About Tom McNamara
Lived 1886 – 1964 (aged 78). Tom McNamara was an American film director and screenwriter.
Tom McNamara (May 7, 1886 – May 19, 1964) was an American film director, screenwriter and cartoonist from the 1910s to the 1940s. He is perhaps best known for his involvement as a director of several Our Gang shorts for the Hal Roach studio, and as the creator of the comic strip Us Boys in William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal.
McNamara died in San Francisco on May 19, 1964.
Partial filmography The Gilded Lily (1921) (titles) The Idol of the North (1921) (titles) One Terrible Day (1922) Fire Fighters (1922) Young Sherlocks (1922) Saturday Morning (1922) A Quiet Street (1922) The Cobbler (1923) A Pleasant Journey (1923) (titles) Boys to Board (1923) (story, titles) Sparrows (1926) (uncredited) Little Orphan Annie (1932) (writer)
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Who was Tom McNamara?
American film director (1886-1964)
When was Tom McNamara born?
Tom McNamara was born on 7 May 1886.
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Tom McNamara died on 19 May 1964.
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Tom McNamara was a film director and screenwriter.
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Tom McNamara was American.
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· DBpedia: Tom McNamara (director)
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