Neil S. McCarthy
| Neil S. McCarthy | |
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| Born |
Neil Steere McCarthy May 6, 1888 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Died | July 25, 1972 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Residence | Beverly Hills & Hidden Valley, California |
| Education | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Racehorse owner/breeder |
| Spouse(s) | 1) Marguerite Gilbert 2) Mary Belch Myers |
| Children | of Marguerite: Marjorie Ellen (1913-1998) Rosemary Elizabeth Kathleen Cecilia Neil Dillon (1917-1998) |
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Neil Steere McCarthy (May 6, 1888 – July 25, 1972) was an American corporate and film industry lawyer, and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder.
A third-generation Los Angeles native, he graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in law. For about seventeen years, McCarthy was associated with businessman Howard Hughes as his attorney and was a vice president in the Hughes organization during World War II. McCarthy set up practice in Los Angeles where he rose to fame as an attorney for many in the film industry. Among his clients were Paramount Pictures and well-known personalities such as producer Cecil B. DeMille, MGM Studios boss Louis B. Mayer, and actors Ginger Rogers, Joan Bennett, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, and Ava Gardner.
Neil McCarthy and his wife Marguerite had four children. A daughter, Marjorie, married Dennis J. Gless and were the parents of actress, Sharon Gless. She sought her grandfather's advice and he told her: "It's a filthy business. You stay out of it" but a few years later when she spoke to him again about acting, he encouraged her, and gave her money for acting class. Another daughter, Rosemary, married Dr. John A. E. Bullis. In 1975, Rosemary Bullis was awarded a Silver Cup for Outstanding Achievement by the Los Angeles Times as one of its ten "Women of the Year." In 1966 Marguerite McCarthy died and in 1969 Neil McCarthy remarried to artist Mary Beich Myers.
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