Polyphemus

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-07-12 (140 years old)

Place of Birth

Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]

Louis B. Mayer

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Known For

Acting

2025

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

2022

Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)

2019

Sid & Judy as Self (archive photos)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)

2007

Girl 27 as Self (archive footage)

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself as Self (archive footage)

2003

1988

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)

1986

1982

Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1952

Actors and Sin as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)

1938

Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)

1937

1925

1922

Seeing Stars as Self

Production

1940

I Take This Woman as Producer

1928

Detectives as Producer

1925

Man and Maid as Producer

1924

Wine of Youth as Producer
Greed as Executive Producer
Thy Name Is Woman as Producer

1923

1922

Rose o' the Sea as Producer

1921

1919

Human Desire as Producer
A Midnight Romance as Producer
Mary Regan as Producer

1918

Virtuous Wives as Producer

1917

The Great Secret as Producer

1916

Dimples as Producer

Crew

1928

West of Zanzibar as Presenter

1926

Mike as Presenter

1925

Proud Flesh as Presenter
Excuse Me as Presenter

1924

He Who Gets Slapped as Presenter

1923

1922

Rose o' the Sea as Presenter

1920

Old Dad as Presenter