---
name: "William LeBaron"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-lebaron"
fi1m_id: "william-lebaron"
imdb_id: "nm0495461"
tmdb_id: 120449
wikidata_id: "Q782154"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 February 1883"
died: "9 February 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T02:06:04.470005+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."
---

# William LeBaron

## Identity

William LeBaron

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-lebaron
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-lebaron
- **IMDb ID:** nm0495461
- **TMDB ID:** 120449
- **Wikidata ID:** Q782154
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_LeBaron, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q782154, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120449

Producer. Born 16 February 1883 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. Died 9 February 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 February 1883, Elgin, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 9 February 1958
- **Active:** 1933–1941
- **Also known as:** William Le. Baron, William Le Baron
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 80 (2), 1940s 90 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Crime 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_LeBaron, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q782154, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120449

## Biography

William LeBaron (1883–1958) was an American film producer. He began his career as a playwright, lyricist and librettist on Broadway, writing books and lyrics for musicals and plays staged in New York between 1911 and 1925. He later worked as managing editor of Cosmopolitan magazine and director general of Cosmopolitan Productions before moving to Hollywood in 1924.

LeBaron produced numerous films, including *Cimarron* (1931), which won the Academy Award for Outstanding Production, and comedies starring W. C. Fields such as *It's a Gift* (1934). He held executive production roles at studios including RKO Pictures (where he was succeeded by David O. Selznick), Paramount and 20th Century Fox. He was married to the British musical-comedy actress Mabel Hollins.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Lady Eve* (1941), Fi1m 90, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-eve.md)
- *It's a Gift* (1934), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-gift.md)
- *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), Fi1m 78, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/she-done-him-wrong.md)

## Complete filmography (189)

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

- *Carnegie Hall* (1947), Producer
- *Don Juan Quilligan* (1945), Producer
- *Greenwich Village* (1944), Producer
- *Pin Up Girl* (1944), Producer
- *The Gang's All Here* (1943), Producer
- *Wintertime* (1943), Producer
- *Stormy Weather* (1943), Producer
- *Orchestra Wives* (1942), Producer
- *Footlight Serenade* (1942), Producer
- *Song of the Islands* (1942), Producer
- *Week-End in Havana* (1941), Producer
- *Kiss the Boys Goodbye* (1941), Producer
- *Reaching for the Sun* (1941), Executive Producer
- *Road to Zanzibar* (1941), Executive Producer
- *The Lady Eve* (1941), Executive Producer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-eve.md)
- *Life with Henry* (1941), Executive Producer
- *Victory* (1940), Executive Producer
- *The Texas Rangers Ride Again* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Arise, My Love* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Christmas in July* (1940), Executive Producer
- *North West Mounted Police* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Rhythm on the River* (1940), Producer
- *Golden Gloves* (1940), Executive Producer
- *The Great McGinty* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Moon Over Burma* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Those Were the Days!* (1940), Executive Producer
- *The Way of All Flesh* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Queen of the Mob* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Safari* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Buck Benny Rides Again* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Typhoon* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Dr. Cyclops* (1940), Executive Producer
- *The Farmer's Daughter* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Road to Singapore* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Adventure in Diamonds* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Remember the Night* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Emergency Squad* (1940), Executive Producer
- *The Great Victor Herbert* (1939), Executive Producer, Lyricist
- *The Night of Nights* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Honeymoon in Bali* (1939), Executive Producer
- *The Star Maker* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Our Leading Citizen* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Beau Geste* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Bulldog Drummond's Bride* (1939), Producer
- *The Gracie Allen Murder Case* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Union Pacific* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Midnight* (1939), Executive Producer
- *King of Chinatown* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Ride a Crooked Mile* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Arrest Bulldog Drummond* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Illegal Traffic* (1938), Executive Producer
- *If I Were King* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Give Me a Sailor* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Men with Wings* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Cocoanut Grove* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Tip-Off Girls* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Bluebeard's 8th Wife* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Romance in the Dark* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Dangerous to Know* (1938), Executive Producer
- *The Big Broadcast of 1938* (1938), Executive Producer
- *The Buccaneer* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Wells Fargo* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Daughter of Shanghai* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Bulldog Drummond's Revenge* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Hell Town* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Thrill of a Lifetime* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Night Club Scandal* (1937), Producer
- *Hold 'Em Navy* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Ebb Tide* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Bulldog Drummond Comes Back* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Artists & Models* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Easy Living* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Wild Money* (1937), Executive Producer
- *The Last Train from Madrid* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Night of Mystery* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Turn Off the Moon* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Bulldog Drummond Escapes* (1937), Executive Producer
- *The General Died at Dawn* (1936), Producer
- *The Accusing Finger* (1936), Executive Producer
- *The Plainsman* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Valiant Is the Word for Carrie* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Three Married Men* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Wives Never Know* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Yours for the Asking* (1936), Executive Producer
- *The Return of Sophie Lang* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Early to Bed* (1936), Executive Producer
- *The Princess Comes Across* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Till We Meet Again* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Give Us This Night* (1936), Producer
- *Klondike Annie* (1936), Producer
- *Rose of the Rancho* (1936), Producer
- *Coronado* (1935), Producer
- *Here Comes Cookie* (1935), Producer
- *Goin' to Town* (1935), Producer
- *Baby Face Harrington* (1935), Theatre Play
- *It's a Gift* (1934), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-gift.md)
- *The Lemon Drop Kid* (1934), Producer
- *Belle of the Nineties* (1934), Producer
- *The Old-Fashioned Way* (1934), Producer
- *I'm No Angel* (1933), Producer
- *Too Much Harmony* (1933), Producer
- *Baby Face* (1933), Producer
- *College Humor* (1933), Producer
- *Terror Aboard* (1933), Producer
- *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), Associate Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/she-done-him-wrong.md)
- *Night After Night* (1932), Producer
- *Hot Saturday* (1932), Associate Producer
- *Roar of the Dragon* (1932), Producer
- *Ghost Valley* (1932), Producer
- *Ladies of the Jury* (1932), Producer
- *Peach-o-Reno* (1931), Producer
- *Consolation Marriage* (1931), Producer
- *Secret Service* (1931), Producer
- *Way Back Home* (1931), Producer
- *Are These Our Children?* (1931), Producer
- *Friends and Lovers* (1931), Producer
- *Smart Woman* (1931), Producer
- *The Gay Diplomat* (1931), Producer
- *Caught Plastered* (1931), Producer
- *High Stakes* (1931), Producer
- *Traveling Husbands* (1931), Producer
- *The Woman Between* (1931), Producer
- *The Public Defender* (1931), Producer
- *Three Who Loved* (1931), Producer
- *Transgression* (1931), Producer
- *Everything’s Rosie* (1931), Producer
- *Cracked Nuts* (1931), Producer
- *Bachelor Apartment* (1931), Producer
- *Laugh and Get Rich* (1931), Producer
- *Behind Office Doors* (1931), Producer
- *The Lady Refuses* (1931), Producer
- *Kept Husbands* (1931), Producer
- *Cimarron* (1931), Producer
- *Beau Ideal* (1931), Producer
- *The Royal Bed* (1931), Producer
- *Danger Lights* (1931), Producer
- *Échec au roi* (1930), Production Manager
- *Hook, Line and Sinker* (1930), Producer
- *The Silver Horde* (1930), Producer
- *The Pay-Off* (1930), Producer
- *Check and Double Check* (1930), Producer
- *Half Shot at Sunrise* (1930), Producer
- *Leathernecking* (1930), Associate Producer
- *Lawful Larceny* (1930), Producer
- *Conspiracy* (1930), Producer
- *Dixiana* (1930), Producer
- *Inside the Lines* (1930), Producer
- *The Fall Guy* (1930), Producer
- *Midnight Mystery* (1930), Producer
- *The Runaway Bride* (1930), Producer
- *The Cuckoos* (1930), Producer
- *He Knew Women* (1930), Producer
- *Alias French Gertie* (1930), Producer
- *Lovin' the Ladies* (1930), Producer
- *Framed* (1930), Producer
- *Second Wife* (1930), Producer
- *Girl of the Port* (1930), Producer
- *Queen Kelly* (1929), Production Manager
- *The Vagabond Lover* (1929), Producer
- *Tanned Legs* (1929), Producer
- *Jazz Heaven* (1929), Producer
- *Night Parade* (1929), Producer
- *Half Marriage* (1929), Producer
- *The Delightful Rogue* (1929), Producer
- *Rio Rita* (1929), Producer
- *The Very Idea* (1929), Theatre Play, Screenplay, Producer
- *Side Street* (1929), Producer
- *Street Girl* (1929), Producer
- *Love in the Desert* (1929), Presenter
- *King Cowboy* (1928), Producer
- *The Perfect Crime* (1928), Adaptation
- *Rubber Heels* (1927), Associate Producer
- *Running Wild* (1927), Associate Producer
- *Knockout Reilly* (1927), Associate Producer
- *Blind Alleys* (1927), Producer
- *The Ace of Cads* (1926), Producer
- *Fine Manners* (1926), Associate Producer
- *Beau Geste* (1926), Producer
- *The Show Off* (1926), Associate Producer
- *It's the Old Army Game* (1926), Adaptation, Associate Producer
- *Dancing Mothers* (1926), Associate Producer
- *Let's Get Married* (1926), Associate Producer
- *Stage Struck* (1925), Supervising Editor
- *Manhandled* (1924), Supervising Editor
- *Nobody's Money* (1923), Theatre Play
- *When Knighthood Was in Flower* (1922), Writer
- *Humoresque* (1920), Writer
- *The Very Idea* (1920), Writer

## Gallery

- ![William LeBaron](https://film.one/media/person/387018/gallery-ad4eb1dd1948.jpg) William LeBaron — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Portrait_of_William_LeBaron_-_EH1919.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![William LeBaron](https://film.one/media/person/387018/gallery-9b8355e02355.jpg) William LeBaron — Image via TMDB

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