Norman Foster

Directeur, Acteur, Scénariste, Producteur

13 décembre 1903 — 7 juillet 1976 (72 ans)
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.

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Films & Séries sur Plex

  • Dans l'Ombre de San Francisco
    Dans l'Ombre de San Francisco1950
  • Bat Masterson
    Bat Masterson3 saisons

Connue pour

  • Dans l'Ombre de San Francisco
    Dans l'Ombre de San Francisco1950
  • Davy Crockett, roi des trappeurs
    Davy Crockett, roi des trappeurs1955
  • Voyage au pays de la peur
    Voyage au pays de la peur1943
  • Rachel et l'étranger
    Rachel et l'étranger1948
  • Davy Crockett et les pirates de la rivière
    Davy Crockett et les pirates de la rivière1956
  • Batman
    Batman3 saisons
  • Le Monde merveilleux de Disney (Disneyland - Walt Disney Présente - Le Monde Merveilleux De Disney En Couleurs )
    Le Monde merveilleux de Disney (Disneyland - Walt Disney Présente - Le Monde Merveilleux De Disney En Couleurs )51 saisons
  • Zorro
    Zorro2 saisons
  • Les amants traqués
    Les amants traqués1948
  • Charlie Chan et l'Île au trésor
    Charlie Chan et l'Île au trésor1939
  • De l'autre côté du vent
    De l'autre côté du vent2018
  • Charlie Chan au Panama
    Charlie Chan au Panama1940
  • Charlie Chan à Reno
    Charlie Chan à Reno1939
  • Mr. Moto's Last Warning
    Mr. Moto's Last Warning1939
  • Signé Zorro
    Signé Zorro1958
  • L'Énigmatique M. Moto
    L'Énigmatique M. Moto1937
  • Le Serment de M. Moto
    Le Serment de M. Moto1937
  • Pas de pitié pour les maris
    Pas de pitié pour les maris1949
  • Idylle sous les toits
    Idylle sous les toits1933
  • Le Frelon vert
    Le Frelon vert1 saison

Filmographie

2018
The Other Side of the Wind · as Billy Boyle
1972
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak · as Dr. Leon Lesser
1972
Play It As It Lays · as Abortionist
1971
1970
Dan August · as Cast
1938
Mysterious Mr. Moto · as Hoodlum In Tavern
1936
I Cover Chinatown · as Eddie Barton
1936
High Tension · as Eddie Mitchell
1936
Fatal Lady · as Phillip Roberts
1935
Suicide Squad · as Larry Barker
1935
The Fire-Trap · as Bill Farnsworth
1935
The Bishop Misbehaves · as Donald Meadows
1935
Ladies Crave Excitement · as Don Phelan
1935
The Hoosier Schoolmaster · as Ralph Hartsook
1935
Behind the Green Lights · as Detective Lt. Dave Britten
1934
Strictly Dynamite · as Fleming
1934
Orient Express · as Carlton Myatt
1933
Rafter Romance · as Jack
1933
Pilgrimage · as Jim 'jimmy' Jessop (hannah's Son)
1933
1933
State Fair · as Wayne Frake
1932
Prosperity · as John Warren
1932
Strange Justice · as Wally Baker
1932
Skyscraper Souls · as Tom Shepherd
1932
Week-End Marriage · as Ken Hayes
1932
1932
Alias the Doctor · as Stephan Brenner
1932
Play Girl · as Wallace 'wally' Dennis
1932
Girl of the Rio · as Johnny Powell
1931
Confessions of a Co-Ed · as Hal Evans
1931
Up Pops the Devil · as Steve Merrick
1931
City Streets · as Shooting Gallery Patron
1931
Men Call It Love · as Jack
1931
It Pays to Advertise · as Rodney Martin
1931
No Limit · as Douglas Thayer
1931
Under Eighteen · as Alf
1930
Young Man of Manhattan · as Toby Mclean
1929
Gentlemen of the Press · as Ted Hanley

1966
1965
Indian Paint · as Screenplay
1958
The Sign of Zorro · as Screenplay
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
Sombrero · as Screenplay
1952
1952
1950
Woman on the Run · as ScreenplaySur Plex
1950
1943
It's All True · as Screenplay
1939
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation · as Screenplay
1938
Mr. Moto's Last Warning · as Screenplay
1938
Mysterious Mr. Moto · as Screenplay
1937
Thank You, Mr. Moto · as Screenplay
1937
1937
Fair Warning · as Screenplay

2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead · as Self (archive Footage)
1965
1954
Disneyland · as Self

1962
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates · as Associate Producer
1954
Disneyland · as Associate Producer

1962
1953
The Loretta Young Show · as Written By
1949
La casa embrujada · as Original Story
1946
1940
High School · as Fill-In Director
1939
20,000 Men a Year · as Assistant Director
1938
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance · as Original Story