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

Biography

Nugent was born on February 7, 1904, and acted in films between 1928 and 1937.''Eddie Nugent''; Allmovie
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in New York. He performed in vaudeville before he began acting in Hollywood. He also acted on radio. He has no known relation to actor/writer

Elliott Nugent Elliott Nugent (September 20, 1896 – August 9, 1980) was an American actor, playwright, writer, and film director. Life and career Nugent was born in Dover, Ohio, the son of actor J.C. Nugent. He attended Ohio State University. He successf ...

or his father

J. C. Nugent John Charles Nugent (April 6, 1868 – April 21, 1947), was an American actor, director, and screenwriter. A veteran stage performer, he appeared in 20 films between 1929 and 1943. Early life Nugent was born in Niles, Ohio, and attended R ...

though he may have acted with them.

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. Cast ...

'' (1928) - Jake Harris *''

Our Dancing Daughters ''Our Dancing Daughters'' is a 1928 American synchronized sound 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 ...

'' (1928) - Freddie *''

A Single Man ''A Single Man'' is a 2009 American historical drama film, period romantic drama film based on A Single Man (novel), the 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood. The List of directorial debuts, directorial debut of fashion designer Tom Ford, the fi ...

'' (1929) - Dickie *''

The Flying Fleet ''The Flying Fleet'' is a 1929 synchronized sound romantic drama film directed by George Hill (director), George W. Hill and starring Ramon Novarro, Ralph Graves, and Anita Page. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchr ...

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

The Duke Steps Out ''The Duke Steps Out'' is a 1929 American synchronized sound comedy-drama film directed by James Cruze and starring William Haines and Joan Crawford. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with ...

'' (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 and d ...

'' (1929) - Dave Amazon *''

Our Modern Maidens ''Our Modern Maidens'' is a 1929 American synchronized sound comedy-drama film directed by Jack Conway. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and ...

'' (1929) - Reg *'' Untamed'' (1929) - Paul *''

The Vagabond Lover ''The Vagabond Lover'' is a 1929 American pre-Code black-and-white musical comedy-drama film about a small-town boy who finds fame and romance when he joins a dance band. The film was directed by Marshall Neilan and is based on the novel of the ...

'' (1929) - Sport *''

Loose Ankles ''Loose Ankles'' is a 1930 pre-Code romantic comedy with songs, produced and released by First National Pictures, which had become a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film was directed by Ted Wilde and stars Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., L ...

'' (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 mar ...

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

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'' (1930) - Radio Engineer *'' Three Hollywood Girls'' (1931, Short) *'' Girls Demand Excitement'' (1931) - Tommy *'' Strangers May Kiss'' (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 str ...

'' (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'' (1932) - Bob Clay *'' The Honor of the Press'' (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 S ...

'' (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 *''

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'' (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 Plot Cast * Helen Chandler as Nora Marsh * Jason Robards Sr. as Jerry Raymond * E ...

'' (1933) - Patrick Gibbs Jr. *'' College Humor'' (1933) - Whistler *'' This Day and Age'' (1933) - Don Merrick *'' Dance Girl Dance'' (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 Sma ...

'' (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 and television), 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, Cagne ...

'' (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 Raymond Benedict McCarey (September 6, 1904 – December 1, 1948) was an American film director, brother of director Leo McCarey. ...

'' (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 ...

'' (1935) - Gibbs *''

Baby Face Harrington ''Baby Face Harrington'' is a 1935 American crime 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 N ...

'' (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 B ...

'' (1935) - Jake Lansing * ''

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'' (1935) - Doug Kent *'' The Old Homestead'' (1935) - Rudy Nash *''

Fighting Youth ''Fighting Youth'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Henry Johnson, Hamilton MacFadden and newspaper reporter Florabel Muir. The film stars Charles Farrell, June Martel, Andy Devine, J. Farrell MacDona ...

'' (1935) - Anthony Tonnetti *''

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'' (1935) - Jim Redfern *''

Ah, Wilderness! ''Ah, Wilderness!'' is a comedy play 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 o ...

'' (1935) - Wint Selby *'' Just My Luck'' (1935) - Vic Dunne *'' Dancing Feet'' (1936) - Jimmy Cassidy *''

Doughnuts and Society ''Doughnuts and Society'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Karen DeWolf, Robert St. Claire, Wallace MacDonald, Matt Brooks and Gertrude Orr. The film stars Louise Fazenda, Maude Eburne, Ann Rutherford, Ed ...

'' (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 pre ...

'' (1936) - Bert Munroe *'' Rio Grande Romance'' (1936) - Bob Andrews *'' Bunker Bean'' (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 oppo ...

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

Pigskin Parade ''Pigskin Parade'' is a 1936 American musical comedy film which tells the story of husband-and-wife college football coaches who convince a backwoods player to play for their team so they can go to the big game. It was written by William M. Co ...

'' (1936) - Sparks *'' Two Minutes to Play'' (1936) - Jack Gaines *'' A Man Betrayed'' (1936) - Frank Powell *''

Put on the Spot ''Rio Grande Romance'' is a 1936 American adventure 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.Man of the People Populism is a contested concept used to refer to a variety of political stances that emphasize the idea of the "common people" and often position this group in opposition to a perceived elite. It is frequently associated with anti-establishm ...

'' (1937) - Edward Spetner *''Speed to Spare'' (1937) - Larry 'Skids' Brannigan *'' Island Captives'' (1937) - Tom Willoughby

References

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