
Jack L. Warner
Biography
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Jack Leonard "J. L." Warner (August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978), born Jacob Warner in London, Ontario, was a Canadian-American film executive who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Warner's career spanned some 45 years, its duration surpassing that of any other of the seminal Hollywood studio moguls.
As co-head of production at Warner Bros. Studios, he worked with his brother, Sam Warner, to procure the technology for the film industry's first talking picture. After Sam's death, Jack clashed with his surviving older brothers, Harry and Albert Warner. He assumed exclusive control of the film production company in the 1950s, when he secretly purchased his brothers' shares in the business after convincing them to participate in a joint sale of stocks.
Although Warner was feared by many of his employees and inspired ridicule with his uneven attempts at humor, he earned respect for his shrewd instincts and tough-mindedness. He recruited many of Warner Bros.' top stars and promoted the hard-edged social dramas for which the studio became known. Given to decisiveness, Warner once commented, "If I'm right fifty-one percent of the time, I'm ahead of the game."
Throughout his career, he was viewed as a contradictory and enigmatic figure. Although he was a staunch Republican, Warner encouraged film projects that promoted the agenda of Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. He opposed European fascism and criticized Nazi Germany well before America's involvement in World War II. An opponent of Communism, after the war Warner appeared as a friendly witness before the House Un-American Activities Committee, voluntarily naming screenwriters who had been fired as suspected Communists or sympathizers. Despite his controversial public image, Warner remained a force in the motion picture industry until his retirement in the early 1970s.
Acting (19 movies)

Sid & Judy
2019

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006

Paris Hilton, Inc.
2009

Audrey
2020

Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993

A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954

A Dream Comes True
1935

Show-Business at War
1943

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940

Okay for Sound
1946

The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009

Open Your Eyes
1919

The 42nd Street Special
1933

The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Wolf's Clothing | 1927 | Producer |
| The Gay Old Bird | 1927 | Producer |
| What Every Girl Should Know | 1927 | Producer |
| Matinee Ladies | 1927 | Producer |
| The Terror | 1928 | Executive Producer |
| Outward Bound | 1930 | Producer |
| The Man Who Played God | 1932 | Executive Producer |
| So Big! | 1932 | Producer |
| Parachute Jumper | 1933 | Executive Producer |
| The Working Man | 1933 | Producer |
| Hi, Nellie! | 1934 | Executive Producer |
| Dark Hazard | 1934 | Executive Producer |
| Jimmy the Gent | 1934 | Executive Producer |
| Upperworld | 1934 | Executive Producer |
| The Merry Frinks | 1934 | Executive Producer |
| Here Comes the Navy | 1934 | Executive Producer |
| The Man with Two Faces | 1934 | Executive Producer |
| Housewife | 1934 | Producer |
| The St. Louis Kid | 1934 | Executive Producer |
| Bordertown | 1935 | Executive Producer |
| 'G' Men | 1935 | Executive Producer |
| Black Fury | 1935 | Executive Producer |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1935 | Executive Producer |
| Miss Pacific Fleet | 1935 | Executive Producer |
| Dangerous | 1935 | Executive Producer |
| Captain Blood | 1935 | Executive Producer |
| The Story of Louis Pasteur | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Colleen | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| The Golden Arrow | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Bullets or Ballots | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Murder by an Aristocrat | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Hearts Divided | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| The Big Noise | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Two Against the World | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Bengal Tiger | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| The Green Pastures | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Jailbreak | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| China Clipper | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Love Begins at Twenty | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Trailin' West | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Give Me Your Heart | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Cain and Mabel | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| The Case of the Black Cat | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| California Mail | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Fugitive in the Sky | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Gold Diggers of 1937 | 1936 | Executive Producer |
| Once a Doctor | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Black Legion | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Green Light | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Ready, Willing and Able | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Marked Woman | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| That Man's Here Again | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Melody for Two | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Draegerman Courage | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| The Cherokee Strip | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| The Go-Getter | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Kid Galahad | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Fly Away Baby | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Slim | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Another Dawn | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Public Wedding | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| They Won't Forget | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Talent Scout | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Confession | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Back in Circulation | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| That Certain Woman | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| The Littlest Diplomat | 1937 | Producer |
| Love Is on the Air | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| West of Shanghai | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| The Adventurous Blonde | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Missing Witnesses | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Tovarich | 1937 | Executive Producer |
| Hollywood Hotel | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Blondes at Work | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Gold Is Where You Find It | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| A Slight Case of Murder | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Over the Wall | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Accidents Will Happen | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Fools for Scandal | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Torchy Blane in Panama | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Crime School | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | 1938 | Producer |
| Mystery House | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Men Are Such Fools | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Four's a Crowd | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Boy Meets Girl | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Broadway Musketeers | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| The Sisters | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Torchy Gets Her Man | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Angels with Dirty Faces | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| The Dawn Patrol | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Breakdowns of 1938 | 1938 | Executive Producer |
| Torchy Blane in Chinatown | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| Nancy Drew... Reporter | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| The Oklahoma Kid | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| The Adventures of Jane Arden | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| You Can't Get Away with Murder | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| Confessions of a Nazi Spy | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| Torchy Runs for Mayor | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| Sweepstakes Winner | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| Code of the Secret Service | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| Waterfront | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| Indianapolis Speedway | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| No Place to Go | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| Smashing the Money Ring | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| On Dress Parade | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| The Return of Doctor X | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| Private Detective | 1939 | Executive Producer |
| It All Came True | 1940 | Executive Producer |
| Tear Gas Squad | 1940 | Executive Producer |
| Murder in the Air | 1940 | Executive Producer |
| A Fugitive from Justice | 1940 | Executive Producer |
| Gambling on the High Seas | 1940 | Executive Producer |
| River's End | 1940 | Executive Producer |
| No Time for Comedy | 1940 | Producer |
| Always a Bride | 1940 | Executive Producer |
| Santa Fe Trail | 1940 | Producer |
| Underground | 1941 | Executive Producer |
| The Man Who Came to Dinner | 1941 | Producer |
| Murder in the Big House | 1942 | Executive Producer |
| Winning Your Wings | 1942 | Producer |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1942 | Executive Producer |
| The United States Service Bands | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| The Hard Way | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| Casablanca | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| Air Force | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| Edge of Darkness | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| Mission to Moscow | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| Action in the North Atlantic | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| The Constant Nymph | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| Background to Danger | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| This Is the Army | 1943 | Producer |
| Watch on the Rhine | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| Northern Pursuit | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| Old Acquaintance | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| Destination Tokyo | 1943 | Executive Producer |
| In Our Time | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| Shine on Harvest Moon | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| Passage to Marseille | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| Uncertain Glory | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| The Shining Future | 1944 | Producer |
| Between Two Worlds | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| Mr. Skeffington | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| Make Your Own Bed | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| The Mask of Dimitrios | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| Arsenic and Old Lace | 1944 | Producer |
| Janie | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| The Conspirators | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| Hollywood Canteen | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| I Am an American | 1944 | Executive Producer |
| To Have and Have Not | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| Roughly Speaking | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| Objective, Burma! | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| Hotel Berlin | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| The Corn Is Green | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| The Horn Blows at Midnight | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| Escape in the Desert | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| Pillow to Post | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| Conflict | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| Christmas in Connecticut | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| Pride of the Marines | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| Mildred Pierce | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| Danger Signal | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| San Antonio | 1945 | Executive Producer |
| My Reputation | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| Three Strangers | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| Cinderella Jones | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| Devotion | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| A Stolen Life | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| Janie Gets Married | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| Of Human Bondage | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| The Big Sleep | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| Shadow of a Woman | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| Deception | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| Nobody Lives Forever | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| Never Say Goodbye | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| The Verdict | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| The Man I Love | 1946 | Executive Producer |
| Humoresque | 1947 | Executive Producer |
| Nora Prentiss | 1947 | Producer |
| The Two Mrs. Carrolls | 1947 | Executive Producer |
| Stallion Road | 1947 | Executive Producer |
| Love and Learn | 1947 | Executive Producer |
| Possessed | 1947 | Executive Producer |
| The Unfaithful | 1947 | Executive Producer |
| Deep Valley | 1947 | Executive Producer |
| Cry Wolf | 1947 | Executive Producer |
| Dark Passage | 1947 | Executive Producer |
| Life with Father | 1947 | Executive Producer |
| Escape Me Never | 1947 | Executive Producer |
| My Wild Irish Rose | 1947 | Executive Producer |
| The Friendship Train | 1948 | Executive Producer |
| The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | 1948 | Executive Producer |
| Winter Meeting | 1948 | Executive Producer |
| The Woman in White | 1948 | Executive Producer |
| Silver River | 1948 | Executive Producer |
| June Bride | 1948 | Executive Producer |
| Whiplash | 1948 | Executive Producer |
| Night Unto Night | 1949 | Executive Producer |
| Beyond the Forest | 1949 | Executive Producer |
| A Star Is Born | 1954 | Executive Producer |
| Battle Cry | 1955 | Producer |
| About Time | 1962 | Producer |
| My Fair Lady | 1964 | Producer |
| Camelot | 1967 | Producer |
| Dirty Little Billy | 1972 | Producer |
| 1776 | 1972 | Producer |
