J.P. McCarthy - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

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1916 - 1946

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March 17, 1885 in San Francisco, CA

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September 4, 1962 in Pasadena, CA

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by Hal Erickson biography

John P. McCarthy entered films circa 1916 as an actor and assistant director. McCarthy spent the 1920s as writer/director of romantic dramas and "outdoors" pictures. On at least one occasion 1930's God's Country and the Man--he functioned as producer. During the 1930s, McCarthy helmed such westerns as Headin' North (1930) and such fast-paced melodramas as Conspiracy (1939). Absent from films for a brief period in the early 1940s, John P. McCarthy returned to directing in 1942, specializing in westerns until his retirement in 1945.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
Under Arizona Skies Screen Story	1946
The Cisco Kid Returns Director	1945
Marked Trails Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter	1944
Raiders of the Border Director	1944
The Daring Adventurer Director	1944
Conspiracy Screen Story	1939
The Return of Carol Deane Director	1938
Song of the Gringo Director, Screenwriter	1936
The Lion Man Director	1936
Law of the 45's Director	1935
Lawless Border Director	1935
The Return of Casey Jones Director, Screenwriter	1934
Crashing Broadway Director	1933
Fighting Champ Director	1933
Lucky Larrigan Director	1933
The Gallant Fool Screen Story	1933
Trailing North Director	1933
Beyond the Rockies Screenwriter	1932
The Forty-Niners Director	1932
The Man from New Mexico Director	1932
Western Code Director	1932
At the Ridge Director	1931
Cavalier of the West Director, Screenwriter	1931
God's Country and the Man Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1931
Mother and Son Director	1931
Rider of the Plains Director	1931
Ships of Hate Director	1931
The Nevada Buckaroo Director	1931
The Ridin' Fool Director	1931
The Sunrise Trail Director	1931
Headin' North Director, Screenwriter	1930
Oklahoma Cyclone Director, Screen Story	1930
The Land of Missing Men Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter	1930
The Vagabond King Screen Story	1930
The Eternal Woman Director	1929
Diamond Handcuffs Director	1928
Becky Director	1927
His Foreign Wife Director	1927
The Lovelorn Director	1927
Vanishing Hoofs Director	1926
Brand of Cowardice Director, Screen Story	1925
Hurricane Hal Director	1925
Shadows of Conscience Director, Screenwriter	1921
Out of the Dust Director, Screenwriter	1920
Flirting with Fate Actor	1916

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