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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elliott Nugent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
15 movies
My Girl Tisa
1948·9.0
Stage Door Canteen
1943·6.3
Strictly Dynamite
1934·6.5
Three Cornered Moon
1933·6.0
The Last Flight
1931·6.5
Virtuous Husband
1931·8.0
For the Love o' Lil
1930·10.0
Romance
1930·6.5
The Unholy Three
1930·5.9
The Sins of the Children
1930·4.7
Not So Dumb
1930·5.4
So This Is College
1929·4.7
Wise Girls
1929·5.4
The Single Standard
1929·5.9
So This is Eden
1927·0.0