
Louis B. Mayer
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- July 12, 1884
- Died
- October 29, 1957
- Birthplace
- Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
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.
Filmography

Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood 2025
as Self (archive footage)

Rat Pack 2022
as Self (archive footage)

Sid & Judy 2019
as Self (archive photos)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year 2009
as Self (archive footage)

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story 2006
as Self (archive footage)

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM 2004
as Self (archive footage)

Judy Garland: By Myself 2004
as Self (archive footage)
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Checking Out: Grand Hotel 2004
as Self (archive footage)
- Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine 2003
Actor

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies 1995
as Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1987
as Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown 1986
as Self (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War 1982
as (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972
as Self (archive footage)

Actors and Sin 1952
as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)

I Take This Woman 1940
Producer

Another Romance of Celluloid 1938
as Self (uncredited)
- The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention 1937
as Himself

West of Zanzibar 1928
Presenter

Detectives 1928
Producer
- Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood 1926
Actor
- Mike
Mike 1926
Presenter

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925
Producer

Proud Flesh 1925
Presenter
- Man and Maid
Man and Maid 1925
Producer

1925 Studio Tour 1925
as Self

Excuse Me 1925
Presenter

He Who Gets Slapped 1924
Presenter

Greed 1924
Executive Producer

So This Is Marriage? 1924
Presenter

The Snob 1924
Presenter

Wine of Youth 1924
Producer

Thy Name Is Woman 1924
Producer

Strangers of the Night 1923
Producer, Presenter

The Famous Mrs. Fair 1923
Presenter

Hearts Aflame 1923
Presenter

Seeing Stars 1922
as Self

Rose o' the Sea 1922
Producer, Presenter
- The Woman He Married
The Woman He Married 1922
Producer

Playthings of Destiny 1921
Producer

Habit 1921
Producer

Old Dad 1920
Presenter

Harriet and the Piper 1920
Producer, Presenter

The Inferior Sex 1920
Producer

The Fighting Shepherdess 1920
Producer

Human Desire 1919
Producer

Her Kingdom of Dreams 1919
Producer

Mary Regan 1919
Producer

A Midnight Romance 1919
Producer

Virtuous Wives 1918
Producer

The Great Secret 1917
Producer

Lovely Mary 1916
Producer

Dimples 1916
Producer

Barbara Frietchie 1915
Producer

Always in the Way 1915
Producer
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