As Director
Just for You
1952
4.8
Elliott Nugent
Acting
Birth Date
September 20, 1896
Place of Birth
Dover, Ohio, USA
Date of Death
August 9, 1980
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
Complete Filmography
As Director
My Outlaw Brother
1951
5.5
As Director
The Great Gatsby
1949
5.5
As Director
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
1949
6.7
As Director
Up in Arms
1944
6.0
As Director
The Crystal Ball
1943
5.8
As Director
The Male Animal
1942
4.1
As Director
Nothing But the Truth
1941
7.1
As Director
The Cat and the Canary
1939
7.0
As Director
Enter Madame
1935
5.5
As Director
Two Alone
1934
7.0
As Director
Three Cornered Moon
1933
5.7
As Director, As Writer
Whistling in the Dark
1933
5.6
As Director
The Mouthpiece
1932
5.9
As Actor
Romance
1930
6.3