Lloyd Bacon
actor, director (1889-1955)
1.97body-of-work score · ranked #533 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- December 4, 1889 · San Jose
- Died
- November 15, 1955 · Burbank
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- actor, film director, stage actor, film actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1933 · United States · musical, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1933 · National Film Registry (inducted 1998) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.793 citations - 20.451 citation
- 3
1933 · United States · musical, comedy
National Film Registry (inducted 1992) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.342 citations - 4
1940 · United States · biography, drama
National Film Registry (inducted 1997)
0.231 citation - 50.171 citation
Complete filmography
All 101 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1922The Speeder
- 1926Broken Hearts of Hollywood
- 1926Private Izzy Murphy
- 1926Wide Open Faces
- 1927A Sailor's Sweetheart
- 1927Brass Knuckles
- 1927Finger Prints
- 1927The Heart of Maryland
- 1927White Flannels
- 1928Pay as You Enter
- 1928The Lion and the Mouse
- 1928The Singing Fool
- 1928Women They Talk About
- 1929Honky Tonk
- 1929No Defense
- 1929Say It with Songs
- 1929So Long Letty
- 1929Stark Mad
- 1930A Notorious Affair
- 1930Moby Dick
- 1930Racket Busters
- 1930She Couldn't Say No
- 1930The Office Wife
- 1930The Other Tomorrow
- 1931Fifty Million Frenchmen
- 1931Gold Dust Gertie
- 1931Honor of the Family
- 1931Kept Husbands
- 1931Manhattan Parade
- 1931Sit Tight
- 1932Alias the Doctor
- 1932Crooner
- 1932Fireman, Save My Child
- 1932Miss Pinkerton
- 1932The Famous Ferguson Case
- 1932You Said a Mouthful
- 193342nd Street
- 1933Footlight Parade
- 1933Mary Stevens
- 1933Picture Snatcher
- 1933Son of a Sailor
- 19346 Day Bike Rider
- 1934A Very Honorable Guy
- 1934He Was Her Man
- 1934Here Comes the Navy
- 1934Wonder Bar
- 1935Broadway Gondolier
- 1935Devil Dogs of the Air
- 1935Frisco Kid
- 1935In Caliente
- 1935The Irish in Us
- 1936Cain and Mabel
- 1936Gold Diggers of 1937
- 1936Sons o' Guns
- 1937Ever Since Eve
- 1937Marked Woman
- 1937San Quentin
- 1937Submarine D-1
- 1938A Slight Case of Murder
- 1938Boy Meets Girl
- 1938Cowboy from Brooklyn
- 1939A Child Is Born
- 1939Espionage Agent
- 1939Indianapolis Speedway
- 1939Invisible Stripes
- 1939The Oklahoma Kid
- 1939Wings of the Navy
- 1940Brother Orchid
- 1940Knute Rockne, All American
- 1940Three Cheers for the Irish
- 1941Affectionately Yours
- 1941Footsteps in the Dark
- 1941Honeymoon for Three
- 1941Navy Blues
- 1942Larceny, Inc.
- 1942Silver Queen
- 1942Wings for the Eagle
- 1943Action in the North Atlantic
- 1944Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
- 1944The Fighting Sullivans
- 1945Captain Eddie
- 1946Home Sweet Homicide
- 1946Wake Up and Dream
- 1947I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
- 1948An Innocent Affair
- 1948Give My Regards to Broadway
- 1948You Were Meant for Me
- 1949Miss Grant Takes Richmond
- 1949Mother Is a Freshman
- 1950It Happens Every Spring
- 1950Kill the Umpire
- 1950The Fuller Brush Girl
- 1950The Good Humor Man
- 1951Call Me Mister
- 1951Golden Girl
- 1951The Frogmen
- 1953The Great Sioux Uprising
- 1953The I Don't Care Girl
- 1953Walking My Baby Back Home
- 1954She Couldn't Say No
- 1954The French Line