Director

Lloyd French

Directing

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Directed credits

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Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

4.0

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 51Directed series: 0All crew credits: 53

TMDB ID: 137400

IMDb ID: nm0294137

Known for: Directing

Born: January 11, 1900

Died: May 24, 1950

Age: 50

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1924 - 1942

Years active: 19

Average TMDB rating: 6.8

Wikidata: Q526985

Also known as

Lloyd A. French

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Director (42)Assistant Director (8)First Assistant Director (1)Screenplay (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

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.

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