John P. McCarthy
American film director and screenwriter (1884-1962) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 78
John P. McCarthy, also known as J.P. McCarthy or simply as John McCarthy, was an American director and screenwriter of the 1920s through 1945. He began in the film industry in front of the camera, as an actor in silent films and film shorts during the 1910s, before moving behind the camera in 1920.
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Under Arizona SkiesFilm, Writer1945
The Cisco Kid ReturnsFilm, Director1944
Marked TrailsFilm, Director, Writer1936
Song of the GringoFilm, Director, Writer1935
The Law of 45'sFilm, Director1933
Crashing BroadwayFilm, Director1932
Beyond the RockiesFilm, Writer1930
Headin' NorthFilm, Director, Writer1929
The Eternal WomanFilm, Director1928
Diamond HandcuffsFilm, Director1927
BeckyFilm, Director1925
Hurricane HalFilm, Director, Writer1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the AgesFilm, Prison Guard1914The Availing PrayerFilm1884Born17 March 1884People around John
Paul Malvern Produced Crashing Broadway and The Gallant Fool
Bob Steele John directed Marked Trails and Headin' North
Sally O'Neil John directed Becky and The Lovelorn
Owen Moore John directed Becky (1927)
Monte Blue John directed Song of the Gringo (1936)
Betty Mack John directed The Forty-Niners (1932)
D. W. Griffith Produced Intolerance (1916)
Raoul Walsh Directed Who Shot Bud Walton? (1914)
Clara Kimball Young John directed Mother and Son (1931)
Tex Ritter John directed Song of the Gringo (1936)
Eugene Pallette Also in Intolerance and Who Shot Bud Walton?
Tim McCoy John directed The Western Code (1932)
George Walsh Also in Intolerance (1916)
Hoot Gibson John directed Marked Trails (1944)
Tom Tyler John directed The Forty-Niners (1932)
Duncan Renaldo John directed The Cisco Kid Returns (1945)
Rex Bell Also in Lucky Larrigan and Crashing Broadway
Fuzzy Knight John directed Song of the Gringo (1936)
Molly O'Day Also in The Lovelorn and The Law of 45's
Barbara Luddy John directed Headin' North (1930)
Caryl Lincoln Also in The Land of Missing Men (1930)
Doris Hill Also in Crashing Broadway and Trailing North
Gordon De Main Also in Headin' North and Cavalier of the West- Phil Goldstone Produced Pals (1925)
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Filmography 38
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Television 1
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He usually directed his own screenplays. Although he directed the occasional drama or comedy, his specialty was the Western, which make up 28 of his 38 filmography entries.
