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Lloyd French(1900-1950)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
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Lloyd French
Writer/Director Lloyd French list of credits include the first and last Laurel & Hardy comedy. He began working for Hal Roach in 1919 before joining Warner Brothers in 1933. As head of WB's comedy department, French would work on some 240 comedies and musicals in just under a ten year span.

Lloyd French was the son of California natives, Louis and Sarah French. His father worked in sales in San Francisco and later Los Angeles. By 1930 French was married and had a five year-old daughter named Patricia and a baby girl named Lois. His early death at age fifty was attributed to heart disease.
BornJanuary 11, 1900
DiedMay 24, 1950(50)
BornJanuary 11, 1900
DiedMay 24, 1950(50)
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Known for

The House Dick
Short
  • Director
  • 1931
Use Your Noodle
Short
  • Director
  • 1931
His First Flame (1935)
His First Flame
5.6
Short
  • Director
  • 1935
Virginia Vale and Ray Whitley in California or Bust (1941)
California or Bust
Short
  • Director
  • 1941

Credits

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Director



  • Freddie Fisher and His Band (1943)
    Freddie Fisher and His Band
    Short
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Edgar Kennedy and Irene Ryan in Hold Your Temper (1943)
    Hold Your Temper
    6.1
    Short
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Leon Errol, Anne O'Neal, and Vivian Tobin in Mail Trouble (1942)
    Mail Trouble
    5.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Edgar Kennedy and Florence Lake in Two for the Money (1942)
    Two for the Money
    Short
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Hold 'Em Jail
    Short
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Virginia Vale and Ray Whitley in California or Bust (1941)
    California or Bust
    Short
    • Director
    • 1941
  • Drafted in the Depot
    5.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Ken Card and Ray Whitley in Bar Buckaroos (1940)
    Bar Buckaroos
    Short
    • Director
    • 1940
  • All Girl Revue (1940)
    All Girl Revue
    5.5
    Short
    • Director
    • 1940
  • The Dipsy Doodler (1940)
    The Dipsy Doodler
    6.6
    Short
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Romance in Rhythm
    Short
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Ice Frolics
    Short
    • Director
    • 1939
  • History Repeats Itself
    Short
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Swing Styles
    Short
    • Director
    • 1939
  • One Day Stand
    Short
    • Director
    • 1939

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Sons of the Desert (1933)
    Sons of the Desert
    7.5
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Towed in a Hole (1932)
    Towed in a Hole
    7.6
    Short
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
    Pack Up Your Troubles
    7.2
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Scram! (1932)
    Scram!
    7.3
    Short
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in The Hoose-Gow (1929)
    The Hoose-Gow
    7.0
    Short
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1929
  • Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, and Stan Laurel in Big Business (1929)
    Big Business
    7.6
    Short
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1929
  • Oliver Hardy, William Courtright, and Stan Laurel in That's My Wife (1929)
    That's My Wife
    6.8
    Short
    • assistant director
    • 1929
  • Wrong Again (1929)
    Wrong Again
    7.0
    Short
    • assistant director
    • 1929
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Liberty (1929)
    Liberty
    7.5
    Short
    • assistant director
    • 1929
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Habeas Corpus (1928)
    Habeas Corpus
    6.6
    Short
    • assistant director
    • 1928
  • Two Tars (1928)
    Two Tars
    7.2
    Short
    • assistant director
    • 1928
  • Early to Bed (1928)
    Early to Bed
    6.3
    Short
    • assistant director
    • 1928
  • Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)
    Should Married Men Go Home?
    6.7
    Short
    • assistant director
    • 1928
  • Oliver Hardy, Kay Deslys, Anita Garvin, Stan Laurel, and Tiny Sandford in Their Purple Moment (1928)
    Their Purple Moment
    6.6
    Short
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1928
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
    You're Darn Tootin'
    6.6
    Short
    • assistant director
    • 1928

Writer



  • Dorothy Granger and Edgar Kennedy in Rough on Rents (1942)
    Rough on Rents
    6.7
    Short
    • screen play
    • 1942
  • Andy Clyde, Vernon Dent, Esther Howard, and Matt McHugh in Sappy Birthday (1942)
    Sappy Birthday
    6.3
    Short
    • screen play
    • story (as Lloyd A. French)
    • 1942
  • Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy, Doris Linden, and Sarah Padden in Private Snuffy Smith (1942)
    Private Snuffy Smith
    4.5
    • original screenplay
    • 1942
  • Virginia Vale and Ray Whitley in California or Bust (1941)
    California or Bust
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1941
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Vernon Dent, Curly Howard, and Bud Jamison in An Ache in Every Stake (1941)
    An Ache in Every Stake
    8.1
    Short
    • screenplay
    • story (as Lloyd A. French)
    • 1941
  • Drafted in the Depot
    5.4
    Short
    • story
    • 1940
  • Ken Card and Ray Whitley in Bar Buckaroos (1940)
    Bar Buckaroos
    Short
    • original screenplay
    • 1940
  • What's the Idea?
    Short
    • script
    • 1935
  • High, Wide and Hansom
    Short
    • script
    • 1935
  • Cold Turkey
    Short
    • story (as Lloyd A. French)
    • 1933
  • Use Your Noodle
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1931
  • The House Dick
    Short
    • screenplay
    • 1931
  • Trouble from Abroad
    Short
    • story
    • 1931
  • The Lone Starved Ranger
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1931
  • She Went for a Tramp
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1931

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • L. A. French
  • Born
    • January 11, 1900
    • San Francisco, California, USA
  • Died
    • May 24, 1950
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Carol(divorced, 2 children)

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