Archie Mayo

Film director

1891 – 1968

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Who was Archie Mayo?

Archie Mayo 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? with Ted Lewis, Night After Night with Mae West, The Doorway to Hell with James Cagney and Lew Ayres, Convention City with Joan Blondell, The Mayor of Hell with James Cagney, The Petrified Forest with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, and The Adventures of Marco Polo 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. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, CA.

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Born
Jan 29, 1891
New York City
Also known as
  • Archie L. Mayo
  • Archibald L. Mayo
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Dec 4, 1968
Guadalajara
Resting place
Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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