H. C. Potter
Henry Codman Potter ( born November 13, 1904 in New York City, New York, † August 31 1977 in Southampton, New York) was an American theater and film director.
Life
HC Potter was born in 1904 as the grandson of the Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States Henry Codman Potter in New York. In 1936 he completed his studies at Yale University. From 1927 to 1935 he directed numerous Broadway productions and then went to Hollywood, where he directed resulted in more than 20 films and earned a reputation as a specialist in comedies.
In 1926 he married Lucilla Annie Wylie, with whom he had three sons ( Daniel J. Potter, Robert A. Potter and Earl Wylie Potter).
In 1958 he retired from the film business and founded in New York a stage production company with Richard Meyers, where he died in 1977.