George Abbott

American writer and director (1887-1995)

0.17body-of-work score · ranked #2249 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
June 25, 1887 · Forestville
Died
January 31, 1995 · Miami Beach
Nationality
United States
Work
actor, film director, playwright, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of George Abbott
Theatre Magazine Company; Wide World, photographer · Public domain

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.

  1. 1

    1958 · United States · musical

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation

Complete filmography

All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1918The Impostor
  • 1929Half Way to Heaven
  • 1929The Carnival Man
  • 1929Why Bring That Up?
  • 1930Manslaughter
  • 1930The Sea God
  • 1931My Sin
  • 1931Secrets of a Secretary
  • 1931Stolen Heaven
  • 1931The Cheat
  • 1940Too Many Girls
  • 1957The Pajama Game
  • 1958Damn Yankees