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person_profile-Norman Panama

Norman Panama Died at age: 88

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Norman Panama

Date of Birth:

Apr 21, 1914

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 13, 2003

Biography of

Norman Panama

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Norman Panama (April 21, 1914 – January 13, 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. He collaborated with a former school friend, Melvin Frank, to form a writing partnership which endured for three decades. He also wrote gags for comedians such as Bob Hope's radio program and for Groucho Marx.

    The most famous films Panama directed were Li'l Abner (1959), the Danny Kaye film The Court Jester (1956), and Bob Hope's How to Commit Marriage (1969). He wrote Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Road to Utopia (1946), and The Court Jester, among other movies.

    He won an Edgar Award for A Talent for Murder (1981), a play he co-wrote with Jerome Chodorov.

    Panama continued to write and direct through the 1980s. He died in 2003 in Los Angeles, California from complications due to Parkinson's disease.

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Filmography of

Norman Panama

Found 15 Movies in total

... 1977

... 1976

... 1973

... 1969

... 1969

... 1966

... 1962

The Trap

Writer

... 1959

... 1956

... 1955

... 1954

... 1953

... 1951

... 1951

... 1950