Elliott Nugent
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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.
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Movies (46)
Just for You
1952 · Director
She's Working Her Way Through College
1952 · Theatre Play
My Outlaw Brother
1951 · Director
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950 · Director
The Great Gatsby
1949 · Director
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
1949 · Director
My Girl Tisa
1948 · Director
Welcome Stranger
1947 · Director
My Favorite Brunette
1947 · Director
Up in Arms
1944 · Director
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · Elliott Nugent
The Crystal Ball
1943 · Director
The Male Animal
1942 · Theatre Play, Director
Nothing but the Truth
1941 · Director
The Cat and the Canary
1939 · Director
Never Say Die
1939 · Director
Give Me a Sailor
1938 · Director
Professor Beware
1938 · Director
It's All Yours
1937 · Director
Wives Never Know
1936 · Director
And So They Were Married
1936 · Director
Splendor
1935 · Director
College Scandal
1935 · Director
Love in Bloom
1935 · Director
Enter Madame
1935 · Director
She Loves Me Not
1934 · Director
Strictly Dynamite
1934 · Program Director (uncredited), Director
Two Alone
1934 · Director
If I Were Free
1933 · Director
Three Cornered Moon
1933 · Mr. Stokes (uncredited), Director
Whistling in the Dark
1933 · Director, Screenplay
Life Begins
1932 · Co-Director
The Mouthpiece
1932 · Director
Local Boy Makes Good
1931 · Theatre Play
The Last Flight
1931 · Francis
Virtuous Husband
1931 · Daniel Curtis
For the Love o' Lil
1930 · Sandy Jenkins
Romance
1930 · Harry
The Unholy Three
1930 · Hector McDonald, Writer
The Sins of the Children
1930 · Johnnie, Story, Writer
Not So Dumb
1930 · Gordon
Navy Blues
1929 · Dialogue
So This Is College
1929 · Eddie
Wise Girls
1929 · Kempy, Original Story, Producer, Screenplay
The Single Standard
1929 · Party Boy (uncredited)
So This is Eden
1927 · Jim
TV shows (0)
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