Lloyd French (January 11, 1900 – May 24, 1950) was an American

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s, most of them

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. His best remembered films are several

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comedies in the 1930s. He also made several musical short films featuring many bandleaders of the day; in the 1940s he also directed several shorts starring

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and

Leon Errol Leon Errol (born Leonce Errol Sims, July 3, 1881 – October 12, 1951) was an Australian-American comedian and actor in the United States, popular in the first half of the 20th century for his appearances in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in film ...

; he made his last film in 1946. French was born in

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and died in

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Partial Filmography

(With Laurel and Hardy): *'' That's My Wife '' (1929) *'' The Midnight Patrol'' (1933) *'' Busy Bodies'' (1933) *'' Dirty Work'' (1933) *'' Oliver the Eighth'' (1934)

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* Film directors from California 1900 births 1950 deaths {{US-film-director-1900s-stub