10.0
10.0
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
1955
Director
Norman Foster
Directing
Born:December 13, 1903
Died:July 7, 1976(aged 72)
Birthplace:Richmond, Indiana, USA
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CommunityBiography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Foster, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (93 movies)
8.0
8.0
The Disneyland Story
1954
7.9
7.9
Suicide Squad
1935
as Larry Barker
7.6
7.6
It's All True
1993
Director
7.4
7.4
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
Director
7.4
7.4
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
1962
Director
7.3
7.3
The Sign of Zorro
1958
Director
7.1
7.1
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca
1958
Director
7.0
7.0
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1955
Director
6.9
6.9
Pilgrimage
1933
as Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop (Hannah's son)
6.8
6.8
Charlie Chan in Panama
1940
Director
6.8
6.8
The Green Hornet
1974
Director
6.7
6.7
Woman on the Run
1950
Screenplay
6.7
6.7
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
as Billy Boyle
6.6
6.6
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939
Director
6.6
6.6
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
Rafter Romance
1933
as Jack
6.5
6.5
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
1955
Director
6.5
6.5
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948
Director
6.5
6.5
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
1954
Director
6.4
6.4
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955
Director
6.3
6.3
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
Writer
6.3
6.3
Tell It to the Judge
1949
Director
6.2
6.2
State Fair
1933
as Wayne Frake
6.2
6.2
Rachel and the Stranger
1948
Director
6.2
6.2
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939
Director
6.2
6.2
Under Eighteen
1932
as Alf
6.1
6.1
Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937
Director
6.1
6.1
Journey into Fear
1943
Director
6.0
6.0
Escape from Devil's Island
1935
as Andre Dion
6.0
6.0
Elinor Norton
1934
as Bill Foster
6.0
6.0
Behind the Green Lights
1935
as Detective Lt. Dave Britten
6.0
6.0
Fair Warning
1937
Director
6.0
6.0
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937
Writer
5.9
5.9
Play It as It Lays
1972
as Abortionist
5.9
5.9
Young Man of Manhattan
1930
as Toby McLean
5.8
5.8
Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938
Screenplay
5.8
5.8
No Limit
1931
as Douglas Thayer
5.8
5.8
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
as Hal Evans
5.8
5.8
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
1938
Director
5.7
5.7
Alias the Doctor
1932
as Stephan Brenner
5.7
5.7
Walking Down Broadway
1938
Director
5.6
5.6
El ahijado de la muerte
1946
Director
5.6
5.6
Santa
1943
Director
5.5
5.5
Viva Cisco Kid
1940
Director
5.5
5.5
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939
Screenplay
5.5
5.5
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966
Writer
5.5
5.5
Sky Full of Moon
1952
Director
5.4
5.4
High Tension
1936
as Eddie Mitchell
5.3
5.3
Strictly Dynamite
1934
as Fleming
5.3
5.3
Indian Paint
1965
Director
5.3
5.3
La Fuga
1944
Director
5.3
5.3
Skyscraper Souls
1932
as Tom Shepherd
5.2
5.2
Navajo
1952
Director
5.1
5.1
Girl of the Rio
1932
as Johnny Powell
5.0
5.0
Gentlemen of the Press
1929
as Ted Hanley
5.0
5.0
The Leavenworth Case
1936
as Detective Bob Grice
5.0
5.0
I Cover Chinatown
1936
Director
5.0
5.0
Week-End Marriage
1932
as Ken Hayes
5.0
5.0
Professional Sweetheart
1933
as Jim
5.0
5.0
The Fire-Trap
1935
as Bill Farnsworth
5.0
5.0
The Legend of Custer
1968
Director
5.0
5.0
El canto de la sirena
1948
Writer
5.0
5.0
The Hour of Truth
1945
Screenplay
4.7
4.7
It Pays to Advertise
1931
as Rodney Martin
4.7
4.7
Prosperity
1932
as John Warren
4.5
4.5
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935
as Don Phelan
4.5
4.5
Men Call It Love
1931
as Jack
4.5
4.5
Play Girl
1932
as Wallace 'Wally' Dennis
4.5
4.5
Strange Justice
1932
as Wally Baker
4.4
4.4
Up Pops the Devil
1931
as Steve Merrick
4.0
4.0
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935
as Donald Meadows
4.0
4.0
Sombrero
1953
Director
3.8
3.8
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937
as Norman Foster
3.6
3.6
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935
as Ralph Hartsook
3.0
3.0
Reckless Living
1931
as Doggie
3.0
3.0
The Deathhead Virgin
1974
Director
2.0
2.0
Behind the Evidence
1935
as Tony Sheridan
Orient Express
1934
as Carlton Myatt
Fatal Lady
1936
as Phillip Roberts
Love at First Sight
1929
Everybody's Old Man
1936
as Ronald Franklin
Woman in the Rain
1976
as Assistant Director for HighShine
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
as Maurice Cohen
Walls of Gold
1933
as Barnes Ritchie
Double Solitaire
1974
as Ernest Potter
Steady Company
1932
as Jim
As Aventuras do General Custer
1990
Director
Scotland Yard
1941
Director
Ride, Kelly, Ride
1941
Director
The Green Hornet
2005
Director
Von Drake in Spain
1962
Director
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