Lloyd French
Known for
Directing
Born
January 11, 1900
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Died
May 24, 1950 (aged 50)
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.
Best known work
Sons of the Desert
1933
Big Business
1929
Busy Bodies
1933
Towed in a Hole
1932
Liberty
1929
Dirty Work
1933
Scram!
1932
The Midnight Patrol
1933
Me and My Pal
1933
Oliver the Eighth
1934Filmography
1943
Hold Your TemperDirector
1942
Mail TroubleDirector
1942
Private Snuffy SmithScreenplay
1941
An Ache in Every StakeWriter
1940
Drafted in the DepotDirector
1940
All Girl RevueDirector
1940
The Dipsy DoodlerDirector
1939
On the AirDirector
1939
The Broadway BuckarooDirector
1939
1939
At HomeDirector
1938
Hats and DogsDirector
1938
Jimmy Dorsey and His OrchestraDirector
1938
The Great Library MiseryDirector
1938
1938
Saturday Night Swing ClubDirector
1938
Freddie Rich and His OrchestraDirector
1938
Sin-copationDirector
1937
Mal Hallett and His OrchestraDirector
1937
A Neckin' PartyDirector
1937
Double TalkDirector
1937
Taking the CountDirector
1937
Kick Me AgainDirector
1936
The Blonde BomberDirector
1936
Nut GuiltyDirector