Lloyd French

Birthday: 1900-01-11
Deathday: 1950-05-24
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Gender: Male

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

Year Title
1943-02-05 Hold Your Temper
1942-09-02 Mail Trouble
1940-12-20 Drafted in the Depot
1940-06-22 All Girl Revue
1940-02-01 The Dipsy Doodler
1939-06-26 On the Air
1939-06-03 The Broadway Buckaroo
1939-04-22 Dave Apollon and His Club Casanova Orchestra
1939-04-15 At Home
1938-10-22 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
1938-09-10 The Great Library Misery
1938-09-03 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra with Carol Bruce
1938-07-30 Saturday Night Swing Club
1938-05-28 Freddie Rich and His Orchestra
1938-01-09 Sin-copation
1937-09-11 Mal Hallett and His Orchestra
1937-09-04 A Neckin' Party
1937-06-26 Double Talk
1937-04-24 Taking the Count
1937-02-06 Kick Me Again
1936-11-28 The Blonde Bomber
1936-11-21 Nut Guilty
1936-09-12 The Choke's on You
1936-08-15 Punch and Beauty
1936-08-08 The Good Old Plumbertime
1936-06-06 Here's Howe
1936-05-08 Absorbing Junior
1936-03-25 Calling All Tars
1936-03-14 For the Love of Pete
1936-02-15 Shop Talk
1936-01-04 While the Cat's Away
1936-01-01 Rushin' Art
1935-11-23 Double Exposure
1935-11-09 The Officer's Mess
1935-10-05 All American Drawback
1935-08-24 On the Wagon
1935-08-10 Watch the Birdie
1935-06-15 Serves You Right
1935-05-05 Two Boobs in a Balloon
1935-05-04 Why Pay Rent?
1935-04-06 The Old Grey Mayor
1935-03-08 His First Flame
1934-12-29 A Peach of a Pair
1934-12-14 Dizzy & Daffy
1934-11-01 So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
1934-10-20 Smoked Hams
1934-01-13 Oliver the Eighth
1933-11-25 Dirty Work
1933-10-07 Busy Bodies
1933-08-03 The Midnight Patrol
1933-04-22 Me and My Pal
1932-06-17 Wild Babies!
1932-05-14 Too Many Women
1932-04-16 You're Telling Me
1932-03-05 The Knockout
1929-03-23 That's My Wife