Robert Z. Leonard

Robert Z. Leonard

Born: October 7, 1889
Died: August 27, 1968
in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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, slippery characters and steamy atmosphere.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Robert Z. Leonard has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6368 Hollywood Blvd.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Movies for Robert Z. Leonard...

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Title: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1945
Type: Movie
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
bee
The Firefly
Title: The Firefly
Character: Café Patron (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1937
Type: Movie
Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French officers, in order for them to reveal Napoleon's intentions toward Spain. She is sent to Bayonne, France to gather military secrets. Prior to this, she meets Don Diego while performing at a club. Unknown to her, Don Diego is actually Captain Andre, who is sent to Spain to spy on her. While in France, Nina discovers Diego's true identity, only after she has fallen in love with him. Nina Maria outwits her potential captors, returns to Spain and goes into hiding. Napoleon's troops invade Spain, resulting in Nina's capture. In a strange twist of fate, Nina and Captain Andre are reunited, but the 2 nations are now at war...
bee
Show People
Title: Show People
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: November 20, 1928
Type: Movie
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
bee
The Crippled Hand
Title: The Crippled Hand
Character: The Rich Man (as Robert Leonard)
Released: May 1, 1916
Type: Movie
Diminutive heroine Ella Hall dreams that she's Cinderella, and that a wealthy gentleman of her acquaintance (played by Leonard) is her Prince Charming. All of this takes place during a musical stage production of Cinderella, a sequence distinguished by its authentic backstage atmosphere.
bee
Heritage
Title: Heritage
Character: Big Bill McMahon (as Robert Leonard)
Released: July 29, 1915
Type: Movie
Kate, whose father, a university graduate, died when she was very young, is adopted by her tenement neighbor, Mrs. McMahon, after her mother, a woman of refinement, dies. At ten, the ill-nourished girl, who has grown up watching her drunken foster father fight with her overworked foster mother, goes to work in a factory after Mr. McMahon loses his job. During the next eight years, Kate's stepbrother, Big Bill McMahon, becomes her friend, sweetheart and protector.
bee
The Silent Command
Title: The Silent Command
Character: The Father (as Robert Leonard)
Released: June 2, 1915
Type: Movie
Unable to pay for the operation that cured his daughter, a man promises to surrender her to the doctor on her eighteenth birthday. Knowing that the physician wishes to make her the subject of his experiments with hypnotism, the distressed father ultimately reneges on his promise, whereupon the doctor attempts to hypnotize the girl from afar.
bee
The Master Key
Title: The Master Key
Character: John Dore (as Bob Leonard)
Released: November 16, 1914
Type: Movie
A movie serial from 1914
bee
The Little Sister
Title: The Little Sister
Character: The Detective
Released: September 24, 1914
Type: Movie
The brother, a ne'er-do-well, is strongly influenced by the crook, who in turn has designs on Little Sister who works in a factory.
bee
The Diamond Makers
Title: The Diamond Makers
Released: September 10, 1913
Type: Movie
Bhadon, an aged chemist, actuated by the decree of Buddha that in America the secret of making artificial diamonds would be discovered, gives his life to the cause and succeeds. Elated at his titanic success. Bhadon sends his trusted Hindoo servant to the high priest in India, pleading that Shedah might be spared to assist in disposing of the product. Shedah, the powerful emissary for the cause, is dispatched with her two bodyguards to American soil, where, through her wiles and marvelous beauty, she is enabled to effect sale after sale to the wealthy. This monstrous flooding of the American market with gems of astonishing brilliancy and value alarms, to a marked degree, the Kimberly interests, who controlled this outlet.
bee
Sally Scrags, Housemaid
Title: Sally Scrags, Housemaid
Character: Frank Norwood
Released: August 13, 1913
Type: Movie
An author searches for inspiration for her novel by impersonating a housemaid.
bee
Robinson Crusoe
Title: Robinson Crusoe
Released: July 29, 1913
Type: Movie
bee
Draga, the Gypsy
Title: Draga, the Gypsy
Character: Jack Harlow
Released: June 29, 1913
Type: Movie
bee
Over the Hills
Title: Over the Hills
Released: November 30, 1911
Type: Movie
bee
The Still Alarm
Title: The Still Alarm
Character: Jock Manley
Released: May 18, 1911
Type: Movie
Mistaken identities and backstabbing partners
bee
A Common Enemy
Title: A Common Enemy
Released: April 4, 1910
Type: Movie
A secret message is dispatched by the young daughter of a Southern family to Col. Morgan's camp.
bee
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Character: The scarecrow
Released: March 24, 1910
Type: Movie
An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.
bee
The Courtship of Miles Standish
Title: The Courtship of Miles Standish
Released: January 20, 1910
Type: Movie
A short silent film based on the poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
bee
In the Sultan's Power
Title: In the Sultan's Power
Released: June 17, 1909
Type: Movie
Jack Thornton, an American traveler, while touring Europe meets the daughter of an old French nobleman and falls in love with her. He is persistent in his suit for her hand, but outside of a seemingly cordial friendship the lady apparently does not return his affections. There is a reason for this. Osman Bey, a Turkish nobleman, desires the hand of this charming girl.