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Elliot Nugent
Elliott John Nugent
Elliott Nugent
Directing
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 al…
Filmography
Movies
My Girl Tisa
Stage Door Canteen
as Elliott Nugent
Strictly Dynamite
as Program Director (uncredited)
Three Cornered Moon
as Mr. Stokes (uncredited)
The Last Flight
as Francis
Virtuous Husband
as Daniel Curtis
Romance
as Harry
The Sins of the Children
as Johnnie
Not So Dumb
as Gordon
For the Love o' Lil
as Sandy Jenkins