Robert Zigler Leonard (October 7, 1889 – August 27, 1968) was an American film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for The Divorcee and The Great Ziegfeld.

Known by his nickname Pop, Leonard was brought in late by MGM as a reliable director who could get its Pride and Prejudice (1940), starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, onto the big screen.

[1] One of the more unusual credits in his filmography is the film noir thriller The Bribe (1949) with its sleazy settings, slippery characters, and steamy atmosphere.

[2] He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, near his wife Gertrude Olmstead.