Elliott Nugent
Biography
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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).
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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Filmography
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