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

Known For: Directing

Born: Dover, Ohio, USA, 1896-09-20

Died: 1980-08-09

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1927	So This is Eden	Jim	0
2	1929	The Single Standard	Party Boy (uncredited)	62
3	1929	Wise Girls	Kempy	47
4	1929	So This Is College	Eddie	42
5	1930	Not So Dumb	Gordon	51
6	1930	The Sins of the Children	Johnnie	44
7	1930	The Unholy Three	Hector McDonald	56
8	1930	Romance	Harry	62
9	1930	For the Love o' Lil	Sandy Jenkins	0
10	1931	Virtuous Husband	Daniel Curtis	0
11	1931	The Last Flight	Francis	64
12	1933	Three Cornered Moon	Mr. Stokes (uncredited)	57
13	1934	Strictly Dynamite	Program Director (uncredited)	53
14	1943	Stage Door Canteen	Elliott Nugent	58
15	1948	My Girl Tisa		0

Elliott Nugent

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