Archie Mayo
Directing
- Born
- January 29, 1891 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- December 4, 1968 (age 77)
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Archie Mayo (29 January 1891, New York City – 4 December 1968, Guadalajara, Mexico) was a movie director and stage actor who moved to Hollywood in 1915 and began working as a director in 1917. His films include Is Everybody Happy? (1929) with Ted Lewis, Night After Night (1932) with Mae West, The Doorway to Hell (1930) with James Cagney and Lew Ayres, Convention City (1933) with Joan Blondell, The Mayor of Hell (1933) with James Cagney, The Petrified Forest (1936) with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, and The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) with Gary Cooper. Mayo retired in 1946, shortly after completing A Night in Casablanca with the Marx Brothers and Angel on My Shoulder with Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, and Claude Rains. Mayo has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Known for
The Petrified Forest
February 8, 1936
A Night in Casablanca
May 10, 1946
Svengali
May 20, 1931
Black Legion
January 30, 1937
Angel on My Shoulder
September 20, 1946
Moontide
May 29, 1942
It's Love I'm After
October 8, 1937
The Mayor of Hell
June 24, 1933
Bordertown
January 23, 1935
Crash Dive
April 22, 1943
The Doorway to Hell
October 18, 1930
Illicit
February 14, 1931
Behind the camera67
- 1958The Beast of Budapest Producer
- 1946Angel on My Shoulder Director
- 1946A Night in Casablanca Director
- 1944Sweet and Low-Down Director
- 1943Crash Dive Director
- 1942Orchestra Wives Director
- 1942Moontide Director
- 1941Confirm or Deny Director
- 1941Charley's Aunt Director
- 1941The Great American Broadcast Director