Biography
Thomas Leo McCarey was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was involved in nearly 200 films, including the critically acclaimed Duck Soup, Make Way for Tomorrow, The Awful Truth, Going My Way, The Bells of St. Mary's, My Son John, and An Affair to Remember. Nine of his films were selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1945
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1945
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1938
- Academy Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1958 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1953 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1946 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1945 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1941 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1938 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Story · nominated
Filmography32 titles
Make Way for Tomorrow
An Affair to Remember
Duck Soup
The Awful Truth
Blotto
Ruggles of Red Gap
My Favorite Wife
Love Affair
Wild Company
Perfect Day
Unaccustomed as We Are
Hog Wild
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Bells of St. Mary's
Brats
Berth Marks
Men O' War
Mighty Like a Moose
Move Over, Darling
Going My Way
Below Zero
Big Business
Looking for Sally
Once Upon a Honeymoon
The Cowboy and the Lady
Indiscreet
Outside the Law
The Milky Way
Belle of the Nineties
Love Affair
White Tiger
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!