Robert Z. Leonard
Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA — Oct 07 1889• Died Aug 27 1968
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Robert Zigler Leonard (October 7, 1889 - August 27, 1968) was an American film director, actor, producer and screenwriter. At one time he was married to silent superstar Mae Murray, with the two forming Tiffany Pictures to film eight motion pictures that were released by MGM. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for The Divorcee and The Great Ziegfeld. Both were also nominated for Best Picture, and the latter won. One of the most odd credits in his filmography is the film noir thriller The Bribe (1949) with its sleazy settings, slip…
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Robert Z. Leonard's Credits
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Pride and Prejudice
Directing
Show People
Self (uncredited)
The King's Thief
Directing
Peacock Alley
Production
In the Good Old Summertime
Directing
Thrill of a Romance
Production
Stand by for Action
Directing
The Clown
Directing
Week-End at the Waldorf
Directing
Ziegfeld Girl
Directing
The Great Ziegfeld
Directing
Too Young to Kiss
Directing
Broadway Serenade
Directing
Lovers Courageous
Directing
The Firefly
Café Patron (uncredited)
The Divorcee
Directing
Dancing Lady
Directing
The Bribe
Directing
Five and Ten
Directing
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Directing
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
Her Twelve Men
Directing
Adam and Evil
Directing
Kelly and Me
Directing
Peg o' My Heart
Directing
New Moon
Directing
Maytime
Directing
It's a Wise Child
Directing
The Girl of the Golden West
Directing
In Gay Madrid
Directing
The Great Diamond Robbery
Directing
Let Us Be Gay
Directing
The Demi-Bride
Directing
Duchess of Idaho
Directing
Baby Mine
Directing
We Were Dancing
Directing
Grounds for Marriage
Directing
On Record
Directing
The Waning Sex
Directing
Naughty Marietta
Directing
Beautiful But Dangerous
Directing
Third Finger, Left Hand
Directing
The Bachelor Father
Directing
Marianne
Directing
The Delicious Little Devil
Directing
Danger, Go Slow
Writing
B.F.'s Daughter
Directing
Broadway Rose
Directing
When Ladies Meet
Directing
Bright Lights
Directing
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Directing
Piccadilly Jim
Directing
Cynthia
Directing
Secret Love
Writing
Fascination
Directing
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
Directing
Outcast Lady
Directing
Mademoiselle Midnight
Directing
Escapade
Production
Love's Wilderness
Directing
The Primrose Ring
Directing
Nancy Goes to Rio
Directing
The Man from Down Under
Directing
Dance Madness
Directing
A Mormon Maid
Directing
Modern Love
Writing
A Common Enemy
Jazzmania
Directing
The Secret Heart
Directing
The Master Key
John Dore (as Bob Leonard)
Heritage
Big Bill McMahon (as Robert Leonard)
Over the Hills
After Office Hours
Directing
The French Doll
Directing
The Cardboard Lover
Directing
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The scarecrow
Cheaper to Marry
Directing
April Folly
Directing
Strange Interlude
Directing
Circe the Enchantress
Directing
The Plow Girl
Directing
Tea For Three
Directing
Everything I Have Is Yours
Directing
Peacock Alley
Directing
The Restless Sex
Directing
At First Sight
Directing
A Lady of Chance
Directing
The Love Girl
Directing
The Courtship of Miles Standish
Face Value
Directing
The Miracle of Love
Directing
The Still Alarm
Jock Manley
The Scarlet Shadow
Directing
Mademoiselle Modiste
Directing
Little Eve Edgarton
Directing
The Way of a Woman
Directing
The Gilded Lily
Directing
Fashion Row
Directing
What Am I Bid?
Directing
Princess Virtue
Directing
The Little Sister
The Detective
The Scarlet Letter
A Little Journey
Directing
The Big Little Person
Directing
The Crippled Hand
The Rich Man
Her Body in Bond
Directing
The Bride's Awakening
Directing
The Wall Between
Mr. Smith
In the Sultan's Power
The Silent Command
The Father (as Robert Leonard)
Sally Scrags, Housemaid
Frank Norwood
Heedless Moths
Directing
The Diamond Makers
Draga, the Gypsy
Jack Harlow
Life's Pendulum
Bob
Time, the Comedian
Directing