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Bryan Foy
Born	December 8, 1896(1896-12-08) Chicago, Illinois
Died	April 20, 1977 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California
Other name(s)	Brian W. Foy Bryan W. Foy
Occupation	Film producer Film director
Years active	1923 - 1963

Bryan Foy (8 December 1896 – 20 April 1977) was an American film producer and director. He produced 214 films between 1924 and 1963. He also directed 41 films between 1923 and 1934. He was the eldest son of the vaudeville star Eddie Foy and appeared with his father in the vaudeville act "Eddie Foy and The Seven Little Foys." He headed the B picture unit at Warner Bros. where he was known as "the keeper of the B's".^[1] He also produced the 20th Century Fox war movie Guadalcanal Diary in 1943.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack.

Selected filmography

• Lights of New York (1928)
• Queen of the Night Clubs (1929)
• Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
• Road Gang (1936)
• Love Is on the Air (1937)
• West of Shanghai (1937)
• The Invisible Menace (1938)
• Devil's Island (1939)
• Hell's Kitchen (1939)
• On Dress Parade (1939)
• The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
• Berlin Correspondent (1942)
• The Undying Monster (1942)
• Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)
• Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
• The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
• The Mad Magician (1954)
• PT-109 (1963)

Notes

External links

• Bryan Foy at the Internet Movie Database
• Bryan Foy at Find a Grave
• Bryan Foy at Allmovie