From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Norman Foster (December 13, 1903 - July 7, 1976) was an American film director and actor.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Other Side of the Wind
Character:Billy Boyle
Release Date:02/11/2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/08/2018
Woman in the Rain
Character:Assistant Director for HighShine
Release Date:01/09/1976
Double Solitaire
Character:Ernest Potter
Release Date:16/01/1974
Play It as It Lays
Character:Abortionist
Release Date:19/10/1972
The Disneyland Story
Character:
Release Date:27/10/1954
Mysterious Mr. Moto
Character:Hoodlum in Tavern
Release Date:17/09/1938
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Character:Norman Foster
Release Date:02/10/1937
I Cover Chinatown
Character:Eddie Barton
Release Date:01/10/1936
High Tension
Character:Eddie Mitchell
Release Date:10/07/1936
Fatal Lady
Character:Phillip Roberts
Release Date:15/05/1936
Everybody's Old Man
Character:Ronald Franklin
Release Date:20/03/1936
The Leavenworth Case
Character:Detective Bob Grice
Release Date:20/01/1936
Suicide Squad
Character:Larry Barker
Release Date:02/12/1935
The Fire-Trap
Character:Bill Farnsworth
Release Date:26/11/1935
Escape from Devil's Island
Character:Andre Dion
Release Date:24/11/1935
The Bishop Misbehaves
Character:Donald Meadows
Release Date:13/09/1935
Ladies Crave Excitement
Character:Don Phelan
Release Date:21/06/1935
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Character:Ralph Hartsook
Release Date:14/05/1935
Behind the Green Lights
Character:Detective Lt. Dave Britten
Release Date:11/03/1935
Behind the Evidence
Character:Tony Sheridan
Release Date:08/01/1935
Elinor Norton
Character:Bill Foster
Release Date:02/11/1934
Strictly Dynamite
Character:Fleming
Release Date:11/05/1934
Orient Express
Character:Carlton Myatt
Release Date:28/02/1934
Walls of Gold
Character:Barnes Ritchie
Release Date:21/10/1933
Rafter Romance
Character:Jack
Release Date:01/09/1933
Pilgrimage
Character:Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop (Hannah's son)
Release Date:12/07/1933
Professional Sweetheart
Character:Jim
Release Date:09/06/1933
State Fair
Character:Wayne Frake
Release Date:10/02/1933
Prosperity
Character:John Warren
Release Date:18/11/1932
Strange Justice
Character:Wally Baker
Release Date:07/10/1932
Skyscraper Souls
Character:Tom Shepherd
Release Date:16/07/1932
Week-End Marriage
Character:Ken Hayes
Release Date:18/06/1932
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Character:Maurice Cohen
Release Date:27/03/1932
Steady Company
Character:Jim
Release Date:13/03/1932
Play Girl
Character:Wallace 'Wally' Dennis
Release Date:12/03/1932
Alias the Doctor
Character:Stephan Brenner
Release Date:25/02/1932
Girl of the Rio
Character:Johnny Powell
Release Date:15/01/1932
Under Eighteen
Character:Alf
Release Date:02/01/1932
Reckless Living
Character:Doggie
Release Date:20/10/1931
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Character:Hal Evans
Release Date:11/07/1931
Up Pops the Devil
Character:Steve Merrick
Release Date:19/05/1931
Men Call It Love
Character:Jack
Release Date:14/03/1931
It Pays to Advertise
Character:Rodney Martin
Release Date:18/02/1931
No Limit
Character:Douglas Thayer
Release Date:15/01/1931
Young Man of Manhattan
Character:Toby McLean
Release Date:19/04/1930
Love at First Sight
Character:
Release Date:15/12/1929
Gentlemen of the Press
Character:Ted Hanley
Release Date:04/05/1929
Television Appearances
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