Jump to content

Roy Mack (director): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Redlink qualifier corrected
 
(11 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|American film director}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
|name=Roy Mack
|name=Roy Mack
|birth_name=Roy McClure
|birth_name=Leoy McClure
|birth_date={{Birth date|1889|12|14}}
|birth_date={{Birth date|1889|12|14}}
|birth_place=[[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], United States
|birth_place=[[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], United States
Line 9: Line 10:
|years_active=1930–1942
|years_active=1930–1942
}}
}}
'''Roy Mack''' (December 14, 1889, New Brunswick, New Jersey - January 16, 1962, Los Angeles, California), born '''Roy McClure''', was an American director of film shorts, mostly comedy films, with 205 titles to his credit.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533073 IMDB entry]</ref><ref>[http://people.theiapolis.com/director-GKXC/roy-mack Theiapolis entry]</ref>
'''Roy Mack''' (December 14, 1889, New Brunswick, New Jersey - January 16, 1962, Los Angeles, California), born '''Leroy McClure''', was an American director of film shorts, mostly comedy films, with 205 titles to his credit.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533073 IMDB entry]</ref><ref>[http://people.theiapolis.com/director-GKXC/roy-mack Theiapolis entry]</ref>

Born and raised in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], he attended [[New Brunswick High School]].<ref>Baltin, Will. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/314574518/ "Roy Mack - Another New Brunswick Boy Who Has Made Good"], ''The Central Jersey Home News'', May 23, 1937. Accessed August 10, 2020. "Folks don't know him as Leroy McClure in the entertainment world, but rather as Roy Mack.... But few know that Roy is a New Brunswick boy who has really accomplished much in the world of make-believe.... He attended Bayard School and then entered the old high school on Livingston avenue where the present Roosevelt Junior High stands."</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
Line 16: Line 19:
*''[[Pie, Pie Blackbird]]'' (1932) with the [[Nicholas Brothers]] and [[Eubie Blake]]
*''[[Pie, Pie Blackbird]]'' (1932) with the [[Nicholas Brothers]] and [[Eubie Blake]]
*''[[Rufus Jones for President]]'' (1933) with [[Ethel Waters]] and [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
*''[[Rufus Jones for President]]'' (1933) with [[Ethel Waters]] and [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
*''That's the Spirit'' (1933) with [[Noble Sissle]] and an all black cast
*''[[That's the Spirit (1933 film)|That's the Spirit]]'' (1933) with [[Noble Sissle]] and an all black cast
*''[[Pleasure Island (1933 film)|Pleasure Island]]'' (1933) with [[Richard Powell (actor, born 1896)|Richard Powell]]
*''[[Pleasure Island (1933 film)|Pleasure Island]]'' (1933) with [[Richard Powell (actor, born 1896)|Richard Powell]]
*''[[Paree, Paree]]'' (1934) with [[Bob Hope]]
*''[[Paree, Paree]]'' (1934) with [[Bob Hope]]
*''[[Good Morning, Eve!]]'' (1934) early [[Technicolor]] short, with [[Leon Errol]]
*''[[Good Morning, Eve!]]'' (1934) early [[Technicolor]] short, with [[Leon Errol]]
*''[[Service with a Smile (1934 film)|Service With a Smile]]'' (1934) another early Technicolor short with Leon Errol
*''[[Service with a Smile (1934 film)|Service With a Smile]]'' (1934) another early Technicolor short with Leon Errol
*''[[An All-Colored Vaudeville Show]]'' (1935)
*''[[Ups and Downs (1937 film)|Ups and Downs]]'' (1937)
*''[[Ups and Downs (1937 film)|Ups and Downs]]'' (1937)
*''Frances Carroll & The Coquettes'' (1939) featuring drummer [[Viola Smith]]
*''One for the Book'' (1940)
*''[[Double or Nothing (1940 film)|Double or Nothing]]'' (1940)
*''[[Double or Nothing (1940 film)|Double or Nothing]]'' (1940)
*''[[Hillbilly Blitzkrieg]]'' (1942)
*''[[Hillbilly Blitzkrieg]]'' (1942)
Line 32: Line 38:


{{Authority control}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mack, Roy}}
[[Category:1889 births]]
[[Category:1889 births]]
[[Category:1962 deaths]]
[[Category:1962 deaths]]
[[Category:American film directors]]
[[Category:Film directors from New Jersey]]
[[Category:New Brunswick High School alumni]]
[[Category:People from New Brunswick, New Jersey]]

Latest revision as of 03:20, 7 November 2024

Roy Mack
Born
Leoy McClure

(1889-12-14)December 14, 1889
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
DiedJanuary 16, 1962(1962-01-16) (aged 72)
Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationFilm director
Years active1930–1942

Roy Mack (December 14, 1889, New Brunswick, New Jersey - January 16, 1962, Los Angeles, California), born Leroy McClure, was an American director of film shorts, mostly comedy films, with 205 titles to his credit.[1][2]

Born and raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he attended New Brunswick High School.[3]

Selected filmography

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ IMDB entry
  2. ^ Theiapolis entry
  3. ^ Baltin, Will. "Roy Mack - Another New Brunswick Boy Who Has Made Good", The Central Jersey Home News, May 23, 1937. Accessed August 10, 2020. "Folks don't know him as Leroy McClure in the entertainment world, but rather as Roy Mack.... But few know that Roy is a New Brunswick boy who has really accomplished much in the world of make-believe.... He attended Bayard School and then entered the old high school on Livingston avenue where the present Roosevelt Junior High stands."
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Roy_Mack_(director)&oldid=1255879252"