Elliott Nugent

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-09-20 (84 years old)

Deathday

1980-08-09

Place of Birth

Dover, Ohio, USA

Elliott Nugent

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 ...

Acting

1930

The Unholy Three

as Hector McDonald

1930

Romance

as Harry

1931

The Last Flight

as Francis

1929

1930

Not So Dumb

as Gordon

1929

The Single Standard

as Party Boy (uncredited)

1929

Wise Girls

as Kempy

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Elliott Nugent

1927

1930

For the Love o' Lil

as Sandy Jenkins

1934

Strictly Dynamite

as Program Director (uncredited)

1931

Virtuous Husband

as Daniel Curtis

1933

Three Cornered Moon

as Mr. Stokes (uncredited)

Production

1942

The Male Animal

as Theatre Play

1951

1930

1952

Just for You

as Director

1947

1939

1949

The Great Gatsby

as Director

1935

Enter Madame

as Director

1938

Professor Beware

as Director

1942

The Male Animal

as Director

1933

1941

1934

She Loves Me Not

as Director

1933

If I Were Free

as Director

1939

Never Say Die

as Director

1944

Up in Arms

as Director

1947

Welcome Stranger

as Director

1938

Give Me a Sailor

as Director

1933

1934

1943

The Crystal Ball

as Director

1935

College Scandal

as Director

1935

Love in Bloom

as Director

1937

It's All Yours

as Director

1934

Two Alone

as Director

1929

Navy Blues

as Dialogue

1935

Splendor

as Director

1932

The Mouthpiece

as Director

1948

My Girl Tisa

as Director

1929

Wise Girls

as Original Story

1929

Wise Girls

as Producer

1932

Life Begins

as Co-Director

1936

Wives Never Know

as Director

1933

1929

Wise Girls

as Screenplay

1931

Local Boy Makes Good

as Theatre Play

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