Tom McNamara (May 7, 1886 – May 19, 1964) was an American

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

, screenwriter and

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from the 1910s to the 1940s. He is perhaps best known for his involvement as a director of several ''

Our Gang ''Our Gang'' (also known as ''The Little Rascals'' or ''Hal Roach's Rascals'') is an American series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by film producer Hal Roach, who also pr ...

'' shorts for the

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studio, and as the creator of the comic strip '' Us Boys'' in

William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His extravagant methods of yellow jou ...

's ''

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''.

Partial filmography

*'' The Gilded Lily'' (1921) (titles) *''

The Idol of the North ''The Idol of the North'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Frank S. Beresford and Tom McNamara based upon a story by J. Clarkson Miller. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Edwin August, E.J. ...

'' (1921) (titles) *'' One Terrible Day'' (1922) *'' Fire Fighters'' (1922) *'' Young Sherlocks'' (1922) *'' Saturday Morning'' (1922) *''

A Quiet Street ''A Quiet Street'' is the sixth ''Our Gang'' short subject comedy to be released. The ''Our Gang'' series (later known as "The Little Rascals") was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944. Synopsis A new kid moves int ...

'' (1922) *''

The Cobbler The Cobbler () is an mountain located near the head of Loch Long in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is a Corbett, and is an important site for rock climbing in the Southern Highlands. Many maps include the name Ben Arthur (an anglicisation of ...

'' (1923) *'' A Pleasant Journey'' (1923) (titles) *'' Boys to Board'' (1923) (story, titles) *''

Sparrows Sparrow may refer to: Birds * Old World sparrows, family Passeridae ** House sparrow, or ''Passer domesticus'' * New World sparrows, family Passerellidae * two species in the Passerine family Estrildidae: ** Java sparrow ** Timor sparrow * Hed ...

'' (1926) (uncredited) *''

Little Orphan Annie ''Little Orphan Annie'' was a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and print syndication#Comic strip syndication, syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James ...

'' (1932) (writer)

External links

Filmography and listing of McNamara's comics works
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1886 births 1964 deaths Film directors from San Francisco Hal Roach Studios filmmakers American comic strip cartoonists American comics artists American comedy film directors American screenwriters {{US-film-director-1880s-stub