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name: "Norman Z. McLeod"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "20 September 1898"
died: "27 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:40:34.322670+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."
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# Norman Z. McLeod

Director. Born 20 September 1898 in Grayling, Michigan, USA. Died 27 January 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 20 September 1898, Grayling, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 27 January 1964
- **Also known as:** Норман З. МакЛеод, Norman McLeod

## Biography

Norman Z. McLeod was an American film and television director. He was born on 20 September 1898 in Grayling, Michigan, and died on 27 January 1964 in Hollywood, California.

McLeod was educated at the University of Washington and served as a fighter pilot in the US Army during the First World War. He began his career as an animator and gag writer before directing comedy shorts and his first feature, *Taking a Chance* (1928).

He is known for directing comedies including *Monkey Business* (1931), *Horse Feathers* (1932), *It's a Gift* (1934), *Topper* (1937), *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (1947) and *The Paleface* (1948). In later years he directed one episode of the television series *The Twilight Zone* (1959).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *Horse Feathers* (1932), Director
- *Monkey Business* (1931), Director
- *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (1947), Director
- *Topper* (1937), Director
- *It's a Gift* (1934), Director
- *The Paleface* (1948), Director
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1933), Director
- *If I Had a Million* (1932), Director

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