Lloyd French
Directing1900San 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
Acting History
1942
Private Snuffy Smith
Screenplay
1941
An Ache in Every Stake
Writer
1940
All Girl Revue
Director
The Dipsy Doodler
Director
1939
At Home
Director
On the Air
Director
1938
Freddie Rich and His Orchestra
Director
The Great Library Misery
Director
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Director
Sin-copation
Director
Saturday Night Swing Club
Director
1937
1936
Rushin' Art
Director
Absorbing Junior
Director
For the Love of Pete
Director
Nut Guilty
Director
While the Cat's Away
Director
1935
All American Drawback
Director
The Old Grey Mayor
Director
His First Flame
Director
Double Exposure
Director
Watch the Birdie
Director
The Officer's Mess
Director
On the Wagon
Director
1934
1933
Busy Bodies
Director
Dirty Work
Director
Sons of the Desert
Assistant Director
The Midnight Patrol
Director
Me and My Pal
Director
1932
Too Many Women
Director
The Knockout
Director
Wild Babies!
Director
Scram!
Assistant Director
Towed in a Hole
Assistant Director
1929
Wrong Again
Assistant Director
That's My Wife
Director
Big Business
Assistant Director
Liberty
First Assistant Director
1928
Should Married Men Go Home?
Assistant Director
Early to Bed
Assistant Director
1924
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Assistant Director