Biography
Carl Laemmle ( ; born Karl Lämmle; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. He produced or worked on over 400 films.
Regarded as one of the most important of the early film pioneers, Laemmle was born in what is now Germany. He immigrated to the United States in 1884 and worked in Chicago for 20 years before he began buying nickelodeons, eventually expanding into a film distribution service, the Laemmle Film Service, then into production as Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), later renamed Universal Film Manufacturing Company, and later still renamed Universal Pictures Company.
Filmography
all 216
Movies 215
Producer 154
self 6
TV Shows 1
Writer 1
Self
Hollywood Maudits (2021)
TV
Self
Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood (2018)
Movie
Self (uncredited)
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (2000)
Movie
Himself
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993)
Movie
Presenter
East of Java (1935)
Movie
Presenter
3 Kids and a Queen (1935)
Movie
Presenter
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
Movie
Presenter
Kentucky Minstrels (1934)
Movie
Presenter
Great Expectations (1934)
Movie
Presenter
Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
Movie
Presenter
The Human Side (1934)
Movie
Presenter
Romance in the Rain (1934)
Movie
Presenter
One More River (1934)
Movie
Presenter
Little Man, What Now? (1934)
Movie
Presenter
Half a Sinner (1934)
Movie
Presenter
Let's Talk It Over (1934)
Movie
Producer
Nordpol - Ahoi! (1934)
Movie
Presenter
Beloved (1934)
Movie
Presenter
Perils of Pauline (1933)
Movie
Presenter
The Invisible Man (1933)
Movie
5.3
Presenter
Only Yesterday (1933)
Movie
Presenter
Saturday's Millions (1933)
Movie
Producer
Children of Montmartre (1933)
Movie
Presenter
Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
Movie
Presenter
The Big Cage (1933)
Movie
Presenter
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933)
Movie
Producer
Your Technocracy and Mine (1933)
Movie
Producer
Gitanes (1933)
Movie
Producer
I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket (1933)
Movie
Presenter
Rome Express (1932)
Movie
Presenter
The Old Dark House (1932)
Movie
4.8
Presenter
Back Street (1932)
Movie
Presenter
Igloo (1932)
Movie
Presenter
The Circus Show-Up (1932)
Movie
Presenter
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Movie
5.73
Presenter
Racing Youth (1932)
Movie
Presenter
The Red Shadow (1932)
Movie
Presenter
Detective Lloyd (1932)
Movie
Presenter
The Mummy (1932)
Movie
5.66
Presenter
Frankenstein (1931)
Movie
5.47
Presenter
Sealed Lips (1931)
Movie
Presenter
Trapped (1931)
Movie
Presenter
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
Movie
Self
Round About Hollywood (1931)
Movie
Presenter
Seed (1931)
Movie
Presenter
Drácula (1931)
Movie
5.15
Presenter
Don Juan diplomático (1931)
Movie
Presenter
Dracula (1931)
Movie
5.88
Producer
Africa (1930)
Movie
Producer
The Storm (1930)
Movie
Presenter
What Men Want (1930)
Movie
Presenter
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Movie
5.13
Presenter
King of Jazz (1930)
Movie
Producer
Hide-Out (1930)
Movie
Presenter
Sid's Long Count (1930)
Movie
Executive Producer
Nutty Notes (1929)
Movie
Producer
Die seltsame Vergangenheit der Thea Carter (1929)
Movie
Producer
The Last Performance (1929)
Movie
Himself [prologue]
Show Boat (1929)
Movie
Producer
The Brandenburg Arch (1929)
Movie
Presenter
The Girl on the Barge (1929)
Movie
Presenter
The Last Warning (1928)
Movie
Producer
How to Handle Women (1928)
Movie
Producer
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Movie
Presenter
Honeymoon Flats (1928)
Movie
Presenter
Haunted Island (1928)
Movie
Producer
Desert Dust (1927)
Movie
Presenter
Sky High Saunders (1927)
Movie
Executive Producer
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)
Movie
Executive Producer
All Wet (1927)
Movie
Executive Producer
Trolley Troubles (1927)
Movie
Producer
Fast and Furious (1927)
Movie
Writer
Benson at Calford (1926)
Movie
Producer
Spangles (1926)
Movie
Presenter
The Old Soak (1926)
Movie
Producer
What Happened to Jones (1926)
Movie
Producer
Sporting Life (1925)
Movie
Producer
The Calgary Stampede (1925)
Movie
Producer
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Movie
4.8
Presenter
Wine (1924)
Movie
Producer
Fighting Fury (1924)
Movie
Producer
The Fighting American (1924)
Movie
Producer
The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios (1924)
Movie
Presenter
White Tiger (1923)
Movie
Producer
The Red Warning (1923)
Movie
Producer / Presenter
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Movie
4.58
Presenter
Drifting (1923)
Movie
Producer
The Shock (1923)
Movie
Producer
Dead Game (1923)
Movie
Presenter
Trimmed in Scarlet (1923)
Movie
Presenter
Don't Shoot (1922)
Movie
Producer
Perils of the Yukon (1922)
Movie
Producer
Cheated Hearts (1921)
Movie
Producer
The Man With The Punch (1920)
Movie
Producer / Executive Producer
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Movie
Producer
The Wire Pullers (1916)
Movie
Producer
The Desperado (1916)
Movie
Producer
The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)
Movie
Producer
Just Plain Folks (1916)
Movie
Producer
Heritage (1915)
Movie
Editor-in-Chief
The Broken Coin (1915)
Movie
Producer
Across the Footlights (1915)
Movie
Producer
The Silent Command (1915)
Movie
Producer
The Old Doctor (1915)
Movie
Producer
The Pawns of Destiny (1914)
Movie
Racetrack Spectator
Love and Vengeance (1914)
Movie
Producer
In the Year 2014 (1914)
Movie
Producer
Absinthe (1914)
Movie
Producer
His Hour of Triumph (1913)
Movie
Producer
Bleeding Hearts (1913)
Movie
Producer
Ivanhoe (1913)
Movie
Producer
Poor Jake's Demise (1913)
Movie
Producer
The Sorrows of Israel (1913)
Movie
Producer
Eureka! (1913)
Movie
Producer
The Wanderer (1913)
Movie
Producer
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)
Movie
Producer
The New Fire Chief (1912)
Movie
Producer
How Ned Got the Raise (1912)
Movie
Producer
Making Good (1912)
Movie
Producer
Up Against It (1912)
Movie
Producer
Views of Los Angeles, California (1912)
Movie
Producer
A Cave Man Wooing (1912)
Movie
Producer
Mr. Smith, Barber (1912)
Movie
Producer
Shamus O'Brien (1912)
Movie
Producer
A Timely Repentance (1912)
Movie
Producer
How Mary Fixed it (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Portrait (1911)
Movie
Producer
Billy's Séance (1911)
Movie
Producer
Over the Hills (1911)
Movie
Producer
From the Bottom of the Sea (1911)
Movie
Producer
His Dress Shirt (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Better Way (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Sentinel Asleep (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Rose's Story (1911)
Movie
Producer
'Tween Two Loves (1911)
Movie
Producer
By the House That Jack Built (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Toss of a Coin (1911)
Movie
Producer
As a Boy Dreams (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Call of the Song (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Skating Bug (1911)
Movie
Producer
Science (1911)
Movie
Producer
At a Quarter of Two (1911)
Movie
Producer
A Gasoline Engagement (1911)
Movie
Producer
For the Queen's Honor (1911)
Movie
Producer
In the Sultan's Garden (1911)
Movie
Producer
Behind the Stockade (1911)
Movie
Producer
Back to the Soil (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Lighthouse Keeper (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Master and the Man (1911)
Movie
Producer
For Her Brother's Sake (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Fair Dentist (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Temptress (1911)
Movie
Producer
Second Sight (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Stampede (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Wife’s Awakening (1911)
Movie
Producer
Sweet Memories (1911)
Movie
Producer
In Old Madrid (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Fisher-Maid (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Secret of the Palm (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Message in the Bottle (1911)
Movie
Producer
Tracked (1911)
Movie
Producer
A Manly Man (1911)
Movie
Producer
Artful Kate (1911)
Movie
Producer
Pictureland (1911)
Movie
Producer
At the Duke's Command (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Convert (1911)
Movie
Producer
Her Darkest Hour (1911)
Movie
Producer
When the Cat's Away (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Mirror (1911)
Movie
Producer
Maid or Man (1911)
Movie
Producer
The Dream (1911)
Movie
Producer
Their First Misunderstanding (1911)
Movie
Producer
Little Nell's Tobacco (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Count of Montebello (1910)
Movie
Producer
All the World’s a Stage (1910)
Movie
Producer
Pressed Roses (1910)
Movie
Producer
Debt (1910)
Movie
Producer
You Saved My Life (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Right Girl (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Taming of Jane (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Senator’s Double (1910)
Movie
Producer
Once Upon a Time (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Irony of Fate (1910)
Movie
Producer
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Mistake (1910)
Movie
Producer
Old Heads and Young Hearts (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Call of the Circus (1910)
Movie
Producer
A Game for Two (1910)
Movie
Producer
A Reno Romance (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Nichols on a Vacation (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Eternal Triangle (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Doctor's Perfidy (1910)
Movie
Producer
Two Men (1910)
Movie
Producer
The New Shawl (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Maelstrom (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Rosary (1910)
Movie
Producer
His Second Wife (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Miser’s Daughter (1910)
Movie
Producer
Transfusion (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Stage Note (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Broken Oath (1910)
Movie
Producer
Mother Love (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Governor’s Pardon (1910)
Movie
Producer
Jane and the Stranger (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Blind Man’s Tact (1910)
Movie
Producer
Justice in the Far North (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Tide of Fortune (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Right of Love (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Winning Punch (1910)
Movie
Producer
The Awakening of Bess (1909)
Movie
Producer
Lest We Forget (1909)
Movie
Producer
His Last Game (1909)
Movie
Producer
Her Generous Way (1909)
Movie
Producer
The Forest Ranger’s Daughter (1909)
Movie
Producer
Love's Stratagem (1909)
Movie
Producer
Under the Crescent
Movie
Ratings
Average 3.13
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Information
Known ForProduction
GenderMale
Birthday1867-01-17
Deathday1939-09-24 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceLaupheim, Germany
ReligionJudaism
ChildrenRosabelle Laemmle, Carl Laemmle Jr.
SiblingsSiegfried Lämmle, Joseph Laemmle
RelativesWilliam Wyler, Robert Wyler, Julius Bernheim
CitizenshipsGerman Empire, United States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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