---
name: "Jack Warner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-l-warner"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 August 1892"
died: "9 September 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 13
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 13
updated: "2026-09-20T01:18:55.915854+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jack Warner

Producer. Born 2 August 1892 in London, Ontario, Canada. Died 9 September 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 August 1892, London, Ontario, Canada
- **Died:** 9 September 1978
- **Active:** 1929–1948
- **Also known as:** Jack L. Warner, Jack Warner Snr., Jack Warner Senior, Colonel Jack L. Warner USAFR, Leon Zuardo, Jacob Leonard Warner, Jacob Warner
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as producer, over 13 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 68 (1), 1930s 75 (6), 1940s 82 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 80 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Romance 5, Adventure 3, Crime 2, Music 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 24 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $49m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_L._Warner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72614, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912491/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2663

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Adventures of Robin Hood*](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-robin-hood.md) (90), [*Disraeli*](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md) (68)

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## Biography

Jack L. Warner (1892–1978) was a Canadian-American film executive and producer. He was the youngest of the four Warner brothers who founded Warner Bros. Pictures and served as the studio's head of production for much of its history.

Warner began in the film industry with his brothers, opening theatres and later establishing a production company. As co-head of production with his brother Sam, he helped secure the technology for the first feature-length talking picture, *The Jazz Singer* (1927). After Sam's death, Warner took greater control and oversaw the studio's output of social dramas and star vehicles.

He is credited as producer on *Disraeli* (1929) and served as executive producer or producer on films including *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1938), *Casablanca* (1943), *The Big Sleep* (1946), *Mildred Pierce* (1945) and *My Fair Lady* (1964). Warner remained with the studio until the 1970s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (13)

- *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md)
- *Mildred Pierce* (1945), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mildred-pierce-1945.md)
- *Casablanca* (1943), Fi1m 93, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md)
- *Watch on the Rhine* (1943), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/watch-on-the-rhine.md)
- *Yankee Doodle Dandy* (1942), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/yankee-doodle-dandy.md)
- *The Letter* (1940), Fi1m 78, Executive In Charge Of Production — [page](https://film.one/film/the-letter.md)
- *Dark Victory* (1939), Fi1m 79, Executive In Charge Of Production — [page](https://film.one/film/dark-victory.md)
- *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1938), Fi1m 90, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-robin-hood.md)
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-midsummer-nights-dream.md)
- *Captain Blood* (1935), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)
- *Flirtation Walk* (1934), Fi1m 57, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/flirtation-walk.md)
- *Here Comes the Navy* (1934), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-the-navy.md)
- *Disraeli* (1929), Fi1m 68, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md)

## Complete filmography (249)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *1776* (1972), Producer
- *Dirty Little Billy* (1972), Producer
- *Camelot* (1967), Producer
- *My Fair Lady* (1964), Producer
- *Red Nightmare* (1962), Supervisor of Production Resources
- *About Time* (1962), Producer
- *Battle Cry* (1955), Producer
- *Beyond the Forest* (1949), Executive Producer
- *Night Unto Night* (1949), Executive Producer
- *Whiplash* (1948), Executive Producer
- *June Bride* (1948), Executive Producer
- *Silver River* (1948), Executive Producer, Presenter
- *The Woman in White* (1948), Executive Producer
- *Winter Meeting* (1948), Executive Producer
- *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md)
- *The Friendship Train* (1948), Executive Producer
- *My Wild Irish Rose* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Escape Me Never* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Life with Father* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Dark Passage* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Cry Wolf* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Deep Valley* (1947), Executive Producer
- *The Unfaithful* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Possessed* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Love and Learn* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Stallion Road* (1947), Executive Producer
- *The Two Mrs. Carrolls* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Nora Prentiss* (1947), Producer
- *Humoresque* (1947), Executive Producer
- *The Man I Love* (1946), Executive Producer
- *Never Say Goodbye* (1946), Presenter, Executive Producer
- *Nobody Lives Forever* (1946), Executive Producer
- *Deception* (1946), Executive Producer
- *The Verdict* (1946), Executive Producer
- *Shadow of a Woman* (1946), Executive Producer
- *Okay for Sound* (1946), Actor
- *The Big Sleep* (1946), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sleep.md)
- *Of Human Bondage* (1946), Executive Producer
- *Janie Gets Married* (1946), Executive Producer
- *A Stolen Life* (1946), Executive Producer
- *Devotion* (1946), Executive Producer
- *Cinderella Jones* (1946), Executive Producer
- *My Reputation* (1946), Executive Producer
- *Three Strangers* (1946), Executive Producer
- *San Antonio* (1945), Executive Producer
- *Danger Signal* (1945), Executive Producer
- *Mildred Pierce* (1945), Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mildred-pierce-1945.md)
- *Pride of the Marines* (1945), Executive Producer
- *Christmas in Connecticut* (1945), Executive Producer
- *Conflict* (1945), Executive Producer
- *Pillow to Post* (1945), Executive Producer
- *Escape in the Desert* (1945), Executive Producer
- *The Horn Blows at Midnight* (1945), Executive Producer
- *The Corn Is Green* (1945), Executive Producer
- *Hotel Berlin* (1945), Executive Producer
- *Objective, Burma!* (1945), Executive Producer
- *Roughly Speaking* (1945), Executive Producer
- *To Have and Have Not* (1945), Executive Producer
- *I Am an American* (1944), Executive Producer
- *Hollywood Canteen* (1944), Executive Producer
- *The Conspirators* (1944), Executive Producer
- *Janie* (1944), Executive Producer
- *Arsenic and Old Lace* (1944), Producer
- *The Adventures of Mark Twain* (1944), Executive Producer
- *The Mask of Dimitrios* (1944), Executive Producer, Presenter
- *Make Your Own Bed* (1944), Executive Producer
- *Mr. Skeffington* (1944), Executive Producer
- *Between Two Worlds* (1944), Executive Producer
- *The Shining Future* (1944), Producer
- *Uncertain Glory* (1944), Presenter, Executive Producer
- *Shine on Harvest Moon* (1944), Executive Producer
- *In Our Time* (1944), Executive Producer
- *Passage to Marseille* (1944), Executive Producer, Presenter
- *Destination Tokyo* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Old Acquaintance* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Northern Pursuit* (1943), Presenter, Executive Producer
- *Thank Your Lucky Stars* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Watch on the Rhine* (1943), Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/watch-on-the-rhine.md)
- *This Is the Army* (1943), Producer
- *Background to Danger* (1943), Executive Producer
- *The Constant Nymph* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Action in the North Atlantic* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Mission to Moscow* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Edge of Darkness* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Air Force* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Casablanca* (1943), Executive Producer — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md)
- *The Hard Way* (1943), Executive Producer, Presenter
- *The United States Service Bands* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Yankee Doodle Dandy* (1942), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/yankee-doodle-dandy.md)
- *Winning Your Wings* (1942), Producer
- *Murder in the Big House* (1942), Executive Producer
- *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1941), Producer
- *Law of the Tropics* (1941), Production Manager
- *Underground* (1941), Executive Producer
- *Honeymoon for Three* (1941), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Santa Fe Trail* (1940), Producer
- *The Letter* (1940), Executive In Charge Of Production — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-letter.md)
- *South of Suez* (1940), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Always a Bride* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Knute Rockne All American* (1940), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *City for Conquest* (1940), Production Manager
- *No Time for Comedy* (1940), Producer
- *Flowing Gold* (1940), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Money and the Woman* (1940), Production Executive
- *River's End* (1940), Executive Producer
- *They Drive by Night* (1940), Production Manager
- *The Man Who Talked Too Much* (1940), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Gambling on the High Seas* (1940), Executive Producer
- *A Fugitive from Justice* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Murder in the Air* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Torrid Zone* (1940), Production Manager
- *Tear Gas Squad* (1940), Executive Producer
- *An Angel from Texas* (1940), Production Manager
- *It All Came True* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Virginia City* (1940), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Castle on the Hudson* (1940), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *The Fighting 69th* (1940), Production Manager
- *Invisible Stripes* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Four Wives* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Private Detective* (1939), Executive Producer
- *The Return of Doctor X* (1939), Executive Producer
- *On Dress Parade* (1939), Executive Producer
- *The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Smashing the Money Ring* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Espionage Agent* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *No Place to Go* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Each Dawn I Die* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Indianapolis Speedway* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Waterfront* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Daughters Courageous* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Juarez* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Code of the Secret Service* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Sweepstakes Winner* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Torchy Runs for Mayor* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Confessions of a Nazi Spy* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Dark Victory* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/dark-victory.md)
- *You Can't Get Away with Murder* (1939), Executive Producer
- *The Adventures of Jane Arden* (1939), Executive Producer
- *The Oklahoma Kid* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Nancy Drew... Reporter* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Torchy Blane in Chinatown* (1939), Executive Producer
- *They Made Me a Criminal* (1939), Production Manager
- *Breakdowns of 1938* (1938), Executive Producer
- *The Dawn Patrol* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Angels with Dirty Faces* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Torchy Gets Her Man* (1938), Executive Producer
- *The Sisters* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Broadway Musketeers* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Boy Meets Girl* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Four's a Crowd* (1938), Executive Producer
- *The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Men Are Such Fools* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Mystery House* (1938), Executive Producer
- *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1938), Producer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-robin-hood.md)
- *Crime School* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Torchy Blane in Panama* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Fools for Scandal* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Accidents Will Happen* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Over the Wall* (1938), Executive Producer
- *A Slight Case of Murder* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Gold Is Where You Find It* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Blondes at Work* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Hollywood Hotel* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Tovarich* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Missing Witnesses* (1937), Executive Producer
- *The Adventurous Blonde* (1937), Executive Producer
- *West of Shanghai* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Love Is on the Air* (1937), Executive Producer
- *The Littlest Diplomat* (1937), Producer
- *That Certain Woman* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Back in Circulation* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Confession* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Talent Scout* (1937), Executive Producer
- *They Won't Forget* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Public Wedding* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Another Dawn* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Slim* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Fly Away Baby* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Kid Galahad* (1937), Executive Producer
- *The Go-Getter* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Draegerman Courage* (1937), Executive Producer
- *The Cherokee Strip* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Melody for Two* (1937), Executive Producer
- *That Man's Here Again* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Marked Woman* (1937), Executive Producer, Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Ready, Willing and Able* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Green Light* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Black Legion* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Once a Doctor* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Gold Diggers of 1937* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Fugitive in the Sky* (1936), Executive Producer
- *California Mail* (1936), Executive Producer
- *The Case of the Black Cat* (1936), Executive Producer
- *The Charge of the Light Brigade* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Cain and Mabel* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Give Me Your Heart* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Trailin' West* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Love Begins at Twenty* (1936), Executive Producer
- *China Clipper* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Jailbreak* (1936), Executive Producer
- *The Green Pastures* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Bengal Tiger* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Two Against the World* (1936), Executive Producer
- *The Big Noise* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Hearts Divided* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Murder by an Aristocrat* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Bullets or Ballots* (1936), Executive Producer
- *The Golden Arrow* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Snowed Under* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Colleen* (1936), Executive Producer
- *The Story of Louis Pasteur* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Captain Blood* (1935), Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)
- *Dangerous* (1935), Executive Producer
- *Miss Pacific Fleet* (1935), Executive Producer
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/a-midsummer-nights-dream.md)
- *Black Fury* (1935), Executive Producer
- *'G' Men* (1935), Executive Producer
- *Bordertown* (1935), Executive Producer
- *Flirtation Walk* (1934), Executive Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/flirtation-walk.md)
- *The St. Louis Kid* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Housewife* (1934), Producer
- *The Man with Two Faces* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Here Comes the Navy* (1934), Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-the-navy.md)
- *The Merry Frinks* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Jimmy the Gent* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Dark Hazard* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Hi, Nellie!* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933), Producer
- *The Working Man* (1933), Producer
- *Parachute Jumper* (1933), Executive Producer
- *So Big!* (1932), Producer
- *The Man Who Played God* (1932), Executive Producer
- *Outward Bound* (1930), Producer
- *Disraeli* (1929), Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md)
- *Sonny Boy* (1929), Story
- *The Terror* (1928), Executive Producer
- *Five and Ten Cent Annie* (1928), Story
- *Matinee Ladies* (1927), Producer
- *What Every Girl Should Know* (1927), Producer
- *The Gay Old Bird* (1927), Producer
- *Wolf's Clothing* (1927), Producer
- *Africa F.O.B.* (1925), Director
- *A Dangerous Adventure* (1922), Director
- *Cleaned and Dry* (1921), Director
- *Speed* (1919), Producer
- *Open Your Eyes* (1919), as Soldier (uncredited)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1965: Best Picture (won), for *My Fair Lady*

### Golden Globes — 3 won, 1 nominated

- 1972: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (nominated), for *1776*
- 1964: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (won), for *My Fair Lady*
- 1958: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (won), for *Auntie Mame*
- 1955: Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (won)

### Other awards — 5 won

- California Hall of Fame 2012: California Hall of Fame (won)
- Canada's Walk of Fame 2004: Canada's Walk of Fame (won)
- David di Donatello for best foreign production 1965: David di Donatello for best foreign production (won), for *My Fair Lady*
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 1965: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (won)
- David di Donatello for best foreign production 1957: David di Donatello for best foreign production (won), for *Giant*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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