Polyphemus

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-07-14 (129 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

LeRoy Prinz

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

LeRoy Jerome Prinz (July 14, 1895 – September 15, 1983) was an American choreographer, director and producer, who was involved in the production of dozens of motion pictures, mainly for Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers, from 1929 through 1958, and also choreographed Broadway musicals. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Dance Direction in the 1930s, and won the Golden Globe in 1958.

Among the films whose dances he choreographed were Show Boat (1936), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), and South Pacific (1958).

Prinz was married three times and had a son, LeRoy Prinz, Jr.

Known For

Acting

1951

Starlift as LeRoy Prinz

1944

Hollywood Canteen as Self (uncredited)

1936

Crew

1958

South Pacific as Choreographer

1956

The Ten Commandments as Choreographer

1954

Lucky Me as Choreographer

1950

The West Point Story as Choreographer

1949

It's a Great Feeling as Choreographer

1944

Shine on Harvest Moon as Choreographer

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars as Choreographer
The Hard Way as Choreographer

1942

Yankee Doodle Dandy as Choreographer

1941

Time Out for Rhythm as Choreographer

1940

Remember the Night as Choreographer

1938

Tropic Holiday as Choreographer

1936

Anything Goes as Choreographer

1934

Murder at the Vanities as Choreographer

Directing

1965

1960

1946

A Boy and His Dog as Director

1942

Vaudeville Days as Director

1941

Fiesta as Director
All-American Co-Ed as Director

Writing

1941

Production

1941

All-American Co-Ed as Producer
Fiesta as Producer