
Elliott Nugent
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday20 September 1896
Died9 August 1980 (age 83)
Place of birthDover, Ohio, USA
Known credits46
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…

Just for You
1952 · Director

She's Working Her Way Through College
1952 · Theatre Play

My Outlaw Brother
1951 · Director

The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950 · Director

The Great Gatsby
1949 · Director

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
1949 · Director

My Girl Tisa
1948

My Girl Tisa
1948 · Director

Welcome Stranger
1947 · Director

My Favorite Brunette
1947 · Director

Up in Arms
1944 · Director

Stage Door Canteen
1943 · Elliott Nugent

The Crystal Ball
1943 · Director

The Male Animal
1942 · Theatre Play

The Male Animal
1942 · Director

Nothing but the Truth
1941 · Director

The Cat and the Canary
1939 · Director

Never Say Die
1939 · Director

Give Me a Sailor
1938 · Director

Professor Beware
1938 · Director

It's All Yours
1937 · Director

Wives Never Know
1936 · Director

And So They Were Married
1936 · Director

Splendor
1935 · Director

College Scandal
1935 · Director

Love in Bloom
1935 · Director

Enter Madame
1935 · Director

She Loves Me Not
1934 · Director

Strictly Dynamite
1934 · Program Director (uncredited)

Strictly Dynamite
1934 · Director

Two Alone
1934 · Director

If I Were Free
1933 · Director

Three Cornered Moon
1933 · Mr. Stokes (uncredited)

Three Cornered Moon
1933 · Director

Whistling in the Dark
1933 · Director

Whistling in the Dark
1933 · Screenplay

Life Begins
1932 · Co-Director

The Mouthpiece
1932 · Director

Local Boy Makes Good
1931 · Theatre Play

The Last Flight
1931 · Francis

Virtuous Husband
1931 · Daniel Curtis

For the Love o' Lil
1930 · Sandy Jenkins

Romance
1930 · Harry

The Unholy Three
1930 · Hector McDonald

The Unholy Three
1930 · Writer

The Sins of the Children
1930 · Johnnie

The Sins of the Children
1930 · Story

The Sins of the Children
1930 · Writer
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