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Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-02-23 (126 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Norman Taurog

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Norman Rae Taurog (February 23, 1899 - April 7, 1981) was an American film director and screenwriter. Between 1920 and 1968, Taurog directed over 140 films, and directed Elvis Presley in more movies than any other director (nine, starting with G.I. Blues (1960)). He won the 1931 Academy Award for Best Director for the film Skippy and still holds the record as the youngest director (32) to win it. He was later nominated for Best Director for the 1938 film, Boys Town. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Norman Taurog has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1600 Vine Street.

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Known For

Acting

2004

Judy Garland: By Myself as Self - Director (archive sound)

2003

1981

This Is Elvis as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1934

1920

The Fly-Cop as Bit Part (uncredited)

Directing

1968

Speedway as Director

1967

Double Trouble as Director

1966

Spinout as Director

1962

1961

Blue Hawaii as Director
All Hands on Deck as Director

1960

G.I. Blues as Director

1959

1958

Onionhead as Director

1957

1956

Pardners as Director
Bundle of Joy as Director

1955

1954

Living It Up as Director

1953

The Caddy as Director

1952

Jumping Jacks as Director
Room for One More as Director

1951

The Stooge as Director

1949

That Midnight Kiss as Director

1948

Words and Music as Director
Big City as Director

1947

1946

The Hoodlum Saint as Director

1943

Girl Crazy as Director

1942

A Yank at Eton as Director

1941

Men of Boys Town as Director
Design for Scandal as Director

1940

Young Tom Edison as Director

1939

Lucky Night as Director

1938

Boys Town as Director
Mad About Music as Director

1936

Strike Me Pink as Director
Reunion as Director

1933

A Bedtime Story as Director
The Way to Love as Director

1932

Hold 'Em Jail as Director
If I Had a Million as Director

1931

Skippy as Director
Cab Waiting as Director
It Might Be Worse as Director
Finn and Hattie as Director
Huckleberry Finn as Director
Newly Rich as Director
Sooky as Director

1930

Meet the Boyfriend as Director
Plastered as Director
Song Service as Director
Hot Curves as Director
Sunny Skies as Director
Troopers Three as Director
Follow the Leader as Director

1929

In Holland as Director
Lucky Boy as Director

1928

Blazing Away as Director
A Home Made Man as Director

1927

Papa's Boy as Director
Howdy Duke as Director
Somebody's Fault as Director
Breezing Along as Director
The Draw-Back as Director
Drama Deluxe as Director

1926

Move Along as Director
Nobody's Business as Director
Movieland as Director
Creeps as Director
Honest Injun as Director
Careful Please as Director

1925

The Cloudhopper as Director
Below Zero as Director
Cheap Skates as Director

1924

Motor Mad as Director
Fast and Furious as Director
What a Night! as Director
Flying Finance as Director

1923

Oh! What a Day! as Director
The Yankee Spirit as Director

1922

The Sawmill as Director
Aladdin as Director
A Pair of Kings as Director
The Show as Director

1921

The Hick as Director
The Bakery as Director
The Sportsman as Director
The Bell Hop as Director
The Rent Collector as Director
The Fall Guy as Director

1920

The Suitor as Director
The Fly-Cop as Director
School Days as Director
The Stage Hand as Director

Writing

1928

A Home Made Man as Scenario Writer

1926

Move Along as Writer
Careful Please as Writer
Who's My Wife? as Scenario Writer

1922

A Pair of Kings as Writer
The Sawmill as Writer
The Show as Writer

1921

The Bell Hop as Story
The Fall Guy as Story
The Bakery as Writer

1920

School Days as Writer
The Stage Hand as Writer