Elliott Nugent
Known for DirectingBorn 1896-09-20 — died 1980-08-09Dover, Ohio, USA
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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).
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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.
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Known for
Romance
1930 · as Harry
Wise Girls
1929 · as Kempy
So This Is College
1929 · as Eddie
Virtuous Husband
1931 · as Daniel Curtis
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · as Elliott Nugent
My Girl Tisa
1948
The Single Standard
1929 · as Party Boy (uncredited)
The Last Flight
1931 · as Francis
Three Cornered Moon
1933 · as Mr. Stokes (uncredited)
The Unholy Three
1930 · as Hector McDonald
Strictly Dynamite
1934 · as Program Director (uncredited)
So This is Eden
1927 · as Jim
The Sins of the Children
1930 · as Johnnie
Not So Dumb
1930 · as Gordon
For the Love o' Lil
1930 · as Sandy Jenkins