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{{short description|American actor, playwright, writer, and film director}}
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[[Image:Elliot Nugent.jpg|thumb|right|185px|Elliot Nugent in a 1947 publicity photo]]
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'''Elliott Nugent''' (September 20, 1896 in [[Dover, Ohio]] – August 9, 1980 in [[New York City]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor]], [[playwright]], writer, and [[film director]].▼
| name = Elliott Nugent
| image = Elliot Nugent.jpg
| caption = Nugent in a 1947 publicity photo
| birth_date = September 20, 1896
| birth_place = Dover, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date = August 9, 1980 (aged 83)
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| spouse = Norma Lee (1921–1980; his death) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/13377|title=Wise Girls (1929)|website=American Film Institute Catalog}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Nugent |first=Elliott |author-link=Elliott_Nugent |date=1965 |title=Events Leading Up to the Comedy: An Autobiography by Elliott Nugent |location=New York |publisher=Trident |page=100}}</ref>
| parents = [[J. C. Nugent]] (father)
}}
 
▲'''Elliott Nugent''' (September 20, 1896 in [[Dover, Ohio]] &ndash; August 9, 1980)<ref>{{Cite inweb|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elliott-Nugent|title=Elliott [[NewNugent|website=Encyclopedia York City]])Britannica}}</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[actor]], [[playwright]], writer, and [[film director]].
 
==Biography==
Nugent was born in [[Dover, Ohio]], the son of actor [[J.C. Nugent]].<ref name="von">{{cite book|last1=Cullen|first1=Frank|last2=Hackman|first2=Florence|last3=McNeilly|first3=Donald|title=Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America|date=2007|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780415938532|page=838|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFnfnKg6BcAC&q=%22Elliott+Nugent%22+actor&pg=PA838|access-date=13 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> He attended [[Ohio State University]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1927-01-31 |title=Finis |language=en-US |work=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,729904,00.html |access-date=2023-01-15 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref> He successfully made the transition from [[silent film]] to [[sound film|sound]]. He directed ''[[The Cat and the Canary (1939 film)|The Cat and the Canary]]'' (1939), starring [[Bob Hope]] and [[Paulette Goddard]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-cat-and-the-canary-v86824|title=The Cat and the Canary (1939) - Elliott Nugent &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He also directed the Hope films ''[[Never Say Die (1939 film)|Never Say Die]]'' (1939) and ''[[My Favorite Brunette]]'' (1947).<ref name="imdb">{{IMDbCite nameweb|0637790url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/142604%7C46867/Elliott-Nugent/|title=Overview for Elliott Nugent|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>
 
Nugent was a college classmate (and lifelong friend) of fellow Ohioan [[James Thurber]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/elliott-nugent-p104739|title=Elliott Nugent &#124; Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos|website=AllMovie}}</ref> Together, they wrote the [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] play ''The Male Animal'' (1940)<ref name="von" /> 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]]. <ref>{{citationCite neededweb|dateurl=Octoberhttp://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2579/The-Male-Animal/|title=The 2014Male Animal (1942) - Overview - TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>
 
Nugent was the brother-in-law of actor [[Alan Bunce (actor)|Alan Bunce]] of ''[[Ethel and Albert]]'' fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/142604%7C46867/Elliott-Nugent/family.html|title=Family for Elliott Nugent|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>
 
He died in his sleep at his [[New York City|New York]] home.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Elliott Nugent, 83, Actor-Writer, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/11/archives/elliott-nugent-83-actorwriter-dies-the-male-animal-his-biggest-hit.html |url-access=subscription |work=The New York Times |date=1980-08-11 |access-date=2021-06-24}}</ref> His papers are archived at the New York Public Library.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=archives.nypl.org -- Elliott Nugent papers |url=https://archives.nypl.org/the/21874#descriptive_identity |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=archives.nypl.org}}</ref>
 
== Partial list of stage works ==
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* ''The Poor Nut'' (1925)
* ''The Male Animal'' (1940)
* ''Tomorrow the World'' (1943)
* ''Voice of the Turtle'' (1945)
 
==Partial filmography==
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* ''[[Wise GirlsHeadlines (19291925 film)|Wise GirlsHeadlines]]'' (19291925) - Roger Hillman
* ''[[SoThe ThisSingle Is CollegeStandard]]'' (1929) - Party Boy (uncredited)
* ''[[NotWise SoGirls Dumb(1929 film)|Wise Girls]]'' (19301929) - Kempy
* ''[[TheSo SinsThis ofIs the ChildrenCollege]]'' (19301929) - Eddie
* ''[[TheNot UnholySo Three (1930 film)|The Unholy ThreeDumb]]'' (1930) - Gordon
* ''[[RomanceThe (1930Sins film)|Romanceof the Children]]'' (1930) - Johnnie Wagenkampf
* ''[[The LastUnholy FlightThree (19311930 film)|The LastUnholy FlightThree]]'' (19311930) (also writer, with [[J.C. Nugent]]) - Hector
* ''[[TheRomance Mouthpiece(1930 film)|Romance]]'' (19321930) (director)- Harry
* ''[[LifeFor Beginsthe (film)|LifeLove Beginso' Lil]]'' (19321930) (co-director) Sandy Jenkins
* ''[[The Virtuous Husband]]'' (1931) - Daniel Curtis
* ''[[Whistling in the Dark (1933 film)|Whistling in the Dark]]'' (1933) (director)▼
* ''[[The Last Flight (1931 film)|The Last Flight]]'' (1931) - Francis
* ''[[Three-Cornered Moon]]'' (1933) (director)▼
* ''[[IfThe I Were FreeMouthpiece]]'' (1933)1932, (director)
* ''[[TwoLife AloneBegins (1932 film)|Life Begins]]'' (1934)1932, (co-director)
* ''[[StrictlyWhistling Dynamitein the Dark (1933 film)|Whistling in the Dark]]'' (1934)1933, (director) (unbilled)
▲* ''[[Three-Cornered Moon]]'' (1933, director) - Stock Broker (directoruncredited)
* ''[[She Loves Me Not (1934 film)|She Loves Me Not]]'' (1934) (director)▼
* ''[[EnterIf MadameI (1935Were film)|Enter MadameFree]]'' (1935)1933, (director)
* ''[[SplendorTwo (1935 film)|SplendorAlone]]'' (1935)1934, (director)
* ''[[WivesStrictly Never KnowDynamite]]'' (19361934, director) - Performer (directoruncredited) (unbilled)
* ''[[It'sShe AllLoves YoursMe Not (1934 film)|She Loves Me Not]]'' (19371934, director)
* ''[[ProfessorEnter BewareMadame (1935 film)|Enter Madame]]'' (1938)1935, (director)
* ''[[GiveSplendor Me(1935 a Sailorfilm)|Splendor]]'' (1938)1935, (director)
* ''[[Never Say Die (1939Wives film)|Never Say DieKnow]]'' (1939)1936, (director)
* ''[[TheIt's CatAll and the Canary (1939 film)|The Cat and the CanaryYours]]'' (1939)1937, (director)
* ''[[NothingThunder Butin the Truth (1941 film)|Nothing But the TruthCity]]'' (19411937) - Casey (directoruncredited)
* ''[[TheProfessor Male AnimalBeware]]'' (1942)1938, (director)
* ''[[TheGive CrystalMe Balla (film)|The Crystal BallSailor]]'' (1943)1938, (director)
* ''[[UpNever inSay ArmsDie (1939 film)|Never Say Die]]'' (1944)1939, (director)
* ''[[MyThe FavoriteCat Brunetteand the Canary (1939 film)|The Cat and the Canary]]'' (1947)1939, (director)
* ''[[WelcomeNothing StrangerBut the Truth (1941 film)|WelcomeNothing StrangerBut the Truth]]'' (1947)1941, (director)
* ''[[MyThe GirlMale TisaAnimal]]'' (1948)1942, (director)
* ''[[Mr.The BelvedereCrystal GoesBall to(film)|The Crystal CollegeBall]]'' (1949)1943, (director)
* ''[[TheStage GreatDoor GatsbyCanteen (1949 film)|TheStage GreatDoor GatsbyCanteen]]'' (19491943) (director)- Himself
* ''[[TheUp Skipperin Surprised His WifeArms]]'' (1950)1944, (director)
* ''[[My OutlawFavorite BrotherBrunette]]'' (1951)1947, (director)
* ''[[JustWelcome for YouStranger (19521947 film)|JustWelcome for YouStranger]]'' (19521947, director) - Dr. Morton (directoruncredited)
* ''[[My Girl Tisa]]'' (1948, director) - Man on Boat (uncredited)
* ''[[Mr. Belvedere Goes to College]]'' (1949, director)
▲* ''[[SheThe LovesGreat Me NotGatsby (19341949 film)|SheThe LovesGreat Me NotGatsby]]'' (1934)1949, (director)
* ''[[The Skipper Surprised His Wife]]'' (1950, director)
* ''[[My Outlaw Brother]]'' (1951, director) - Ranger Captain (uncredited)
▲* ''[[WhistlingJust infor the DarkYou (19331952 film)|WhistlingJust infor the DarkYou]]'' (1933)1952, (director)
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