Leo McCarey

Born October 3, 1896· Los Angeles, California, USA

† Died July 5, 1969

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Emerging from Los Angeles, where he earned a law degree at USC after experimenting with mining, boxing and songwriting, McCarey entered the film world as an assistant to Tod Browning and soon proved his comedic talent as a gag writer for Hal Roach’s studio, contributing to the Our Gang series and directing shorts with Charley Chase, who became his mentor. He helped shape the Laurel-and-Hardy partn…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources