Elliott Nugent
American actor, playwright, writer, and film director (1896-1980)
0.17body-of-work score · ranked #2245 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- September 20, 1896 · Dover
- Died
- August 9, 1980 · New York City
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- actor, film director, screenwriter, stage actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 10.171 citation
Complete filmography
All 31 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1932Life Begins
- 1932The Mouthpiece
- 1933If I Were Free
- 1933Three-Cornered Moon
- 1933Whistling in the Dark
- 1934She Loves Me Not
- 1934Strictly Dynamite
- 1934Two Alone
- 1935College Scandal
- 1935Enter Madame
- 1935Love in Bloom
- 1935Splendor
- 1936And So They Were Married
- 1936Wives Never Know
- 1937It's All Yours
- 1938Give Me a Sailor
- 1938Professor Beware
- 1939Never Say Die
- 1939The Cat and the Canary
- 1941Nothing But the Truth
- 1942The Male Animal
- 1943The Crystal Ball
- 1944Up in Arms
- 1947My Favorite Brunette
- 1947Welcome Stranger
- 1948My Girl Tisa
- 1949The Great Gatsby
- 1950Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
- 1950The Skipper Surprised His Wife
- 1951My Outlaw Brother
- 1952Just for You