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Lloyd Bacon was an American actor and film director. He was born in San Jose, California, and educated at Santa Clara University. Bacon worked as a stage actor and film actor, and his career included work in the directing department. He was the son of Frank Bacon and spoke English as his native language.
Bacon died in Burbank on November 15, 1955, from a cerebral hemorrhage caused by natural causes. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. His contributions to the industry were recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which is part of the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.
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Film & TV
San Jose, California, USA
Lloyd Bacon was an American stage and silent-era screen actor who is most remembered as a film director, making films in virtually all genres. Among the 130 films he directed is the 1933 Warner Bros. classic 42nd Street.
Known for
- The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 22017
- 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage — Self (archive footage)2006
- The Charlie Chaplin Festival — Various Roles (archive footage)1941
- Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel — Self1936
- Broadway Gondolier — Man Going to Brooklyn (uncredited)1935
- There He Goes — The Cook1925
- The Speeder1922
- The Road Demon — Luther McCabe1921
- Hands Off! — Ford Wadley1921
- The Greater Profit — Jim Crawkins1921
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1889-12-04 ) December 4, 1889, San Jose, California , U.S.
- Died
- November 15, 1955 (1955-11-15) (aged 65), Burbank, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California
- Alma mater
- Santa Clara University
- Occupations
- Director, actor, screenwriter
- Years active
- 1914 – 1955
- Spouses
- Margaret Adele Lowdermilk Mary Rubey Cox Nadine Coughlin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lloyd
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Jose
- Place of death
- Burbank
- Father
- Frank Bacon
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Santa Clara University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Lloyd Bacon (SAYRE 2691).jpg
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1890-01-16
- date of death
- 1955-11-15
- Commons category
- Lloyd Bacon
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Lloyd Bacon
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Lloyd Bacon
- Commons Creator page
- Lloyd Bacon
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Encyclopedic overview
Lloyd Francis Bacon (December 4, 1889 – November 15, 1955) was an American screen, stage, and vaudeville actor and film director. As a director, he made films in numerous genres, including westerns, musicals, comedies, gangster films, and crime dramas. He was one of the directors at Warner Bros. in the 1930s who helped give that studio its reputation for gritty, fast-paced "torn from the headlines" action films. And, in directing Warner Bros.' 42nd Street, he joined the movie's song-and-dance-number director, Busby Berkeley, in contributing to "an instant and enduring classic [that] transformed the musical genre".
Early life
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