Jack L. Warner
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- August 2, 1892
- Died
- September 9, 1978 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- London, Ontario, Canada
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
Filmography
Dirty Little Billy
Movie · Producer
1776
Movie · Producer
Camelot
Movie · Producer
My Fair Lady
Movie · Producer
About Time
Movie · Producer
Battle Cry
Movie · Producer
Beyond the Forest
Movie · Executive Producer
Night Unto Night
Movie · Executive Producer
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Movie · Executive Producer
Silver River
Movie · Executive Producer
Whiplash
Movie · Executive Producer
June Bride
Movie · Executive Producer
Winter Meeting
Movie · Executive Producer
The Woman in White
Movie · Executive Producer
The Friendship Train
Movie · Executive Producer
Humoresque
Movie · Executive Producer
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Movie · Executive Producer
Possessed
Movie · Executive Producer
Cry Wolf
Movie · Executive Producer
Deep Valley
Movie · Executive Producer
Love and Learn
Movie · Executive Producer
Escape Me Never
Movie · Executive Producer
Life with Father
Movie · Executive Producer
My Wild Irish Rose
Movie · Executive Producer
Nora Prentiss
Movie · Producer
Dark Passage
Movie · Executive Producer
Stallion Road
Movie · Executive Producer
The Unfaithful
Movie · Executive Producer
The Beast with Five Fingers
Movie · Executive Producer
The Big Sleep
Movie · Executive Producer
Deception
Movie · Executive Producer
Three Strangers
Movie · Executive Producer
The Verdict
Movie · Executive Producer
A Stolen Life
Movie · Executive Producer
Shadow of a Woman
Movie · Executive Producer
Cinderella Jones
Movie · Executive Producer
Of Human Bondage
Movie · Executive Producer
Devotion
Movie · Executive Producer
My Reputation
Movie · Executive Producer
Janie Gets Married
Movie · Executive Producer
Never Say Goodbye
Movie · Executive Producer
Nobody Lives Forever
Movie · Executive Producer
The Man I Love
Movie · Executive Producer
To Have and Have Not
Movie · Executive Producer
Conflict
Movie · Executive Producer
Danger Signal
Movie · Executive Producer
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Movie · Executive Producer
The Corn Is Green
Movie · Executive Producer
Mildred Pierce
Movie · Executive Producer
San Antonio
Movie · Executive Producer
Christmas in Connecticut
Movie · Executive Producer
Roughly Speaking
Movie · Executive Producer
Escape in the Desert
Movie · Executive Producer
Hotel Berlin
Movie · Executive Producer
Objective, Burma!
Movie · Executive Producer
Pillow to Post
Movie · Executive Producer
Pride of the Marines
Movie · Executive Producer
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie · Producer
The Conspirators
Movie · Executive Producer
The Mask of Dimitrios
Movie · Executive Producer
Mr. Skeffington
Movie · Executive Producer
Passage to Marseille
Movie · Executive Producer
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Movie · Executive Producer
The Shining Future
Movie · Producer
Shine on Harvest Moon
Movie · Executive Producer
Between Two Worlds
Movie · Executive Producer
Hollywood Canteen
Movie · Executive Producer
Janie
Movie · Executive Producer
I Am an American
Movie · Executive Producer
Uncertain Glory
Movie · Executive Producer
Make Your Own Bed
Movie · Executive Producer
In Our Time
Movie · Executive Producer
Casablanca
Movie · Executive Producer
Destination Tokyo
Movie · Executive Producer
Action in the North Atlantic
Movie · Executive Producer
Background to Danger
Movie · Executive Producer
The Hard Way
Movie · Executive Producer
Air Force
Movie · Executive Producer
Old Acquaintance
Movie · Executive Producer
This Is the Army
Movie · Producer
The Constant Nymph
Movie · Executive Producer
Watch on the Rhine
Movie · Executive Producer
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie · Executive Producer
Northern Pursuit
Movie · Executive Producer
Edge of Darkness
Movie · Executive Producer
Mission to Moscow
Movie · Executive Producer
The United States Service Bands
Movie · Executive Producer
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Movie · Executive Producer
Winning Your Wings
Movie · Producer
Murder in the Big House
Movie · Executive Producer
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Movie · Producer
Law of the Tropics
Movie · Production Manager
Underground
Movie · Executive Producer
Honeymoon for Three
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Santa Fe Trail
Movie · Producer
The Letter
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
It All Came True
Movie · Executive Producer
Virginia City
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
No Time for Comedy
Movie · Producer
City for Conquest
Movie · Production Manager
Torrid Zone
Movie · Production Manager
Murder in the Air
Movie · Executive Producer
An Angel from Texas
Movie · Production Manager
Tear Gas Squad
Movie · Executive Producer
Gambling on the High Seas
Movie · Executive Producer
Always a Bride
Movie · Executive Producer
A Fugitive from Justice
Movie · Executive Producer
Money and the Woman
Movie · Production Executive
They Drive by Night
Movie · Production Manager
River's End
Movie · Executive Producer
The Fighting 69th
Movie · Production Manager
Flowing Gold
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Castle on the Hudson
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Knute Rockne All American
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
South of Suez
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
The Return of Doctor X
Movie · Executive Producer
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Movie · Executive Producer
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
No Place to Go
Movie · Executive Producer
Dark Victory
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Espionage Agent
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
They Made Me a Criminal
Movie · Production Manager
Smashing the Money Ring
Movie · Executive Producer
Code of the Secret Service
Movie · Executive Producer
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Movie · Executive Producer
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Movie · Executive Producer
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Movie · Executive Producer
On Dress Parade
Movie · Executive Producer
The Oklahoma Kid
Movie · Executive Producer
Indianapolis Speedway
Movie · Executive Producer
Private Detective
Movie · Executive Producer
Sweepstakes Winner
Movie · Executive Producer
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
Movie · Executive Producer
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Movie · Executive Producer
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Movie · Executive Producer
Waterfront
Movie · Executive Producer
The Adventures of Jane Arden
Movie · Executive Producer
Four Wives
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Daughters Courageous
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Juarez
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Invisible Stripes
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Each Dawn I Die
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Movie · Executive Producer
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Movie · Producer
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Movie · Executive Producer
The Sisters
Movie · Executive Producer
Men Are Such Fools
Movie · Executive Producer
Boy Meets Girl
Movie · Executive Producer
Hollywood Hotel
Movie · Executive Producer
Torchy Gets Her Man
Movie · Executive Producer
The Dawn Patrol
Movie · Executive Producer
Torchy Blane in Panama
Movie · Executive Producer
Four's a Crowd
Movie · Executive Producer
Accidents Will Happen
Movie · Executive Producer
Broadway Musketeers
Movie · Executive Producer
Mystery House
Movie · Executive Producer
Over the Wall
Movie · Executive Producer
Angels with Dirty Faces
Movie · Executive Producer
Crime School
Movie · Executive Producer
A Slight Case of Murder
Movie · Executive Producer
Gold Is Where You Find It
Movie · Executive Producer
Blondes at Work
Movie · Executive Producer
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie · Executive Producer
Fools for Scandal
Movie · Executive Producer
Black Legion
Movie · Executive Producer
Kid Galahad
Movie · Executive Producer
Confession
Movie · Executive Producer
Back in Circulation
Movie · Executive Producer
Draegerman Courage
Movie · Executive Producer
They Won't Forget
Movie · Executive Producer
The Go-Getter
Movie · Executive Producer
Tovarich
Movie · Executive Producer
Slim
Movie · Executive Producer
Once a Doctor
Movie · Executive Producer
Another Dawn
Movie · Executive Producer
That Certain Woman
Movie · Executive Producer
The Cherokee Strip
Movie · Executive Producer
West of Shanghai
Movie · Executive Producer
Public Wedding
Movie · Executive Producer
Melody for Two
Movie · Executive Producer
That Man's Here Again
Movie · Executive Producer
Talent Scout
Movie · Executive Producer
Fly Away Baby
Movie · Executive Producer
Love Is on the Air
Movie · Executive Producer
The Adventurous Blonde
Movie · Executive Producer
Missing Witnesses
Movie · Executive Producer
Green Light
Movie · Executive Producer
The Littlest Diplomat
Movie · Producer
Ready, Willing and Able
Movie · Executive Producer
Marked Woman
Movie · Executive Producer, Executive In Charge Of Production
Bullets or Ballots
Movie · Executive Producer
China Clipper
Movie · Executive Producer
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Movie · Executive Producer
Bengal Tiger
Movie · Executive Producer
Jailbreak
Movie · Executive Producer
The Golden Arrow
Movie · Executive Producer
The Green Pastures
Movie · Executive Producer
Trailin' West
Movie · Executive Producer
The Case of the Black Cat
Movie · Executive Producer
Fugitive in the Sky
Movie · Executive Producer
Cain and Mabel
Movie · Executive Producer
Gold Diggers of 1937
Movie · Executive Producer
Two Against the World
Movie · Executive Producer
California Mail
Movie · Executive Producer
Give Me Your Heart
Movie · Executive Producer
Love Begins at Twenty
Movie · Executive Producer
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie · Executive Producer
Murder by an Aristocrat
Movie · Executive Producer
Hearts Divided
Movie · Executive Producer
Colleen
Movie · Executive Producer
The Big Noise
Movie · Executive Producer
Snowed Under
Movie · Executive Producer
Black Fury
Movie · Executive Producer
Bordertown
Movie · Executive Producer
Captain Blood
Movie · Executive Producer
Dangerous
Movie · Executive Producer
Miss Pacific Fleet
Movie · Executive Producer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · Executive Producer
'G' Men
Movie · Executive Producer
The St. Louis Kid
Movie · Executive Producer
Here Comes the Navy
Movie · Executive Producer
Housewife
Movie · Producer
The Man with Two Faces
Movie · Executive Producer
Hi, Nellie!
Movie · Executive Producer
Dark Hazard
Movie · Executive Producer
Jimmy the Gent
Movie · Executive Producer
The Merry Frinks
Movie · Executive Producer
Flirtation Walk
Movie · Executive Producer
The Working Man
Movie · Producer
Parachute Jumper
Movie · Executive Producer
Gold Diggers of 1933
Movie · Producer
So Big!
Movie · Producer
The Man Who Played God
Movie · Executive Producer
Outward Bound
Movie · Producer
Disraeli
Movie · Producer
The Terror
Movie · Executive Producer
Wolf's Clothing
Movie · Producer
The Gay Old Bird
Movie · Producer
What Every Girl Should Know
Movie · Producer
Matinee Ladies
Movie · Producer
Speed
Movie · Producer