Edward James Nugent (February 7, 1904 – January 3, 1995) was an American film and stage actor.

Biography

Born in 1904 in

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, Nugent appeared in more than 80 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

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. As a child, he sang with the

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. He died in

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Selected filmography

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The Man in Hobbles ''The Man in Hobbles'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring John Harron, Lila Lee and Lucien Littlefield.Babington & Barr p.133 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hervey Libbert. Ca ...

'' (1928) - Jake Harris *'' Our Dancing Daughters'' (1928) - Freddie *''

A Single Man ''A Single Man'' is a 2009 American period romantic drama film based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood. The directorial debut of fashion designer Tom Ford, the film stars Colin Firth, who was nominated for the Academy ...

'' (1929) - Dickie *'' The Flying Fleet'' (1929) - Midshipman Dizzy (uncredited) *'' The Bellamy Trial'' (1929) - Reporter *''

The Duke Steps Out ''The Duke Steps Out'' is a 1929 American silent comedy-drama film directed by James Cruze and starring William Haines and Joan Crawford. The film is lost, but the Vitaphone sound discs track of music and sound effects survive in the UCLA Film ...

'' (1929) - Tommy Wells *''

The Girl in the Show ''The Girl in the Show'' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Edgar Selwyn and written by Edgar Selwyn and Joseph Farnham. The film stars Bessie Love, Raymond Hackett, Edward Nugent, Mary Doran, and Jed Prouty. The film was produced an ...

'' (1929) - Dave Amazon *'' Our Modern Maidens'' (1929) - Reg *'' Untamed'' (1929) - Paul *'' The Vagabond Lover'' (1929) - Sport *'' Loose Ankles'' (1930) - Andy Martin *''

Clancy in Wall Street ''Clancy in Wall Street'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film. It stars Charles Murray, who had made a number of films for Edward Small. It was also known as ''Clancy Caught Short'' and was described as the first comedy about the stock mark ...

'' (1930) - Donald MacIntosh *'' Bright Lights'' (1930) - 'Windy' Jones *''

War Nurse War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular ...

'' (1930) - Frank *''

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'' (1930) - Radio Engineer *''

Three Hollywood Girls ''Three Hollywood Girls'' is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle (billed as William Goodrich) and starring Leota Lane. Cast * Leota Lane * Edward J. Nugent * Florence Oberle * Phyllis Crane * Rita Flynn * Ford West ...

'' (1931, Short) *''

Girls Demand Excitement ''Girls Demand Excitement'' is a 1931 film starring Virginia Cherrill, John Wayne, and Marguerite Churchill. Wayne and Churchill had starred in the widescreen Western epic ''The Big Trail'' the previous year. The movie was written by Harlan Th ...

'' (1931) - Tommy *''

Strangers May Kiss ''Strangers May Kiss'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and noncredit-directed by George Fitzmaurice. The movie stars Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery and Neil Hamilton. The movie was an adap ...

'' (1931) - 2nd Admirer (uncredited) *'' Crashing Hollywood'' (1931, Short) *'' Shipmates'' (1931) - What-Ho *'' Young Sinners'' (1931) - Bud *''

Up Pops the Devil ''Up Pops the Devil'' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. The screenplay concerns an advertising man (Norman Foster) who quits his job to become a novelist, upsetting his wife ( Carole Lombard) and s ...

'' (1931) - George Kent *'' Night Nurse'' (1931) - Eagan *''

The Star Witness ''The Star Witness'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by William A. Wellman. The film stars Walter Huston, Frances Starr, Grant Mitchell, and Chic Sale. ''The Star Witness'' wa ...

'' (1931) - Jackie Leeds *''

Bought! ''Bought'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film produced and released by Warner Bros. and directed by Archie Mayo. The movie stars Constance Bennett and features Ben Lyon, Richard Bennett and Dorothy Peterson. It is based on the 1930 novel ' ...

'' (1931) - Minor Role (uncredited) *''

Local Boy Makes Good ''Local Boy Makes Good'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and written by Robert Lord, Raymond Griffith and Ray Enright. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Hall, Edward Woods, Edward Nugent and Wad ...

'' (1931) - Wally Pierce *''

A Fool's Advice ''A Fool's Advice'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Ralph Ceder. The film is also known as ''His Honor the Mayor'' (American alternative title) and ''Meet the Mayor'' (American reissue title). It was produced by its star, Frank Fay ...

'' (1932) - Steve *''

Behind Stone Walls ''Behind Stone Walls'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Edward J. Nugent, Priscilla Dean and Ann Christy.Pitts p.238 Cast *Edward J. Nugent as Bob Clay *Priscilla Dean as Esther Clay, DA John Manson C ...

'' (1932) - Bob Clay *''

The Honor of the Press ''The Honor of the Press'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Edward J. Nugent, Rita La Roy and Dorothy Gulliver.Pitts p.329 It was produced as a second feature for release by Mayfair Pictures. The fil ...

'' (1932) - Daniel E. Greely *''

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'' (1932) - Henry - Band Member *''

Men Are Such Fools ''Men are Such Fools'' is a 1938 American romantic comedy directed by Busby Berkeley and written by Norman Reilly Raine and Horace Jackson. The film stars Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Hugh Herbert, Johnnie Davis, and Penny Sin ...

'' (1932) - Eddie Martin *''

The Past of Mary Holmes ''The Past of Mary Holmes'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film, directed by Harlan Thompson and Slavko Vorkapich, and released by RKO. The film is a remake of the silent film ''The Goose Woman'' (1925), which is based on a short story by Re ...

'' (1933) - Flanagan *'' 42nd Street'' (1933) - Terry *''

The Girl in 419 ''The Girl in 419'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes and written by Allen Rivkin, Manuel Seff and P.J. Wolfson. The film stars James Dunn, Gloria Stuart, David Manners, William Harrigan, ...

'' (1933) - Interne (uncredited) * ''

Dance Hall Hostess ''Dance Hall Hostess'' is a 1933 American drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Helen Chandler, Jason Robards Sr. and Alberta Vaughn.Fetrow p.135 Cast * Helen Chandler as Nora Marsh * Jason Robards Sr. as Jerry Raymond * Edward ...

'' (1933) - Patrick Gibbs Jr. *'' College Humor'' (1933) - Whistler *''

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'' (1933) - Don Merrick *''

Dance Girl Dance ''Dance Girl Dance'' is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Frank Strayer from an original screenplay by Robert Ellis. The picture stars Alan Dinehart, Evalyn Knapp, and Edward Nugent, and premiered on September 1, 1933. Cast ...

'' (1933) - Joe Pitt *''

Beauty for Sale ''Beauty for Sale'' is a 1933 American pre-Code film about the romantic entanglements of three beauty salon employees. Based on the 1933 novel ''Beauty'' by Faith Baldwin, it stars Madge Evans, Alice Brady, Otto Kruger and Una Merkel. Plot Smal ...

'' (1933) - Bill Merrick *''

This Side of Heaven ''This Side of Heaven'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by William K. Howard, written by Zelda Sears, Eve Greene, Edgar Allan Woolf and Florence Ryerson, and starring Lionel Barrymore, Fay Bainter, Mae Clarke, Tom Brown and Una ...

'' (1934) - Vance *'' She Loves Me Not'' (1934) - Buzz Jones *''No Ransom'' (1934) - Eddie Winfield *'' A Girl of the Limberlost'' (1934) - Phillip Ammon *''

Lost in the Stratosphere ''Lost in the Stratosphere'' is a 1934 American aviation drama film directed by Melville W. Brown and starring William Cagney, Edward J. Nugent, and June Collyer. In one of his few roles in front of the cameras, Cagney was the lookalike younger ...

'' (1934) - Lt. Richard 'Woody' Wood *''

Girl o' My Dreams ''Girl o' My Dreams'' (a.k.a. ''Love Race'') is a 1934 American college comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and featuring Sterling Holloway and Lon Chaney Jr. Plot summary Larry Haines ( Edward J. Nugent) is the school's track champion. The � ...

'' (1934) - Larry Haines *'' Men in White'' (1934) - (scenes deleted) *''

Lottery Lover ''Lottery Lover'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Franz Schulz and Billy Wilder. The film stars Lew Ayres, Pat Paterson, Peggy Fears, Sterling Holloway, Walter Woolf King and Alan Dinehart. The film wa ...

'' (1935) - Gibbs *''

Baby Face Harrington ''Baby Face Harrington'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh and written by Nunnally Johnson, Edwin H. Knopf and Charles Lederer. The film stars Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, Harvey Stephens, Eugene Pallette and Nat Pendl ...

'' (1935) - Albert *'' Kentucky Blue Streak'' (1935) - Martin Marion *''

College Scandal ''College Scandal'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent and written by Frank Partos, Charles Brackett and Marguerite Roberts. The film stars Arline Judge, Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, William Frawley, Benny Baker, William Ben ...

'' (1935) - Jake Lansing * '' Skybound'' (1935) - Doug Kent *'' The Old Homestead'' (1935) - Rudy Nash *'' Fighting Youth'' (1935) - Anthony Tonnetti *''

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'' (1935) - Jim Redfern *''

Ah, Wilderness! ''Ah, Wilderness!'' is a comedy by American playwright Eugene O'Neill that premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on October 2, 1933. It differs from a typical O'Neill play in its happy ending for the central character, and depiction of a ...

'' (1935) - Wint Selby *'' Just My Luck'' (1935) - Vic Dunne *'' Dancing Feet'' (1936) - Jimmy Cassidy *'' Doughnuts and Society'' (1936) - Jerry Flannagan *''

The Harvester ''The Harvester'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Homer Croy, Robert Lee Johnson, Elizabeth Meehan and Gertrude Orr. It is based on the 1911 novel ''The Harvester'' by Gene Stratton-Porter, which had prev ...

'' (1936) - Bert Munroe *''

Rio Grande Romance ''Rio Grande Romance'' is a 1936 American film directed by Robert F. Hill It was one of the few non-Westerns from Sam Katzman's Victory Studios. It was also known as Put on the Spot.Bunker Bean ''Bunker Bean'' is a 1936 American black-and-white comedy film adapted from a novel by Harry Leon Wilson and the subsequent play adapted by Lee Wilson Dodd. It was directed by William Hamilton and Edward Killy, produced by William Sistrom, and s ...

'' (1936) - Mr. Glab *''

Prison Shadows ''Prison Shadows'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Edward J. Nugent, Lucille Lund and Joan Barclay.Pitts p.440 Plot Gene Harris, a prizefighter, is sentenced to five years in prison after killing an opp ...

'' (1936) - Gene Harris *'' The Big Game'' (1936) - Drunk (uncredited) *'' Pigskin Parade'' (1936) - Sparks *''

Two Minutes to Play ''Two Minutes to Play'' is a 1936 American sports comedy film directed by Robert F. Hill. Martin Granville (Brix), the son of a disgraced college football player, enrolls in his father's college and joins the football team after being charmed i ...

'' (1936) - Jack Gaines *'' A Man Betrayed'' (1936) - Frank Powell *'' Put on the Spot'' (1936) - Bob Andrews (archive footage) *'' Man of the People'' (1937) - Edward Spetner *''Speed to Spare'' (1937) - Larry 'Skids' Brannigan *''

Island Captives ''Island Captives'' is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Paul Kerschner and written by Al Martin. The film stars Edward Nugent, Joan Barclay, Henry Brandon, Charles King, Forrest Taylor and Carmen Laroux. The film was released on July ...

'' (1937) - Tom Willoughby

References

External links

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