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Lloyd Bacon

Actor, director (1889-1955) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 65

Lloyd Francis Bacon was an American screen, stage, and vaudeville actor and film director. As a director, he made films in numerous genres, including westerns, musicals, comedies, gangster films, and crime dramas.

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1955Died15 November 19551954She Couldn't Say NoFilm, Director1951The FrogmenFilm, Director1949It Happens Every SpringFilm, Director1946My Darling ClementineFilm, Director1943Action in the North AtlanticFilm, Director1942Larceny, Inc.Film, Director1940Brother OrchidFilm, Director1939Invisible StripesFilm, Director1937Marked WomanFilm, Director1936Cain and MabelFilm, Director193342nd StreetFilm, Director1931Kept HusbandsFilm, Director1916Behind the ScreenFilm, Director of Comical Film (uncredited)1915A Jitney ElopementFilm, Young Butler / Cop1889Born4 December 1889
  • My Darling Clementine 1946
  • Action in the North Atlantic 1943
  • Easy Street 1917
  • 42nd Street 1933
  • Footlight Parade 1933

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Filmography 40

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Awards

Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

About this person

He was one of the directors at Warner Bros. in the 1930s who helped give that studio its reputation for gritty, fast-paced "torn from the headlines" action films. And, in directing Warner Bros.' 42nd Street, he joined the movie's song-and-dance-number director, Busby Berkeley, in contributing to "an instant and enduring classic [that] transformed the musical genre".

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1889 to 1955 · aged 65

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