Louis B. Mayer
Personal Info
Known for
Production
Gender
Male
Birthday
1884-07-12
Day of Death
1957-10-29 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
Louis B. Mayer
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir in the Russian Empire; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was an American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM). Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, directors and stars in Hollywood. Mayer was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Acting
(2025)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive photos)
(2019)
Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Girl 27
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
(1988)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1986)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1961)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1952)
Actors and Sin
as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
(1938)
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
(1937)
(1925)
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
(1922)
Seeing Stars
as Self
Crew
(1940)
I Take This Woman
Producer
(1928)
Detectives
Producer
(1928)
West of Zanzibar
Presenter
(1926)
Mike
Presenter
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Producer
(1925)
Proud Flesh
Presenter
(1925)
Man and Maid
Producer
(1925)
Excuse Me
Presenter
(1924)
Wine of Youth
Producer
(1924)
Greed
Executive Producer
(1924)
He Who Gets Slapped
Presenter
(1924)
Thy Name Is Woman
Producer
(1924)
So This Is Marriage?
Presenter
(1923)
Strangers of the Night
Producer, Presenter
(1923)
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Presenter
(1922)
The Woman He Married
Producer
(1922)
Rose o' the Sea
Producer, Presenter
(1921)
Playthings of Destiny
Producer
(1920)
The Fighting Shepherdess
Producer
(1920)
Old Dad
Presenter
(1920)
Harriet and the Piper
Producer, Presenter
(1919)
Human Desire
Producer
(1919)
A Midnight Romance
Producer
(1919)
Her Kingdom of Dreams
Producer
(1919)
Mary Regan
Producer
(1918)
Virtuous Wives
Producer
(1917)
The Great Secret
Producer
(1916)
Dimples
Producer