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Norman Panama

Norman Panama

Actor, Writer, Director

Born April 21, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died January 13, 2003

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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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Filmography

Actor

3

Type

Year

The 75th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 75th Annual Academy Awards TV Special2003Self - Memorial Tribute

Remembering Bing Documentary1989Self

This Is Your Life Poster

This Is Your Life TV Series1952Self

Writer

33

Type

Year

Are We Done Yet? Poster

Are We Done Yet? Feature Film2007

A Talent for Murder Poster

A Talent for Murder TV Movie1984

Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today TV Movie1978

I Will... I Will... For Now Poster

I Will... I Will... For Now Feature Film1976

Coffee, Tea or Me? Poster

Coffee, Tea or Me? TV Movie1973

Not with My Wife, You Don't! Poster

Not with My Wife, You Don't! Feature Film1966

Strange Bedfellows Poster

Strange Bedfellows Feature Film1965

The Road to Hong Kong Poster

The Road to Hong Kong Feature Film1962

The Facts of Life Poster

The Facts of Life Feature Film1960

Li'l Abner Poster

Li'l Abner Feature Film1959

The Trap Poster

The Trap Feature Film1959

That Certain Feeling Poster

That Certain Feeling Feature Film1956

The Court Jester Poster

The Court Jester Feature Film1955

Knock on Wood Poster

Knock on Wood Feature Film1954

White Christmas Poster

White Christmas Feature Film1954

Above and Beyond Poster

Above and Beyond Feature Film1952

Callaway Went Thataway Poster

Callaway Went Thataway Feature Film1951

Strictly Dishonorable Poster

Strictly Dishonorable Feature Film1951

The Reformer and the Redhead Poster

The Reformer and the Redhead Feature Film1950

A Southern Yankee Poster

A Southern Yankee Feature Film1948

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Poster

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Feature Film1948

The Return of October Poster

The Return of October Feature Film1948

It Had to Be You Poster

It Had to Be You Feature Film1947

Monsieur Beaucaire Poster

Monsieur Beaucaire Feature Film1946

Our Hearts Were Growing Up Poster

Our Hearts Were Growing Up Feature Film1946

Duffy's Tavern Poster

Duffy's Tavern Feature Film1945

Road to Utopia Poster

Road to Utopia Feature Film1945

And the Angels Sing Poster

And the Angels Sing Feature Film1944

The Princess and the Pirate Poster

The Princess and the Pirate Feature Film1944

Happy Go Lucky Poster

Happy Go Lucky Feature Film1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars Poster

Thank Your Lucky Stars Feature Film1943

My Favorite Blonde Poster

My Favorite Blonde Feature Film1942

Star Spangled Rhythm Poster

Star Spangled Rhythm Feature Film1942

Director

15

Type

Year

Barnaby and Me Poster

Barnaby and Me TV Movie1979

I Will... I Will... For Now Poster

I Will... I Will... For Now Feature Film1976

Coffee, Tea or Me? Poster

Coffee, Tea or Me? TV Movie1973

How to Commit Marriage Poster

How to Commit Marriage Feature Film1969

The Maltese Bippy Poster

The Maltese Bippy Feature Film1969

Not with My Wife, You Don't! Poster

Not with My Wife, You Don't! Feature Film1966

The Road to Hong Kong Poster

The Road to Hong Kong Feature Film1962

The Trap Poster

The Trap Feature Film1959

That Certain Feeling Poster

That Certain Feeling Feature Film1956

The Court Jester Poster

The Court Jester Feature Film1955

Knock on Wood Poster

Knock on Wood Feature Film1954

Above and Beyond Poster

Above and Beyond Feature Film1952

Callaway Went Thataway Poster

Callaway Went Thataway Feature Film1951

Strictly Dishonorable Poster

Strictly Dishonorable Feature Film1951

The Reformer and the Redhead Poster

The Reformer and the Redhead Feature Film1950

Producer

14

Not with My Wife, You Don't! Poster

Not with My Wife, You Don't! Feature Film1966

Strange Bedfellows Poster

Strange Bedfellows Feature Film1965

The Facts of Life Poster

The Facts of Life Feature Film1960

Li'l Abner Poster

Li'l Abner Feature Film1959

The Jayhawkers! Poster

The Jayhawkers! Feature Film1959

The Trap Poster

The Trap Feature Film1959

That Certain Feeling Poster

That Certain Feeling Feature Film1956

The Court Jester Poster

The Court Jester Feature Film1955

Knock on Wood Poster

Knock on Wood Feature Film1954

Above and Beyond Poster

Above and Beyond Feature Film1952

Callaway Went Thataway Poster

Callaway Went Thataway Feature Film1951

Strictly Dishonorable Poster

Strictly Dishonorable Feature Film1951

The Reformer and the Redhead Poster

The Reformer and the Redhead Feature Film1950

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Poster

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Feature Film1948

2nd Unit / Asst Director

1

The Facts of Life Poster

The Facts of Life Feature Film1960

Other Crew

1

A Talent for Murder Poster

A Talent for Murder TV Movie1984

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