JW
Jack L. Warner
Producer, Actor, Director, Additional Credits
Died September 9, 1978 (86 years)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1955 | |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born · as Executive Producer |
| 1949 | Beyond the Forest · as Executive Producer |
| 1949 | Night Unto Night · as Executive Producer |
| 1948 | Whiplash · as Executive Producer |
| 1948 | June Bride · as Executive Producer |
| 1948 | Silver River · as Executive Producer |
| 1948 | The Woman in White · as Executive Producer |
| 1948 | Winter Meeting · as Executive Producer |
| 1948 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | My Wild Irish Rose · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | Escape Me Never · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | Always Together · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | That Hagen Girl · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | Dark Passage · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | Life with Father · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | Love and Learn · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | Cry Wolf · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | Deep Valley · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | Possessed · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | The Unfaithful · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | Stallion Road · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls · as Executive Producer |
| 1947 | |
| 1946 | The Beast with Five Fingers · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | Humoresque · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | The Time, the Place and the Girl · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | The Man I Love · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | The Verdict · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | Never Say Goodbye · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | Nobody Lives Forever · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | Deception · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | Shadow of a Woman · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | The Big Sleep · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | Night and Day · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | Of Human Bondage · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | Janie Gets Married · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | One More Tomorrow · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | Devotion · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | Cinderella Jones · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | Three Strangers · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 | My Reputation · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | San Antonio · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | Danger Signal · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | Saratoga Trunk · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | Confidential Agent · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | Pride of the Marines · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | The Corn Is Green · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | Conflict · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | Pillow to Post · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | Escape in the Desert · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | The Horn Blows at Midnight · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | Hotel Berlin · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | Objective, Burma! · as Executive Producer |
| 1945 | Roughly Speaking · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | The Conspirators · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | The Very Thought of You · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | To Have and Have Not · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | Janie · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | The Adventures of Mark Twain · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | The Mask of Dimitrios · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | Make Your Own Bed · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | Between Two Worlds · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | Uncertain Glory · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | Shine on Harvest Moon · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | Passage to Marseille · as Executive Producer |
| 1944 | In Our Time · as Executive Producer |
| 1943 | Destination Tokyo · as Executive Producer |
| 1943 | Old Acquaintance · as Executive Producer |
| 1943 | Northern Pursuit · as Executive Producer |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars · as Executive Producer |
| 1943 | Murder on the Waterfront · as Executive Producer |
| 1943 | Watch on the Rhine · as Executive Producer |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | The Constant Nymph · as Executive Producer |
| 1943 | Background to Danger · as Executive Producer |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic · as Executive Producer |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow · as Executive Producer |
| 1943 | Edge of Darkness · as Executive Producer |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | The Hard Way · as Executive Producer |
| 1942 | Casablanca · as Executive Producer |
| 1942 | Yankee Doodle Dandy · as Executive Producer |
| 1942 | Murder in the Big House · as Executive Producer |
| 1941 | |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri · as Executive Producer |
| 1941 | Underground · as Executive Producer |
| 1941 | The Sea Wolf · as Executive Producer |
| 1940 | |
| 1940 | Lady with Red Hair · as Executive Producer |
| 1940 | Always a Bride · as Executive Producer |
| 1940 | |
| 1940 | River's End · as Executive Producer |
| 1940 | Gambling on the High Seas · as Executive Producer |
| 1940 | A Fugitive from Justice · as Executive Producer |
| 1940 | Murder in the Air · as Executive Producer |
| 1940 | Tear Gas Squad · as Executive Producer |
| 1940 | King of the Lumberjacks · as Executive Producer |
| 1940 | It All Came True · as Executive Producer |
| 1940 | Granny Get Your Gun · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Private Detective · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | The Return of Doctor X · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | On Dress Parade · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | British Intelligence · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Kid Nightingale · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Smashing the Money Ring · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Pride of the Blue Grass · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | No Place to Go · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Angels Wash Their Faces · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Everybody's Hobby · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Indianapolis Speedway · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | The Cowboy Quarterback · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Waterfront · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | The Man Who Dared · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Code of the Secret Service · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | You Can't Get Away with Murder · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Sweepstakes Winner · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Torchy Runs for Mayor · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Women in the Wind · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Jane Arden · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Secret Service of the Air · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Reporter · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | Torchy Blane in Chinatown · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Going Places · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | The Dawn Patrol · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Heart of the North · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Torchy Gets Her Man · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Hard to Get · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Brother Rat · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Girls on Probation · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | The Sisters · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Broadway Musketeers · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Secrets of an Actress · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Boy Meets Girl · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Penrod's Double Trouble · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Racket Busters · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Men Are Such Fools · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Cowboy from Brooklyn · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | My Bill · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Crime School · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Mystery House · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | |
| 1938 | Torchy Blane in Panama · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | The Beloved Brat · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Women Are Like That · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Fools for Scandal · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Accidents Will Happen · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Over the Wall · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | He Couldn't Say No · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | A Slight Case of Murder · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Penrod and His Twin Brother · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Gold Is Where You Find It · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | The Daredevil Drivers · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Blondes at Work · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | White Banners · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | The Invisible Menace · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | The Patient in Room 18 · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Swing Your Lady · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Sergeant Murphy · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Tovarich · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Hollywood Hotel · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | She Loved a Fireman · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Sh! The Octopus · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Missing Witnesses · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | First Lady · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Submarine D-1 · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | The Adventurous Blonde · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | West of Shanghai · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | The Footloose Heiress · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | They Won't Forget · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Love Is on the Air · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Back in Circulation · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | That Certain Woman · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Wine, Women and Horses · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Prairie Thunder · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | |
| 1937 | Varsity Show · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Confession · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Dance Charlie Dance · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | The Devil's Saddle Legion · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | San Quentin · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Talent Scout · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Ever Since Eve · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Marry the Girl · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Public Wedding · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Empty Holsters · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | The Singing Marine · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Another Dawn · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Slim · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Fly Away Baby · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | The Go Getter · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | The Cherokee Strip · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Draegerman Courage · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | The Prince and the Pauper · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Melody for Two · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Call It a Day · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | That Man's Here Again · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Marked Woman · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Ready, Willing and Able · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Her Husband's Secretary · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Green Light · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Black Legion · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Once a Doctor · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Woman · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Smart Blonde · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Gold Diggers of 1937 · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Guns of the Pecos · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Sing Me a Love Song · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | King of Hockey · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Jailbreak · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Fugitive in the Sky · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Three Men on a Horse · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | California Mail · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | The Captain's Kid · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | The Case of the Black Cat · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Here Comes Carter · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Cain and Mabel · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Give Me Your Heart · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Trailin' West · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | China Clipper · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Love Begins at 20 · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | The Case of the Velvet Claws · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | The Green Pastures · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Bengal Tiger · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | The Big Noise · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Hearts Divided · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Murder by an Aristocrat · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Sons o' Guns · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | The Golden Arrow · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Times Square Playboy · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Brides Are Like That · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | The Singing Kid · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Snowed Under · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Colleen · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Boulder Dam · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | The Story of Louis Pasteur · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | |
| 1936 | Two Against the World · as Executive Producer |
| 1935 | Captain Blood · as Executive Producer |
| 1935 | Dangerous · as Executive Producer |
| 1935 | Miss Pacific Fleet · as Executive Producer |
| 1935 | Stars Over Broadway · as Executive Producer |
| 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream · as Executive Producer |
| 1935 | 'G' Men · as Executive Producer |
| 1935 | Black Fury · as Executive Producer |
| 1935 | The Florentine Dagger · as Executive Producer |
| 1935 | A Night at the Ritz · as Executive Producer |
| 1935 | Devil Dogs of the Air · as Executive Producer |
| 1935 | Bordertown · as Executive Producer |
| 1934 | The St. Louis Kid · as Executive Producer |
| 1934 | I Sell Anything · as Executive Producer |
| 1934 | Madame Du Barry · as Executive Producer |
| 1934 | |
| 1934 | The Man with Two Faces · as Executive Producer |
| 1934 | Here Comes the Navy · as Executive Producer |
| 1934 | Dr. Monica · as Executive Producer |
| 1934 | The Merry Frinks · as Executive Producer |
| 1934 | A Very Honorable Guy · as Executive Producer |
| 1934 | Upperworld · as Executive Producer |
| 1934 | Jimmy the Gent · as Executive Producer |
| 1934 | Dark Hazard · as Executive Producer |
| 1934 | Hi, Nellie · as Executive Producer |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | Parachute Jumper · as Executive Producer |
| 1932 | |
| 1932 | |
| 1932 | The Man Who Played God · as Executive Producer |
| 1930 | |
| 1930 | |
| 1929 | |
| 1929 | |
| 1928 | The Terror · as Executive Producer |
| 1922 | |
| 1918 |