1936•movie

Role: Producer

6.6

Hallelujah

1929•movie

Role: Producer

7.4

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

1928•movie

Role: Producer

6.6

Marie Antoinette

1938•movie

Role: Producer

5.7

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929•movie

Role: Producer

7.2

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

1928•movie

Role: Executive Producer

6.6

London After Midnight

1927•movie

Role: Producer

5.8

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

1931•movie

Role: Producer

6.0

Smilin' Through

1932•movie

Role: Producer

6.4

The Kiss

1929•movie

Role: Producer

6.7

White Shadows in the South Seas

1928•movie

Role: Producer

5.9

The Unholy Three

1930•movie

Role: Producer

5.4

Trader Horn

1931•movie

Role: Producer

6.2

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1934•movie

Role: Producer

6.7

The Temptress

1926•movie

Role: Producer

5.9

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937•movie

Role: Producer

6.2

1925 Studio Tour

1925•movie

as Self

5.4

Riffraff

1936•movie

Role: Executive Producer

8.4

1 eps

Hollywood

1980•series

as Self (archive footage, uncredited)

5.6

The Secret Six

1931•movie

Role: Producer

6.5

Private Lives

1931•movie

Role: Producer

5.5

Beverly of Graustark

1926•movie

Role: Producer

6.4

La Bohème

1926•movie

Role: Producer

5.4

Rasputin and the Empress

1932•movie

Role: Executive Producer

6.2

Merry-Go-Round

1923•movie

Role: Producer

4.7

Billy the Kid

1930•movie

Role: Producer

6.1

Where East Is East

1929•movie

Role: Producer

6.6

Eskimo

1933•movie

Role: Producer

6.4

As You Desire Me

1932•movie

Role: Producer

6.8

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

2000•movie

as Self (archive footage / uncredited)

5.2

The Guardsman

1931•movie

Role: Producer

6.8

Maytime

1937•movie

Role: Executive Producer

5.6

Strange Interlude

1932•movie

Role: Producer

6.9

Complicated Women

2003•movie

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Letty Lynton

1932•movie

Role: Producer

6.7

Torrent

1926•movie

Role: Producer

6.4

The Man You Loved to Hate

1979•movie

as Self (archive audio)

6.3

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997•movie

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995•movie

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

The Trap

1922•movie

Role: Story

4.3

Let Us Be Gay

1930•movie

Role: Producer

5.0

No More Ladies

1935•movie

Role: Producer

7.3

Tugboat Annie

1933•movie

Role: Producer

5.9

Inspiration

1931•movie

Role: Producer

6.4

The Road to Mandalay

1926•movie

Role: Producer

6.7

Riptide

1934•movie

Role: Producer

7.5

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

2004•movie

as Self (archive footage)

6.3

The Voice of the City

1929•movie

Role: Producer

5.3

Way for a Sailor

1930•movie

Role: Producer

5.2

Just a Gigolo

1931•movie

Role: Executive Producer

5.0

A Lady's Morals

1930•movie

Role: Producer

6.5

The Rogue Song

1930•movie

Role: Producer

7.4

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972•movie

as Self (archive footage)

7.6

What Every Woman Knows

1934•movie

Role: Executive Producer

6.4

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1929•movie

Role: Producer

6.8

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

1935•movie

Role: Producer

7.2

Outcast Lady

1934•movie

Role: Executive Producer

6.3

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940•movie

as Self (archive footage)

5.7

Redemption

1930•movie

Role: Producer

8.0

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

1986•movie

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Twelve Miles Out

1927•movie

Role: Producer

7.0

His Glorious Night

1929•movie

Role: Producer

10.0

The Tower of Lies

1925•movie

Role: Producer

7.0

The Adventurer

1928•movie

Role: Producer

7.0

Reputation

1921•movie

Role: Producer

8.0

The Dangerous Little Demon

1922•movie

Role: Writer