FILM DIRECTOR

Norman Z. McLeod

1898 - 1964

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Norman Zenos McLeod (September 20, 1898 – January 27, 1964) was an American film director. McLeod's most acclaimed work was made in collaboration with major comic performers of the 1930s, and included such films as the first original Marx Brothers comedies Monkey Business (1931) and Horse Feathers (1932), the most acclaimed W.C. Fields film It's a Gift (1934), the Danny Kaye vehicle The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), and The Paleface starring Bob Hope (1948). He also directed the first two installments of the Topper franchise. Other significant films McLeod made include Taking a Chance (1928), Alice in Wonderland (1933), Pennies from Heaven (1936), There Goes My Heart (1938), Merrily We Live (1938), Little Men (1940), Panama Hattie (1942), Jackass Mail (1942), and his last, Alias Jesse James (1959). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Z. McLeod is the 1,410th most popular film director (up from 1,513th in 2019), the 10,241st most popular biography from United States (up from 10,697th in 2019) and the 379th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Norman Z. McLeod ranks 1,410 out of 2,041. Before him are Olivier Megaton, Sidney Olcott, Ole Bornedal, Frank Tashlin, Jon Avnet, and Edvin Laine. After him are Tom Shadyac, Kwak Jae-yong, Hugh Wilson, Jonathan Lynn, Elmer Clifton, and Vasily Goncharov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Norman Z. McLeod ranks 283. Before him are Norma Varden, Eleanor Boardman, Clara González, Hugh Latimer Dryden, Wallace Ford, and Curtis Stevens. After him are Elemér Somfay, Robert Keith, Ferreira de Castro, Clarence Walker, Gertrude Lawrence, and Nalini Bala Devi. Among people deceased in 1964, Norman Z. McLeod ranks 196. Before him are Ernest Hamilton, Charilaos Vasilakos, Josef Šroubek, Anna J. Cooper, Milton Margai, and Nella Larsen. After him are Luciano Savorini, Alice Wilson, Harold McMunn, Montgomery Wilson, Mikhail Svetlov, and Per Nilsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Z. McLeod ranks 10,243 out of 20,380. Before him are Marcia Fudge (1952), Virginia Fox (1902), Forrest Tucker (1919), Mark McGwire (1963), Anthony Braxton (1945), and Ted McGinley (1958). After him are Dorothy Comingore (1913), Kellan Lutz (1985), Harry Turtledove (1949), Debra Mooney (1947), Miriam A. Ferguson (1875), and Michael Horse (1949).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Norman Z. McLeod ranks 379. Before him are Joe Roth (1948), Bennett Miller (1966), Alexander Hall (1894), Joseph Ruben (1950), Frank Tashlin (1913), and Jon Avnet (1949). After him are Tom Shadyac (1958), Hugh Wilson (1943), Robert Burks (1909), Len Wiseman (1973), Rian Johnson (1973), and D. A. Pennebaker (1925).

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