Norman Panama
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- April 21, 1914
- Died
- January 13, 2003 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Panama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Are We Done Yet?
Movie · Original Film Writer
A Talent for Murder
Movie · Writer
Li'l Abner in Dogpatch Today
Movie · Writer
I Will, I Will...For Now
Movie · Screenplay
Coffee, Tea or Me?
Movie · Teleplay
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Strange Bedfellows
Movie · Story
The Road to Hong Kong
Movie · Writer
The Facts of Life
Movie · Writer
The Trap
Movie · Writer
Li'l Abner
Movie · Writer
That Certain Feeling
Movie · Writer
The Court Jester
Movie · Screenplay
White Christmas
Movie · Writer
Knock on Wood
Movie · Writer
Above and Beyond
Movie · Writer
Strictly Dishonorable
Movie · Writer
Callaway Went Thataway
Movie · Writer
The Reformer and the Redhead
Movie · Screenplay
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Movie · Screenplay
The Return of October
Movie · Writer
It Had to Be You
Movie · Screenplay
Road to Utopia
Movie · Screenplay
Monsieur Beaucaire
Movie · Screenplay
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Movie · Writer
Duffy's Tavern
Movie · Screenplay
The Princess and the Pirate
Movie · Screenplay
And the Angels Sing
Movie · Screenplay
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie · Screenplay
Happy Go Lucky
Movie · Screenplay
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie · Screenplay
My Favorite Blonde
Movie · Story