Actor

Elliott Nugent

Directing

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Movies: 46Series: 0Crew credits: 37

TMDB ID: 89914

IMDb ID: nm0637790

Known for: Directing

Born: September 20, 1896

Died: August 9, 1980

Age: 83

Place of birth: Dover, Ohio, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1927 - 1952

Years active: 26

Average TMDB rating: 6.12

Wikidata: Q1332362

Also known as

Elliot Nugent • Elliott John Nugent

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Director (29)Theatre Play (3)Co-Director (1)Dialogue (1)Original Story (1)Story (1)Writer (1)

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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.