Norman Panama
Born: 1914-04-21 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 2003-01-13
Known For: Writing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman Panama (April 21, 1914 – January 13, 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. He collaborated with a former school friend, Melvin Frank, to form a writing partnership which endured for three decades. He also wrote gags for comedians such as Bob Hope's radio program and for Groucho Marx. The most famous films Panama directed were Li'l Abner (1959), the Danny Kaye film The Court Jester (1956), and Bob Hope's How to Commit Marriage (1969). He wrote Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Road to Utopia (1946), and The Court Jester, among other movies. He won an Edgar Award for A Talent for Murder (1981), a play he co-wrote with Jerome Chodorov. Panama continued to write and direct through the 1980s. He died in 2003 in Los Angeles, California from complications due to Parkinson's disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Panama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2007
- Are We Done Yet? ... (Original Film Writer)
1983
- A Talent for Murder ... (Writer)
1978
- Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today ... (Writer)
1977
- Barnaby and Me ... (Director)
1976
- I Will, I Will...For Now ... (Director)
1973
- Coffee, Tea or Me? ... (Teleplay)
1969
- How to Commit Marriage ... (Director)
- The Maltese Bippy ... (Director)
1966
- Not With My Wife, You Don't! ... (Director)
1965
- Strange Bedfellows ... (Story)
1962
- The Road to Hong Kong ... (Director)
1960
- The Facts of Life ... (Screenplay)
1959
- The Trap ... (Director)
- The Jayhawkers! ... (Producer)
- Li'l Abner ... (Writer)
1956
- That Certain Feeling ... (Director)
1955
- The Court Jester ... (Director)
1954
- White Christmas ... (Writer)
- Knock on Wood ... (Director)
1953
- Above and Beyond ... (Director)
1951
- Callaway Went Thataway ... (Writer)
- Strictly Dishonorable ... (Director)
1950
- The Reformer and the Redhead ... (Director)
1948
- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House ... (Screenplay)
- The Return of October ... (Writer)
1947
- It Had to Be You ... (Screenplay)
1946
- Road to Utopia ... (Screenplay)
- Our Hearts Were Growing Up ... (Writer)
- Monsieur Beaucaire ... (Screenplay)
1945
- Duffy's Tavern ... (Screenplay)
1944
- The Princess and the Pirate ... (Screenplay)
- And the Angels Sing ... (Screenplay)
1943
- Thank Your Lucky Stars ... (Screenplay)
- Happy Go Lucky ... (Screenplay)
1942
- Star Spangled Rhythm ... (Screenplay)
- My Favorite Blonde ... (Story)