Archie Mayo

{{Short description|American actor and film director (1891–1968)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Archie Mayo

| image = Archie Mayo 1938.jpg

| caption = Mayo in 1938

| birth_name = Archibald L. Mayo

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|01|29|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|12|04|1891|01|29|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Guadalajara, Mexico

| alma_mater = Columbia University

| occupation = Actor, film director, screenwriter

| years_active = 1917–1946

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Lucille Wolf||1945|end=died}}
{{marriage|Barbara Lane|1945}}

}}

| children = 2

}}

Archibald L. Mayo (January 29, 1891 – December 4, 1968) was a film director, screenwriter and actor.{{cite web|title=Archie Mayo|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/archie-mayo-p101860|website=AllMovie}}

Early years

The son of a tailor, Mayo was born in New York City. After attending the city's public schools, he studied at Columbia University.{{cite book|last1=Aaker|first1=Everett|title=George Raft: The Films|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786493135|page=31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi7JiuIsQbsC&q=%22Wynne+Gibson%22&pg=PA31|access-date=8 November 2016|language=en}}

Film

Mayo moved to Hollywood in 1915 and began working as a director in 1917. His films include Is Everybody Happy? (1929) with Ted Lewis, Bought! (1931) with Constance Bennett, Night After Night (1932) with Mae West, The Doorway to Hell (1930) with James Cagney and Lew Ayres, Convention City (1933) with Joan Blondell, The Mayor of Hell (1933) with James Cagney, The Petrified Forest (1936) with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, and The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) with Gary Cooper.

Mayo retired in 1946, shortly after completing A Night in Casablanca with the Marx Brothers and Angel on My Shoulder with Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, and Claude Rains.

Recognition

Mayo has a star at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated February 8, 1960.{{cite web|title=Archie Mayo|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/archie-mayo|website=Hollywood Walk of Fame|access-date=8 November 2016}}