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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
all 36
Movies 36
Writer 18
Director 14
Producer 2
Screenplay 2
Are We Done Yet? (2007)
A Talent for Murder (1983)
Barnaby and Me (1977)
I Will, I Will...For Now (1976)
Coffee, Tea or Me? (1973)
How to Commit Marriage (1969)
The Maltese Bippy (1969)
Not With My Wife, You Don't (1966)
Strange Bedfellows (1965)
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
The Facts of Life (1960)
Li'l Abner (1959)
The Jayhawkers! (1959)
The Trap (1959)
That Certain Feeling (1956)
The Court Jester (1955)
White Christmas (1954)
Knock On Wood (1954)
Above and Beyond (1953)
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
The Return of October (1948)
A Southern Yankee (1948)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
It Had to Be You (1947)
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946)
Road to Utopia (1946)
Duffy's Tavern (1945)
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Happy Go Lucky (1943)
My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1914-04-21
Deathday2003-01-13 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsNorman Kaye Panama
AwardsEdgar Awards
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