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Lou Brock(1892-1971)

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Director
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Lou Brock
Lou Brock was born on 21 August 1892 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Flying Down to Rio (1933), So This Is Harris (1933) and Down to Their Last Yacht (1934). He was married to Phyllis Ryley, Helen Christian and Helen Starr. He died on 19 April 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornAugust 21, 1892
DiedApril 19, 1971(78)
BornAugust 21, 1892
DiedApril 19, 1971(78)
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Flying Down to Rio
6.6
  • Producer
  • 1933
So This Is Harris (1933)
So This Is Harris
5.5
Short
  • Producer(as Louis Brock)
  • 1933
Sidney Blackmer, Mary Boland, Sidney Fox, Polly Moran, and Ned Sparks in Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)
Down to Their Last Yacht
4.7
  • Producer
  • 1934
Maureen O'Hara, Buddy Ebsen, James Ellison, and Alberto Vila in They Met in Argentina (1941)
They Met in Argentina
4.8
  • Producer
  • 1941

Credits

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Producer

  • Liberace in Merry Mirthquakes (1953)
    Merry Mirthquakes
    4.9
    • segment producer
    • 1953
  • Marlo Dwyer, Marta Mitrovich, Ellanora Needles, Danni Sue Nolan, Valentine Perkins, Rudy Rama, and Queenie Smith in Prisoners in Petticoats (1950)
    Prisoners in Petticoats
    5.6
    • associate producer
    • 1950
  • Kimbar of the Jungle (1949)
    Kimbar of the Jungle
    4.9
    TV Short
    • producer
    • 1949
  • Tony Barrett, Barbra Fuller, Ray McDonald, and Danni Sue Nolan in Flame of Youth (1949)
    Flame of Youth
    5.3
    • associate producer
    • 1949
  • Roy Barcroft, Don 'Red' Barry, and Marc Krah in Train to Alcatraz (1948)
    Train to Alcatraz
    6.4
    • associate producer
    • 1948
  • Don 'Red' Barry, Tom Brown, Harry Cheshire, and Maude Eburne in Slippy McGee (1947)
    Slippy McGee
    6.6
    • associate producer
    • 1947
  • Joseph Crehan, George Chandler, Dorothea Kent, Barbara Read, and Kane Richmond in Behind the Mask (1946)
    Behind the Mask
    5.0
    • associate producer
    • 1946
  • Barbara Read and Kane Richmond in The Shadow Returns (1946)
    The Shadow Returns
    5.4
    • associate producer
    • 1946
  • Harry Davenport, Brenda Joyce, Edmund Lowe, and William Severn in The Enchanted Forest (1945)
    The Enchanted Forest
    6.1
    • associate producer
    • 1945
  • Edith Fellows, Kenneth Howell, June Storey, and Alice White in Girls' Town (1942)
    Girls' Town
    5.8
    • producer
    • 1942
  • Ray Whitley in The Musical Bandit (1941)
    The Musical Bandit
    Short
    • producer
    • 1941
  • A Panic in the Parlor
    5.6
    Short
    • producer
    • 1941
  • An Apple in His Eye
    6.6
    Short
    • producer
    • 1941
  • Leon Errol in A Polo Phony (1941)
    A Polo Phony
    6.0
    Short
    • producer
    • 1941
  • Maureen O'Hara, Buddy Ebsen, James Ellison, and Alberto Vila in They Met in Argentina (1941)
    They Met in Argentina
    4.8
    • producer
    • 1941

Writer

  • Harry Davenport, Brenda Joyce, Edmund Lowe, and William Severn in The Enchanted Forest (1945)
    The Enchanted Forest
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • adaptation
    • 1945
  • Cutie on Duty
    6.5
    Short
    • story
    • 1943
  • Maureen O'Hara, Buddy Ebsen, James Ellison, and Alberto Vila in They Met in Argentina (1941)
    They Met in Argentina
    4.8
    • story
    • 1941
  • Ken Card, Earl Phelps, Norman Phelps, Willie Phelps, Ray Whitley, and The Six Bar Cowboys in Bandits and Ballads (1939)
    Bandits and Ballads
    Short
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1939
  • The Wrong Room
    6.5
    Short
    • original screenplay
    • 1939
  • Elvira Ríos and Ray Whitley in Cupid Rides the Range (1939)
    Cupid Rides the Range
    Short
    • story
    • screenplay
    • 1939
  • Hugh Herbert, Mischa Auer, Bert Jason, Doris Nolan, Ella Logan, George Murphy, Gregory Ratoff, Bob Robson, Gerald Oliver Smith, and Harry Blue in Top of the Town (1937)
    Top of the Town
    5.8
    • original story idea
    • 1937
  • Sidney Blackmer, Mary Boland, Sidney Fox, Polly Moran, and Ned Sparks in Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)
    Down to Their Last Yacht
    4.7
    • story
    • 1934
  • Flying Down to Rio (1933)
    Flying Down to Rio
    6.6
    • based on an original story by
    • 1933

Director

  • Ken Card, Earl Phelps, Norman Phelps, Willie Phelps, Ray Whitley, and The Six Bar Cowboys in Bandits and Ballads (1939)
    Bandits and Ballads
    Short
    • Director
    • 1939
  • The Wrong Room
    6.5
    Short
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Elvira Ríos and Ray Whitley in Cupid Rides the Range (1939)
    Cupid Rides the Range
    Short
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Moving Vanities
    6.0
    Short
    • Director (as Louis Brock)
    • 1939
  • Mary Parker and Ray Whitley in Ranch House Romeo (1939)
    Ranch House Romeo
    Short
    • Director (as Louis Brock)
    • 1939
  • Leon Errol and Vivian Tobin in Major Difficulties (1938)
    Major Difficulties
    6.2
    Short
    • Director
    • 1938
  • Ely Culbertson and Josephine Culbertson in My Bridge Experiences (1933)
    My Bridge Experiences
    Short
    • "Murder At The Bridge Table", "Society Cheaters", "Three Knaves And A Queen"
    • 1933
  • She Went for a Tramp
    Short
    • Director
    • 1931

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Louis Brock
  • Born
    • August 21, 1892
    • Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
  • Died
    • April 19, 1971
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Spouses
      Phyllis Ryley
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Although he was at one time a highly paid executive at RKO Pictures (he was the producer who brought Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers together, and was later in charge of RKO's short-subjects department) and worked as a producer for many other Hollywood studios, at the time of his death in 1971 his job was a night clerk in a Hollywood hotel.

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