Elliott Nugent

Birthday:: 09/20/1896
Place of birth:: Dover, Ohio, USA:
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

Credits

	My Girl Tisa (1948)
	Stage Door Canteen (1943) as Elliott Nugent
	Strictly Dynamite (1934) as Program Director (uncredited)
	Three Cornered Moon (1933) as Mr. Stokes (uncredited)
	The Last Flight (1931) as Francis
	Virtuous Husband (1931) as Daniel Curtis
	For the Love o' Lil (1930) as Sandy Jenkins
	Romance (1930) as Harry
	The Unholy Three (1930) as Hector McDonald
	The Sins of the Children (1930) as Johnnie
	Not So Dumb (1930) as Gordon
	So This Is College (1929) as Eddie
	Wise Girls (1929) as Kempy
	The Single Standard (1929) as Party Boy (uncredited)
	So This is Eden (1927) as Jim

	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 Director
	Welcome Stranger Director
	My Favorite Brunette Director
	Up in Arms Director
	The Crystal Ball Director
	The Male Animal 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 Director
	Two Alone Director
	If I Were Free Director
	Three Cornered Moon Director
	Whistling in the Dark Director
	Whistling in the Dark Screenplay
	Life Begins Co-Director
	The Mouthpiece Director
	Local Boy Makes Good Theatre Play
	The Unholy Three Writer
	The Sins of the Children Story
	The Sins of the Children Writer
	Navy Blues Dialogue
	Wise Girls Original Story
	Wise Girls Producer
	Wise Girls Screenplay