Directing

Lloyd French

Born 1900-01-11 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died 1950-05-24

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.

Credits

Newest first

Hold Your Temper
Director
1943
Mail Trouble
Director
1942
Private Snuffy Smith
Screenplay
1942
An Ache in Every Stake
Writer
1941
Drafted in the Depot
Director
1940
All Girl Revue
Director
1940
The Dipsy Doodler
Director
1940
On the Air
Director
1939
The Broadway Buckaroo
Director
1939
Dave Apollon and His Club Casanova Orchestra
Director
1939
At Home
Director
1939
Hats and Dogs
Director
1938
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Director
1938
The Great Library Misery
Director
1938
Larry Clinton and His Orchestra with Carol Bruce
Director
1938
Saturday Night Swing Club
Director
1938
Freddie Rich and His Orchestra
Director
1938
Sin-copation
Director
1938
Mal Hallett and His Orchestra
Director
1937
A Neckin' Party
Director
1937
Double Talk
Director
1937
Taking the Count
Director
1937
Kick Me Again
Director
1937
The Blonde Bomber
Director
1936
Nut Guilty
Director
1936
The Choke's on You
Director
1936
Punch and Beauty
Director
1936
The Good Old Plumbertime
Director
1936
Here's Howe
Director
1936
Absorbing Junior
Director
1936
Calling All Tars
Director
1936
For the Love of Pete
Director
1936
Shop Talk
Director
1936
While the Cat's Away
Director
1936
Rushin' Art
Director
1936
Double Exposure
Director
1935
The Officer's Mess
Director
1935
All American Drawback
Director
1935
On the Wagon
Director
1935
Watch the Birdie
Director
1935
Serves You Right
Director
1935
Two Boobs in a Balloon
Director
1935
Why Pay Rent?
Director
1935
The Old Grey Mayor
Director
1935
His First Flame
Director
1935
A Peach of a Pair
Director
1934
Dizzy & Daffy
Director
1934
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
Director
1934
Smoked Hams
Director
1934
Oliver the Eighth
Director
1934
Sons of the Desert
Assistant Director
1933
Dirty Work
Director
1933
Busy Bodies
Director
1933
The Midnight Patrol
Director
1933
Me and My Pal
Director
1933
Towed in a Hole
Assistant Director
1932
Scram!
Assistant Director
1932
Wild Babies!
Director
1932
Too Many Women
Director
1932
You're Telling Me
Director
1932
The Knockout
Director
1932
Big Business
Assistant Director
1929
That's My Wife
Director
1929
Wrong Again
Assistant Director
1929
Liberty
First Assistant Director
1929
Early to Bed
Assistant Director
1928
Should Married Men Go Home?
Assistant Director
1928
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Assistant Director
1924