Tom McNamara

Tom McNamara (May 7, 1886 – May 19, 1964) was an American film director, screenwriter and cartoonist from the 1910s to the 1940s. He is perhaps best known for his involvement as a director of several Our Gang shorts for the Hal Roach studio, and as the creator of the comic strip Us Boys in William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal.

Partial filmography

• The Gilded Lily (1921) (titles)
• The Idol of the North (1921) (titles)
• One Terrible Day (1922)
• Fire Fighters (1922)
• Young Sherlocks (1922)
• Saturday Morning (1922)
• A Quiet Street (1922)
• The Cobbler (1923)
• A Pleasant Journey (1923) (titles)
• Boys to Board (1923) (story, titles)
• Sparrows (1926) (uncredited)
• Little Orphan Annie (1932) (writer)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tom McNamara (director).

• Filmography and listing of McNamara's comics works
• Tom McNamara at IMDb
• The chapter on comics from Gilbert Seldes's "Seven Liveley Arts" which makes mention of McNamara's "Us Boys"

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