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person_profile-Norman Foster

Norman Foster Died at age: 72

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Norman Foster

Date of Birth:

Dec 13, 1903

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jul 07, 1976

Biography of

Norman Foster

    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.

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Norman Foster

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Filmography of

Norman Foster

Found 43 Movies in total

The Other Side of the Wind

Billy Boyle ( Actor )

... 2018

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Double Solitaire

Ernest Potter ( Actor )

... 1974

Play It as It Lays

Abortionist ( Actor )

... 1972

The Love Goddesses

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1954

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Hoodlum in Tavern ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1938

I Cover Chinatown

Eddie Barton ( Actor )

Director

... 1936

High Tension

Eddie Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1936

Fatal Lady

Phillip Roberts ( Actor )

... 1936

Everybody's Old Man

Ronald Franklin ( Actor )

... 1936

The Leavenworth Case

Detective Bob Grice ( Actor )

... 1936

Suicide Squad

Larry Barker ( Actor )

... 1935

Escape from Devil's Island

Andre Dion ( Actor )

... 1935

The Bishop Misbehaves

Donald Meadows ( Actor )

... 1935

Ladies Crave Excitement

Don Phelan ( Actor )

... 1935

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

Ralph Hartsook ( Actor )

... 1935

Behind the Green Lights

Detective Lt. Dave Britten ( Actor )

... 1935

Elinor Norton

Bill Foster ( Actor )

... 1934

Strictly Dynamite

Fleming ( Actor )

... 1934

Orient Express

Carlton Myatt ( Actor )

... 1934

Walls of Gold

Barnes Ritchie ( Actor )

... 1933

Rafter Romance

Jack ( Actor )

... 1933

Pilgrimage

Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop (Hannah's son) ( Actor )

... 1933

Professional Sweetheart

Jim Davey ( Actor )

... 1933

State Fair

Wayne Frake ( Actor )

... 1933

Prosperity

John Warren ( Actor )

... 1932

Strange Justice

Wally Baker ( Actor )

... 1932

Skyscraper Souls

Tom Shepherd ( Actor )

... 1932

Week-End Marriage

Ken Hayes ( Actor )

... 1932

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

Maurice Cohen ( Actor )

... 1932

Steady Company

Jim ( Actor )

... 1932

Play Girl

Wallace 'Wally' Dennis ( Actor )

... 1932

Alias the Doctor

Stephan Brenner ( Actor )

... 1932

Girl of the Rio

Johnny Powell ( Actor )

... 1932

Under Eighteen

Alf ( Actor )

... 1932

Confessions of a Co-Ed

Hal Evans ( Actor )

... 1931

Up Pops the Devil

Steve Merrick ( Actor )

... 1931

Men Call It Love

Jack ( Actor )

... 1931

It Pays to Advertise

Rodney Martin ( Actor )

... 1931

No Limit

Douglas Thayer ( Actor )

... 1931

Young Man of Manhattan

Toby McLean ( Actor )

... 1930

Gentlemen of the Press

Ted Hanley ( Actor )

... 1929