Norman Panama
Writer, Producer, Director
April 21, 1914 — January 13, 2003 (88 years)
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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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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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Known For
Filmography
| 2007 | Are We Done Yet? · as Original Film Writer |
| 1983 | |
| 1976 | I Will... I Will... For Now · as Screenplay |
| 1966 | Not with My Wife, You Don't! · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | |
| 1960 | The Facts of Life · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | Li'l AbnerOn Plex |
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| 1956 | |
| 1955 | The Court Jester · as Screenplay |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | Knock on WoodOn Plex |
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| 1951 | |
| 1950 | The Reformer and the Redhead · as Screenplay |
| 1948 | |
| 1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House · as Screenplay |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You · as Screenplay |
| 1946 | Monsieur Beaucaire · as Screenplay |
| 1946 | |
| 1945 | Road to Utopia · as Screenplay |
| 1945 | Duffy's Tavern · as Screenplay |
| 1944 | The Princess and the Pirate · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1944 | And the Angels Sing · as Screenplay |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars · as Screenplay |
| 1943 | Happy Go Lucky · as Screenplay |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm · as Screenplay |
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| 1959 | Li'l AbnerOn Plex |
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| 1954 | Knock on WoodOn Plex |
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| 1954 | Knock on WoodOn Plex |
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| 2003 | The 75th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 1950 | This Is Your Life (US) · as Self |
| 1973 | Coffee, Tea or Me? · as Teleplay |
| 1965 | Strange Bedfellows · as Story |
| 1948 | A Southern Yankee · as Story |
| 1942 | My Favorite Blonde · as Story |