Elliott Nugent

Born: 1896-09-20 in Dover, Ohio, USA

Died: 1980-08-09

Known For: Directing

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elliott Nugent (September 20, 1896, Dover, Ohio - August 9, 1980, New York City) was an American actor, writer, and film director. He successfully made the transition from silent film to sound. He directed The Cat and the Canary (1939), starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. He also directed the Hope films Never Say Die (1939) and My Favorite Brunette (1947). Nugent was a college classmate (and lifelong friend) of fellow Ohioan James Thurber. Together, they wrote the Broadway play The Male Animal (1940) in which Nugent starred with Gene Tierney. He also directed the 1942 Warner Bros. film version of The Male Animal, starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland. Nugent's autobiography Events Leading Up to the Comedy (1965) skips over large portions of Nugent's life and work, but deals honestly with the alcoholism that largely ended his career. Nugent was the son of veteran actor J.C. Nugent who sometimes wrote or acted with Elliott. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elliott Nugent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

1944

Up in Arms ... (Director)

1943

Stage Door Canteen as Elliott Nugent
The Crystal Ball ... (Director)

1942

The Male Animal ... (Theatre Play)

1941

Nothing but the Truth ... (Director)

1939

Never Say Die ... (Director)
The Cat and the Canary ... (Director)

1938

Professor Beware ... (Director)
Give Me a Sailor ... (Director)

1937

It's All Yours ... (Director)

1936

Wives Never Know ... (Director)
And So They Were Married ... (Director)

1935

Splendor ... (Director)
College Scandal ... (Director)
Enter Madame ... (Director)
Love in Bloom ... (Director)

1934

Two Alone ... (Director)
She Loves Me Not ... (Director)
Strictly Dynamite as Program Director (uncredited)

1933

Three Cornered Moon as Mr. Stokes (uncredited)
If I Were Free ... (Director)
Whistling in the Dark ... (Director)

1932

Life Begins ... (Co-Director)
The Mouthpiece ... (Director)

1931

Virtuous Husband as Daniel Curtis
The Last Flight as Francis
Local Boy Makes Good ... (Theatre Play)

1930

Romance as Harry
The Unholy Three as Hector McDonald
The Sins of the Children as Johnnie
Not So Dumb as Gordon
For the Love o' Lil as Sandy Jenkins

1929

So This Is College as Eddie
Wise Girls as Kempy
The Single Standard as Party Boy (uncredited)
Navy Blues ... (Dialogue)

1927

So This is Eden as Jim