Person
Lloyd French
Directing · 1900–1950 · San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
Lloyd French (January 11, 1900 – May 24, 1950) was an American director of short films, most of them comedies. His best remembered films are several Laurel and Hardy comedies in the 1930s. He also made several musical short films featuring many bandleaders of the day; in the 1940s he also directed several shorts starring Edgar Kennedy and Leon Errol; he made his last film in 1946. French was born in San Francisco, California and died in Beverly Hills, California of heart disease.
Known for
Sons of the Desert
Assistant Director
Two Boobs in a Balloon
Director
The Midnight Patrol
Director
All Girl Revue
Director
Liberty
First Assistant Director
Towed in a Hole
Assistant Director
Shop Talk
Director
Scram!
Assistant Director
Oliver the Eighth
Director
Busy Bodies
Director
Filmography
- 1943Hold Your TemperDirector
- 1942Mail TroubleDirector
- 1942Private Snuffy SmithScreenplay
- 1941An Ache in Every StakeWriter
- 1940Drafted in the DepotDirector
- 1940All Girl RevueDirector
- 1940The Dipsy DoodlerDirector
- 1939On the AirDirector
- 1939The Broadway BuckarooDirector
- 1939Dave Apollon and His Club Casanova OrchestraDirector
- 1939At HomeDirector
- 1938Hats and DogsDirector
- 1938Jimmy Dorsey and His OrchestraDirector
- 1938The Great Library MiseryDirector
- 1938Larry Clinton and His Orchestra with Carol BruceDirector
- 1938Saturday Night Swing ClubDirector
- 1938Freddie Rich and His OrchestraDirector
- 1938Sin-copationDirector
- 1937Mal Hallett and His OrchestraDirector
- 1937A Neckin' PartyDirector
- 1937Double TalkDirector
- 1937Taking the CountDirector
- 1937Kick Me AgainDirector
- 1936The Blonde BomberDirector
- 1936Nut GuiltyDirector
- 1936The Choke's on YouDirector
- 1936Punch and BeautyDirector
- 1936The Good Old PlumbertimeDirector
- 1936Here's HoweDirector
- 1936Absorbing JuniorDirector
- 1936Calling All TarsDirector
- 1936For the Love of PeteDirector
- 1936Shop TalkDirector
- 1936While the Cat's AwayDirector
- 1936Rushin' ArtDirector
- 1935Double ExposureDirector
- 1935The Officer's MessDirector
- 1935All American DrawbackDirector
- 1935On the WagonDirector
- 1935Watch the BirdieDirector
- 1935Serves You RightDirector
- 1935Two Boobs in a BalloonDirector
- 1935Why Pay Rent?Director
- 1935The Old Grey MayorDirector
- 1935His First FlameDirector
- 1934A Peach of a PairDirector
- 1934Dizzy & DaffyDirector
- 1934So You Won't T-T-T-TalkDirector
- 1934Smoked HamsDirector
- 1934Oliver the EighthDirector
- 1933Sons of the DesertAssistant Director
- 1933Dirty WorkDirector
- 1933Busy BodiesDirector
- 1933The Midnight PatrolDirector
- 1933Me and My PalDirector
- 1932Towed in a HoleAssistant Director
- 1932Scram!Assistant Director
- 1932Wild Babies!Director
- 1932Too Many WomenDirector
- 1932You're Telling MeDirector
- 1932The KnockoutDirector
- 1929Big BusinessAssistant Director
- 1929That's My WifeDirector
- 1929Wrong AgainAssistant Director
- 1929LibertyFirst Assistant Director
- 1928Early to BedAssistant Director
- 1928Should Married Men Go Home?Assistant Director
- 1924Rupert of Hee-HawAssistant Director
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