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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- 1948 · My Girl Tisa as
- 1943 · Stage Door Canteen as Elliott Nugent
- 1934 · Strictly Dynamite as Program Director (uncredited)
- 1931 · The Last Flight as Francis
- 1931 · Virtuous Husband as Daniel Curtis
- 1930 · For the Love o' Lil as Sandy Jenkins
- 1930 · Romance as Harry
- 1930 · The Unholy Three as Hector McDonald
- 1930 · The Sins of the Children as Johnnie
- 1930 · Not So Dumb as Gordon
- 1929 · So This Is College as Eddie
- 1929 · Wise Girls as Kempy
- 1929 · The Single Standard as Party Boy (uncredited)
- 1927 · So This is Eden as Jim