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Elliott Nugent

​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


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Born:
Sep 20, 1896 In Dover, Ohio, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
15
First Appeared:
In the movie So This is Eden 1927-01-01
Latest Project:
Series Tony Awards 1956-04-01
Known For
Poster of For the Love o' Lil
Poster of Not So Dumb
Poster of So This Is College
Poster of So This is Eden
Filmography
Series Tony Awards Presenter 1956-04-01
Movie My Girl Tisa 1948-02-07
Movie Stage Door Canteen Elliott Nugent 1943-06-24
Movie Strictly Dynamite Program Director (uncredited) 1934-05-11
Movie The Last Flight Francis 1931-08-29
Movie Virtuous Husband Daniel Curtis 1931-04-12
Movie The Sins of the Children Johnnie 1930-06-27
Movie Not So Dumb Gordon 1930-02-02
Movie Romance Harry 1930-08-20
Movie The Unholy Three Hector McDonald 1930-07-12
Movie For the Love o' Lil Sandy Jenkins 1930-08-29
Movie The Single Standard Party Boy (uncredited) 1929-07-27
Movie So This Is College Eddie 1929-11-08
Movie Wise Girls Kempy 1929-09-21
Movie So This is Eden Jim 1927-01-01