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Norman Foster‌

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Norman Foster

Richmond, Indiana, USA

Norman Foster

Richmond, Indiana, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1903-12-13

Popularity

star4.1

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Norman Foster (December 13, 1903 - July 7, 1976) was an American film director and actor. Born John Hoeffer in Richmond, Indiana, Foster originally became a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Indiana before going to New York in the hopes of getting a better newspaper job but there were no vacancies. He tried a number of theatrical agencies before getting stage work and later appeared on Broadway in the George S. Kaufman / Ring Lardner play June Moon in 1929. He has also acted in London, England. He started working in crowd scenes in films before moving to bigger parts. His film acting credits include Prosperity (1932), Pilgrimage (1933), Rafter Romance (1933) with Ginger Rogers and State Fair (1933). He has written several plays. He gave up acting in the late 1930s to pursue directing, although he occasionally appeared in movies and television programs. Some of Foster's directorial efforts include The Sign of Zorro (1958), and the stylish films noir Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948), Woman on the Run (1950) and Journey into Fear (1943). Foster directed Rachel and the Stranger and the Davy Crockett segments of Disneyland that were edited into feature films Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier and Davy Crockett and the River Pirates where he did not accept any interference from Walt Disney. In 1967, he directed Brighty of the Grand Canyon, based on a children's novel by Marguerite Henry about a burro in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The film starred Joseph Cotten, Karl Swenson, Dick Foran, and Pat Conway. It was rumored that Orson Welles took over direction of Journey Into Fear, which Welles later denied. Foster was the director of the "My Friend Bonito" segment of Orson Welles' Pan-American anthology film It's All True until RKO aborted the project. Foster directed a number of Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto mysteries, including Charlie Chan in Panama (1940), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939), Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939), Charlie Chan in Reno (1939), Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939), Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938), Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937), and Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937). Foster was married to Claudette Colbert from 1928 until their divorce in 1935. In 1937, he wed actress Sally Blane, an older sister of Loretta Young. The couple remained married until his death in 1976 from cancer in Santa Monica at the age of 75. They had two children, Robert and Gretchen. He is buried in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Foster, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Mysterious Mr. Moto‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

State Fair

State Fair‌
star6.2
calendar 1933

Skyscraper Souls

Skyscraper Souls‌
star5.6
calendar 1932

Under Eighteen

Under Eighteen‌
star6.6
calendar 1932

Behind the Green Lights

Behind the Green Lights‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Rafter Romance

Rafter Romance‌
star6.5
calendar 1933

Confessions of a Co-Ed

Confessions of a Co-Ed‌
star5.8
calendar 1931

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage‌
star6.5
calendar 1933

It Pays to Advertise

It Pays to Advertise‌
star4.7
calendar 1931

Week-End Marriage

Week-End Marriage‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

High Tension

High Tension‌
star5.4
calendar 1936

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

The Hoosier Schoolmaster‌
star4.2
calendar 1935

Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad‌
star7.9
calendar 1935

Ladies Crave Excitement

Ladies Crave Excitement‌
star4.5
calendar 1935

Reckless Living

Reckless Living‌
star3.0
calendar 1931

Strictly Dynamite

Strictly Dynamite‌
star5.3
calendar 1934

Young Man of Manhattan

Young Man of Manhattan‌
star5.2
calendar 1930

Professional Sweetheart

Professional Sweetheart‌
star5.0
calendar 1933

The Fire-Trap

The Fire-Trap‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

Girl of the Rio

Girl of the Rio‌
star5.1
calendar 1932

Play Girl

Play Girl‌
star5.2
calendar 1932

No Limit

No Limit‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

Strange Justice

Strange Justice‌
star4.5
calendar 1932

Prosperity

Prosperity‌
star4.7
calendar 1932

Alias the Doctor

Alias the Doctor‌
star5.7
calendar 1932

Steady Company

Steady Company‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Behind the Evidence

Behind the Evidence‌
star2.0
calendar 1935

I Cover Chinatown

I Cover Chinatown‌
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calendar 1936

Fatal Lady

Fatal Lady‌
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calendar 1936

Walls of Gold

Walls of Gold‌
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calendar 1933

Double Solitaire

Double Solitaire‌
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calendar 1974

Up Pops the Devil

Up Pops the Devil‌
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calendar 1931

The Leavenworth Case

The Leavenworth Case‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Orient Express

Orient Express‌
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calendar 1934

The Bishop Misbehaves

The Bishop Misbehaves‌
star4.0
calendar 1935

Men Call It Love

Men Call It Love‌
star4.5
calendar 1931

Gentlemen of the Press

Gentlemen of the Press‌
star5.0
calendar 1929

Elinor Norton

Elinor Norton‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

The Other Side of the Wind

The Other Side of the Wind‌
star6.7
calendar 2018

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead‌
star7.2
calendar 2018

Love at First Sight

Love at First Sight‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

The Love Goddesses

The Love Goddesses‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

Play It as It Lays

Play It as It Lays‌
star6.2
calendar 1972

The Disneyland Story

The Disneyland Story‌
star7.5
calendar 1954

Escape from Devil's Island

Escape from Devil's Island‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Tv Credits

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

Espionage

Espionage‌
star0.0
calendar 1963