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
1952
- She's Working Her Way Through College ... (Theatre Play)
- Just for You ... (Director)
1951
- My Outlaw Brother ... (Director)
1950
- The Skipper Surprised His Wife ... (Director)
1949
- The Great Gatsby ... (Director)
- Mr. Belvedere Goes to College ... (Director)
1948
1947
- Welcome Stranger ... (Director)
- My Favorite Brunette ... (Director)
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
- The Cat and the Canary ... (Director)
- Never Say Die ... (Director)
1938
- Give Me a Sailor ... (Director)
- Professor Beware ... (Director)
1937
- It's All Yours ... (Director)
1936
- Wives Never Know ... (Director)
- And So They Were Married ... (Director)
1935
- Splendor ... (Director)
- College Scandal ... (Director)
- Love in Bloom ... (Director)
- Enter Madame ... (Director)
1934
- Two Alone ... (Director)
- She Loves Me Not ... (Director)
- Strictly Dynamite as Program Director (uncredited)
1933
- Whistling in the Dark ... (Director)
- If I Were Free ... (Director)
- Three Cornered Moon as Mr. Stokes (uncredited)
1932
- Life Begins ... (Co-Director)
- The Mouthpiece ... (Director)
1931
- The Last Flight as Francis
- Local Boy Makes Good ... (Theatre Play)
- Virtuous Husband as Daniel Curtis
1930
- The Unholy Three as Hector McDonald
- Romance as Harry
- For the Love o' Lil as Sandy Jenkins
- Not So Dumb as Gordon
- The Sins of the Children as Johnnie
1929
- Navy Blues ... (Dialogue)
- So This Is College as Eddie
- The Single Standard as Party Boy (uncredited)
- Wise Girls as Kempy
1927
- So This is Eden as Jim