Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 20, 1896
Died
Aug 09, 1980
Place of Birth
Dover, Ohio, USA
Credits
46 titles
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 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
Known For
Filmography
Just for You
Director
She's Working Her Way Through College
Theatre Play
My Outlaw Brother
Director
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Director
The Great Gatsby
Director
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Director
My Girl Tisa
Welcome Stranger
Director
My Favorite Brunette
Director
Up in Arms
Director
Stage Door Canteen
Elliott Nugent
The Crystal Ball
Director
The Male Animal
Theatre Play
Nothing but the Truth
Director
The Cat and the Canary
Director
Never Say Die
Director
Give Me a Sailor
Director
Professor Beware
Director
It's All Yours
Director
Wives Never Know
Director
And So They Were Married
Director
Splendor
Director
College Scandal
Director
Love in Bloom
Director
Enter Madame
Director
She Loves Me Not
Director
Strictly Dynamite
Program Director (uncredited)
Two Alone
Director
If I Were Free
Director
Three Cornered Moon
Mr. Stokes (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
Director
Life Begins
Co-Director
The Mouthpiece
Director
Local Boy Makes Good
Theatre Play
The Last Flight
Francis
Virtuous Husband
Daniel Curtis
For the Love o' Lil
Sandy Jenkins
Romance
Harry
The Unholy Three
Hector McDonald
The Sins of the Children
Johnnie
Not So Dumb
Gordon
Navy Blues
Dialogue
So This Is College
Eddie
Wise Girls
Kempy
The Single Standard
Party Boy (uncredited)
So This is Eden
Jim