Edward J. Nugent
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Edward Nugent was an American film actor. He appeared in 81 films between 1928 and 1937.
He subsequently had a second acting career on Broadway. Brooklyn USA (1941), the comedy Junior Miss
(1942), and See My Lawyer (1939) were some of his best roles. His next career was as a television producer, writer and director for American Broadcasting Company
. As a child, he sang with the Metropolitan Opera
.
He was born In New York, New York and died in San Antonio, Texas
.
He subsequently had a second acting career on Broadway. Brooklyn USA (1941), the comedy Junior Miss
Junior Miss
Junior Miss is a collection of semi-autobiographical stories by Sally Benson first published in The New Yorker. Between 1929 and the end of 1941, the prolific Benson published 99 stories in The New Yorker, some under her pseudonym of Esther Evarts...
(1942), and See My Lawyer (1939) were some of his best roles. His next career was as a television producer, writer and director for American Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
. As a child, he sang with the Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
.
He was born In New York, New York and died in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
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Selected filmography
- Our Dancing DaughtersOur Dancing DaughtersOur Dancing Daughters is a 1928 MGM silent drama film starring Joan Crawford and John Mack Brown , about the "loosening of youth morals" that took place during the 1920s. The film was directed by Harry Beaumont and produced by Hunt Stromberg...
(1928) - Our Modern MaidensOur Modern MaidensOur Modern Maidens is a 1929 silent film directed by Jack Conway. Starring Joan Crawford in her last silent film role, the film also stars Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Anita Page. Our Modern Maidens is the second of three film where Crawford and Page appear together...
(1929) - UntamedUntamed (1929 film)Untamed is a 1929 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama/comedy/romance motion picture starring Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery. Others in the cast include Ernest Torrence, Holmes Herbert, Gwen Lee, and Lloyd Ingraham....
(1929) - Loose AnklesLoose AnklesLoose Ankles is a Pre-Code romantic comedy released in all-talking versions and silent versions.Warner Brothers produced and distributed the film under First National. The film was directed by Ted Wilde and starred Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Edward Nugent. This film has been shown...
(1930) - Three Hollywood GirlsThree Hollywood GirlsThree Hollywood Girls is a 1931 comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle .-Cast:* Leota Lane* Phyllis Crane* Rita Flynn* Edward J. Nugent * Ford West* Florence Oberle...
(1931) - Up Pops the DevilUp Pops the DevilUp Pops the Devil is a film about an advertising man who quits his job to become a novelist, upsetting his wife and straining their marriage. The film was directed by A...
(1931) - Star Witness (1931)
- Crashing HollywoodCrashing HollywoodCrashing Hollywood is a 1931 comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Virginia Brooks* Rita Flynn* Phyllis Crane* Edward J. Nugent - * Wilbur Mack* Walter Merrill* Bryant Washburn* George Chandler...
(1931) - Beauty for SaleBeauty for SaleBeauty for Sale is a 1933 film about the romantic entanglements of three beauty salon employees. It stars Madge Evans, Alice Brady, and Otto Kruger. It was based on the novel Beauty by Faith Baldwin.-Cast:*Madge Evans as Letty Lawson...
(1933) - 42nd Street42nd Street (film)-Cast:*Warner Baxter as Julian Marsh, director*Bebe Daniels as Dorothy Brock, star*George Brent as Pat Denning, Dorothy's old vaudeville partner*Ruby Keeler as Peggy Sawyer, the newcomer*Guy Kibbee as Abner Dillon, the show's backer...
(1933) - Men in WhiteMen in White (1934 film)Men in White is a Pre-Code film starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy, and directed by Ryszard Bolesławski. Because of the suggested illicit romance and the suggested abortion in the movie, it was frequently cut...
(1934 – scenes deleted) - Ah, Wilderness!Ah, Wilderness! (film)Ah, Wilderness! is a 1935 screen adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill play of the same name starring Wallace Beery. The movie was filmed in Grafton, Massachusetts and directed by Clarence Brown. Beery plays the drunken uncle later portrayed on Broadway by Jackie Gleason, and the film features Lionel...
(1935)