Robert Z. Leonard

Robert Z. Leonard
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 27, 1968(1968-08-27) (aged 78) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Burial place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Director, producer, actor, screenwriter
Years active	1908–1957
Spouses	Mae Murray ​ ​ (m. 1918; div. 1925)​ Gertrude Olmstead ​ (m. 1926)​

Robert Zigler Leonard (October 7, 1889 – August 27, 1968) was an American film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.

Biography

He was born in Chicago, Illinois. At one time, he was married to

.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for The Divorcee and The Great Ziegfeld. Both were nominated for Best Picture, and the latter won. Known by his nickname Pop, Leonard was brought in late by MGM as a reliable director who could get its Pride and Prejudice (1940), starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, onto the big screen.^[1] One of the more unusual credits in his filmography is the film noir thriller The Bribe (1949) with its sleazy settings, slippery characters, and steamy atmosphere.

Robert Leonard died in 1968 in Beverly Hills, California of an aneurysm.

, near his wife Gertrude Olmstead.

Legacy

On February 8, 1960, Robert Leonard received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the motion picture industry, at 6370 Hollywood Blvd.^[3][4]

Filmography

Director

Actor

• The Sea Urchin (1913)
• Shon the Piper (1913)
• Sally Scraggs, Housemaid (1913)
• The Ruby Circle (1914)
• Christmas Memories (1915)
• The Crippled Hand (1916)
• Married Flirts (1924)
• Show People (1928)
• The Firefly (1937)
• Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945, cameo scene with Lucille Ball and Preston Foster)

References

External links

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• Robert Z. Leonard portrait from the 1910s