Lloyd French

Writer/Director Lloyd French list of credits include the first and last Laurel & Hardy comedy. He began working for Hal Roach in 1919 before joining Warner Brothers in 1933. As head of WB's comedy department, French would work on some 240 comedies and musicals in just under a ten year span. Lloyd French was the son of California natives, Louis and Sarah French. His father worked in sales in San Francisco and later Los Angeles. By 1930 French was married and had a five year-old daughter named Patricia and a baby girl named Lois. His early death at age fifty was attributed to heart disease.