1903-12-13 ( 121 years old ) in Richmond, Indiana, USA
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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Movies
The Other Side of the Wind
2018-11-02
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018-08-31
Woman in the Rain
1976-09-01
Double Solitaire
1974-01-16
Play It as It Lays
1972-10-19
The Disneyland Story
1954-10-27
Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938-09-17
I Cover Chinatown
1936-10-01
High Tension
1936-07-10
Fatal Lady
1936-05-15
Everybody's Old Man
1936-03-20
The Leavenworth Case
1936-01-20
Suicide Squad
1935-12-02
The Fire-Trap
1935-11-26
Escape from Devil's Island
1935-11-24
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935-09-13
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935-06-21
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935-05-14
Behind the Green Lights
1935-03-11
Behind the Evidence
1935-01-08
Elinor Norton
1934-11-02
Strictly Dynamite
1934-05-11
Orient Express
1934-02-28
Walls of Gold
1933-10-21
Rafter Romance
1933-09-01
Pilgrimage
1933-07-12
Professional Sweetheart
1933-06-09
State Fair
1933-02-10
Prosperity
1932-11-18
Strange Justice
1932-10-07
Skyscraper Souls
1932-07-16
Week-End Marriage
1932-06-18
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932-03-27
Steady Company
1932-03-13
Play Girl
1932-03-12
Alias the Doctor
1932-02-25
Girl of the Rio
1932-01-15
Under Eighteen
1932-01-02
Reckless Living
1931-10-20
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931-07-11
Up Pops the Devil
1931-05-19
Men Call It Love
1931-03-14
It Pays to Advertise
1931-02-18
No Limit
1931-01-15
Young Man of Manhattan
1930-04-19
Love at First Sight
1929-12-15
Gentlemen of the Press
1929-05-04
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