Norman Panama
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-04-21 (89 years old)
Deathday
2003-01-13
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known As
Norman Kaye Panama
Norman Panama
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 ...
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1944
as Screenplay
1959
as Producer
1955
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1955
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1955
as Producer
1962
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1962
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1948
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1954
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1946
as Screenplay
1943
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1950
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1950
as Screenplay
1973
as Teleplay
1953
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1953
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1959
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1959
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1966
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1966
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1954
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1954
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1969
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1942
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1956
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1946
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1976
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1976
as Screenplay
1948
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1951
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1944
as Screenplay
1951
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1951
as Producer
1942
as Story
1977
as Director
2007
as Original Film Writer
1969
as Director
1951
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1947
as Screenplay
1951
as Director
1946
as Writer
1965
as Producer
1965
as Story
1951
as Producer
1983
as Writer
1945
as Screenplay
1960
as Screenplay
1948
as Producer
1960
as Producer
1966
as Producer
1966
as Story
1950
as Producer
1956
as Producer
1956
as Writer
1973
as Director
1959
as Producer
1954
as Producer
1959
as Writer
1959
as Producer
1943
as Screenplay
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