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Archie Mayo

Lived · 77 Born · Jan 29, 1891 From · New York City, New York, USA Films · 63

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Biography

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Archie Mayo (29 January 1891, New York City – 4 December 1968, Guadalajara, Mexico) was a movie director and stage actor who moved to Hollywood in 1915 and began working as a director in 1917. His films include Is Everybody Happy? (1929) with Ted Lewis, Night After Night (1932) with Mae West, The Doorway to Hell (1930) with James Cagney and Lew Ayres, Convention City (1933) with Joan Blondell, The Mayor of Hell (1933) with James Cagney, The Petrified Forest (1936) with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, and The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) with Gary Cooper. Mayo retired in 1946, shortly after completing A Night in Casablanca with the Marx Brothers and Angel on My Shoulder with Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, and Claude Rains. Mayo has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Known for

Angel on My Shoulder poster

Angel on My Shoulder

A Night in Casablanca poster

A Night in Casablanca

Crash Dive poster

Orchestra Wives poster

Orchestra Wives

Career timeline

1946

Angel on My Shoulder

A Night in Casablanca

1944

Sweet and Low-Down

1943

1942

Orchestra Wives

1941

Confirm or Deny

The Great American Broadcast

1940

Four Sons Notable

The House Across the Bay

1939

They Shall Have Music

1938

Youth Takes a Fling

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1937

It's Love I'm After Notable

Call It a Day Notable

1936

Give Me Your Heart

I Married a Doctor

The Petrified Forest Notable

1935

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Go Into Your Dance Notable

1934

Desirable Notable

The Man with Two Faces

1933

Convention City

Ever in My Heart

The Mayor of Hell Notable

1932

Night After Night

Two Against the World

Street of Women

1931

Bought! Notable

1930

The Doorway to Hell

Oh, Sailor, Behave! Notable

Courage Notable

1929

The Sacred Flame

The Sap Notable

Is Everybody Happy? Notable

1928

On Trial Notable

State Street Sadie Notable

1927

The College Widow Notable

Slightly Used Notable

1926

Unknown Treasures Notable

Christine of the Big Tops Notable

Frequently appears with

Eddie Kagle / Judge Fredr

Dr. Matt Higgins

George Cleveland

Ronald Kornblow

Lt. Pierre Delmar

Full filmography

Angel on My Shoulder poster

Angel on My Shoulder

A Night in Casablanca poster

A Night in Casablanca

Sweet and Low-Down poster

Sweet and Low-Down

Crash Dive poster

Orchestra Wives poster

Orchestra Wives

Moontide poster

Confirm or Deny poster

Confirm or Deny

Charley's Aunt poster

The Great American Broadcast poster

The Great American Broadcast

Four Sons poster

The House Across the Bay poster

The House Across the Bay

They Shall Have Music poster

They Shall Have Music

Youth Takes a Fling poster

Youth Takes a Fling

The Adventures of Marco Polo poster

The Adventures of Marco Polo

It's Love I'm After poster

It's Love I'm After

Call It a Day poster

Black Legion poster

Give Me Your Heart poster

Give Me Your Heart

I Married a Doctor poster

I Married a Doctor

The Petrified Forest poster

The Petrified Forest

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