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Known For

Production

Known Credits

94

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-05-30

Day of Death

1936-09-14 (37 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Irving Grant Thalberg

I.R. Irving

Boy Wonder

Wunderkind

Irving Thalberg

Biography

Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. He was called "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and ability to select scripts, choose actors, gather production staff, and make profitable films, mostly for Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

Known For

Acting

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

2000

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

as

Self (archive footage / uncredited)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as

Self (archive footage)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as

Self (archive footage)

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

2004

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

as

Self (archive footage)

The Man You Loved to Hate

1979

The Man You Loved to Hate

as

Self (archive audio)

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

1986

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

as

Self (archive footage)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as

Self (archive footage)

Complicated Women

2003

Complicated Women

as

Self (archive footage)

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream

as

Self (archive footage)

Production

Greed

1924

Greed

as

The Crowd

1928

The Crowd

as

Camille

1936

Camille

as

Torrent

1926

Torrent

as

Freaks

1932

Freaks

as

Riffraff

1936

Riffraff

as

Red Dust

1932

Red Dust

as

The Champ

1931

The Champ

as

Eskimo

1933

Eskimo

as

Riptide

1934

Riptide

as

Possessed

1931

Possessed

as

Maytime

1937

Maytime

as

Mata Hari

1931

Mata Hari

as

The Kiss

1929

The Kiss

as

Crew

Directing