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Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Born / DiedOct 3, 1896 (Died at 73)

Zodiac Sign♎Libra

Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA

Career Span1921 – 1969

Known Credits138 Titles

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Leo McCarey

Also known as: Leo Mc Carey레오 맥캐리

Total Works

138

136 movies • 2 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

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worldwide gross

Global Reach

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thomas Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. During his lifetime he was involved in nearly 200 movies, especially comedies. French director Jean Renoir once said that "Leo McCarey understood people better than any other Hollywood director." Description above from the Wikipedia article Leo McCarey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Leo McCarey's career

7.3

Duck Soup

1933•movie

Role: Director

7.4

An Affair to Remember

1957•movie

Role: Director

7.2

The Awful Truth

1937•movie

Role: Director

7.5

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937•movie

as Passerby / Man in Overcoat / Carpet Sweeper (uncredited)

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 138 titles featuring Leo McCarey

7.3

Duck Soup

1933•movie

Role: Director

7.4

An Affair to Remember

1957•movie

Role: Director

7.2

The Awful Truth

1937•movie

Role: Director

7.5

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937•movie

as Passerby / Man in Overcoat / Carpet Sweeper (uncredited)

6.7

Going My Way

1944•movie

Role: Director

7.0

My Favorite Wife

1940•movie

Role: Producer

6.8

The Bells of St. Mary's

1945•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Love Affair

1939•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Big Business

1929•movie

Role: Co-Director

6.7

Move Over, Darling

1963•movie

Role: Story

7.1

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Hog Wild

1930•movie

Role: Story

7.0

Perfect Day

1929•movie

Role: Writer

6.8

Brats

1930•movie

Role: Story

6.6

Below Zero

1930•movie

Role: Story

6.9

Liberty

1929•movie

Role: Director

5.5

Love Affair

1994•movie

Role: Original Film Writer

6.8

Berth Marks

1929•movie

Role: Story

6.9

The Battle of the Century

1927•movie

Role: Production Supervisor

7.0

Unaccustomed as We Are

1929•movie

Role: Story

6.3

Once Upon a Honeymoon

1942•movie

Role: Director

7.3

Blotto

1930•movie

Role: Story

6.9

The Finishing Touch

1928•movie

Role: Co-Director

6.8

Men O' War

1929•movie

Role: Writer

6.6

From Soup to Nuts

1928•movie

Role: Writer

6.0

We Faw Down

1928•movie

Role: Director

6.8

Wrong Again

1929•movie

Role: Director

6.2

The Second 100 Years

1927•movie

Role: Story

6.3

Putting Pants on Philip

1927•movie

Role: Story

6.8

Double Whoopee

1929•movie

Role: Story

6.7

Habeas Corpus

1928•movie

Role: Co-Director

5.2

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

1958•movie

Role: Director

6.3

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938•movie

Role: Original Story

6.5

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928•movie

Role: Writer

6.5

Angora Love

1929•movie

Role: Writer

6.0

Sugar Daddies

1927•movie

Role: Co-Director

6.8

Mighty Like a Moose

1926•movie

Role: Director

6.4

Bacon Grabbers

1929•movie

Role: Writer

5.8

Call of the Cuckoo

1927•movie

Role: Production Supervisor

6.3

Good Sam

1948•movie

Role: Director

6.8

1 eps

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948•series

as Self

6.1

The Milky Way

1936•movie

Role: Director

6.6

Pass the Gravy

1928•movie

Role: Director

6.2

Outside the Law

1921•movie

Role: Assistant Director

5.6

Satan Never Sleeps

1962•movie

Role: Director

6.1

Belle of the Nineties

1934•movie

Role: Director

6.1

Indiscreet

1931•movie

Role: Director

5.9

Six of a Kind

1934•movie

Role: Director

5.3

White Tiger

1923•movie

Role: Assistant Director

6.2

Crazy Like a Fox

1926•movie

Role: Director

7.1

Should Men Walk Home?

1927•movie

Role: Director

5.6

My Son John

1952•movie

as John Jefferson (voice) (uncredited)

7.0

Jewish Prudence

1927•movie

Role: Director

6.6

The Kid from Spain

1932•movie

Role: Director

6.1

Isn't Life Terrible?

1925•movie

Role: Director

5.8

Bromo and Juliet

1926•movie

Role: Director

5.8

Be Your Age

1926•movie

Role: Director

7.8

A Pair of Tights

1929•movie

Role: Supervising Producer

6.1

Mum's the Word

1926•movie

Role: Director

7.1

Dog Shy

1926•movie

Role: Director

4.7

Too Many Mammas

1924•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Long Fliv the King

1926•movie

Role: Director

5.8

All Wet

1924•movie

Role: Director

5.6

The Boy Friend

1928•movie

Role: Director

7.5

The Night Life

1930•movie

Role: Writer

6.0

Feed 'em and Weep

1928•movie

Role: Supervising Producer

6.4

The Way of All Pants

1927•movie

Role: Director

6.6

Eve's Love Letters

1927•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Innocent Husbands

1925•movie

Role: Director

7.1

His Wooden Wedding

1925•movie

Role: Director

5.6

Charley My Boy!

1926•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Drifting

1923•movie

Role: Assistant Director

6.4

You Can Change The World

1950•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955•series

Role: Director

6.6

What Price Goofy?

1925•movie

Role: Director

8.4

Should Second Husbands Come First?

1927•movie

Role: Director

4.0

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Why Girls Say No

1927•movie

Role: Director

7.2

Bad Boy

1925•movie

Role: Director

7.7

Let's Go Native

1930•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Young Oldfield

1924•movie

Role: Director

5.5

Tell 'Em Nothing

1926•movie

Role: Director

5.8

Flaming Fathers

1927•movie

Role: Director

6.8

The Rat's Knuckles

1925•movie

Role: Director

5.3

The Sophomore

1929•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Fast Work

1930•movie

Role: Story

5.7

Publicity Pays

1924•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Jeffries, Jr.

1924•movie

Role: Director

6.5

Looking for Sally

1925•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Movie Night

1929•movie

Role: Story

7.0

The Screen Director

1951•movie

as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Seeing Nellie Home

1924•movie

Role: Director

6.0

A Ten-Minute Egg

1924•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Outdoor Pajamas

1924•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Mama Behave

1926•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Don't Tell Everything

1927•movie

Role: Director

7.5

Accidental Accidents

1924•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Should Husbands Be Watched?

1925•movie

Role: Director

6.8

No Father to Guide Him

1925•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Wild Company

1930•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Is Marriage the Bunk?

1925•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Sittin' Pretty

1924•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Stepping Out

1929•movie

Role: Story

7.5

The Poor Fish

1924•movie

Role: Director

6.8

Snappy Sneezer

1929•movie

Role: Story

7.0

Stolen Goods

1924•movie

Role: Director

6.5

Big Red Riding Hood

1925•movie

Role: Director

6.8

Fighting Fluid

1925•movie

Role: Director

6.2

Hello Baby!

1925•movie

Role: Director

6.8

Crazy Feet

1929•movie

Role: Story

8.0

Part Time Wife

1930•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Hurdy Gurdy

1929•movie

Role: Writer

9.0

Leaping Love

1929•movie

Role: Writer

7.0

The Uneasy Three

1925•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Sweet Daddy

1924•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Why Men Work

1924•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Bungalow Boobs

1924•movie

Role: Director

7.0

The Royal Razz

1924•movie

Role: Director

9.0

The Family Entrance

1925•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Hard Boiled

1925•movie

Role: Director

7.0

The Family Group

1928•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Aching Youth

1928•movie

Role: Story

9.0

Imagine My Embarrassment

1928•movie

Role: Director

7.0

The Booster

1928•movie

Role: Writer

7.0

Chasing Husbands

1928•movie

Role: Writer

10.0

Ruby Lips

1929•movie

Role: Story

8.0

The Big Squawk

1929•movie

Role: Story

6.0

Meet the Governor

1955•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Red Hot Rhythm

1929•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Radiomanía

1930•movie

Role: Screenplay

8.0

Society Secrets

1921•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Why Is a Plumber?

1929•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Plain and Fancy Girls

1925•movie

Role: Director

10.0

The Wise Kid

1922•movie

Role: Assistant Director

8.0

Man Under Cover

1922•movie

Role: Assistant Director

The Unkissed Man

1929•movie

Role: Director

Sky Boy

1929•movie

Role: Writer

Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)

2025•movie

Role: Director