Biography
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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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2025
Rat Pack
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2022
Sid & Judy
Character: Self (archive photos)
MOVIE • 2019
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2009
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2004
Judy Garland: By Myself
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2004
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
Character:
MOVIE • 2003
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1987
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1986
Showbiz Goes to War
Character: (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1982
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1972
Actors and Sin
Character: Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1952
Another Romance of Celluloid
Character: Self (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1938
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1937
1925 Studio Tour
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1925
Seeing Stars
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1922
Crew
Crew Credits
I Take This Woman
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1940
West of Zanzibar
Role: Presenter
MOVIE • 1928
Detectives
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1928
Mike
Role: Presenter
MOVIE • 1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1925
Proud Flesh
Role: Presenter
MOVIE • 1925
Man and Maid
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1925
Excuse Me
Role: Presenter
MOVIE • 1925
He Who Gets Slapped
Role: Presenter
MOVIE • 1924
Greed
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 1924
So This Is Marriage?
Role: Presenter
MOVIE • 1924
Wine of Youth
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1924
Thy Name Is Woman
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1924
Strangers of the Night
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1923
Strangers of the Night
Role: Presenter
MOVIE • 1923
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Role: Presenter
MOVIE • 1923
Hearts Aflame
Role: Presenter
MOVIE • 1923
Rose o' the Sea
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1922
Rose o' the Sea
Role: Presenter
MOVIE • 1922
The Woman He Married
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1922