
Biography
Frank Wright Tuttle (August 6, 1892 β January 6, 1963) was a Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 (The Cradle Buster) to 1959 (Island of Lost Women). Frank Tuttle was educated at Yale University, where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record.After graduation, he worked in New York City in the advertising department of the Metropolitan Music Bureau. He later moved to Hollywood, where he became a film director for Paramount. His films are largely in the comedy and film noir genres.In 1947, his career ground to a temporary halt with the onset of the first of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings on Communist infiltration of the movie industry. Tuttle had joined the American Communist Party in 1937 in reaction to Hitler's rise to power. Unable to find work in the United States, he moved to France, where he made Gunman in the Streets (1950) starring Simone Signoret and Dane Clark. In 1951, after a decade as a member of the Communist Party, Tuttle gave 36 names to the HUAC.
Filmography
All 74
Movies 72
Director 68
Writter 4
TV Shows 2

Island of Lost Women (1959)

A Cry in the Night (1956)

Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)

Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)

General Electric Theater (1953)

The Member of the Wedding (1952)

Assignment: Paris (1952)

The Magic Face (1951)

Gunman in the Streets (1950)

Swell Guy (1946)

Suspense (1946)

Don Juan Quilligan (1945)

The Great John L. (1945)

The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)

Hostages (1943)

Lucky Jordan (1942)

This Gun for Hire (1942)

Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)

I Stole a Million (1939)

Paris Honeymoon (1939)

Doctor Rhythm (1938)

Waikiki Wedding (1937)

College Holiday (1936)

Two for Tonight (1935)

The Glass Key (1935)

All the King's Horses (1935)

Here Is My Heart (1934)

Springtime for Henry (1934)

Ladies Should Listen (1934)

Pleasure Cruise (1933)

Dangerously Yours (1933)

Roman Scandals (1933)

The Big Broadcast (1932)

This Is the Night (1932)

This Reckless Age (1932)

Dude Ranch (1931)

It Pays to Advertise (1931)

No Limit (1931)

Her Wedding Night (1930)

Love Among the Millionaires (1930)

True to the Navy (1930)

Paramount on Parade (1930)

The Benson Murder Case (1930)

Men Are Like That (1930)

Only the Brave (1930)

Sweetie (1929)

The Greene Murder Case (1929)

The Studio Murder Mystery (1929)

The Canary Murder Case (1929)

Marquis Preferred (1929)

His Private Life (1928)

Easy Come, Easy Go (1928)

Something Always Happens (1928)

Love and Learn (1928)

The Spotlight (1927)

One Woman to Another (1927)

Time to Love (1927)

Kid Boots (1926)

Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)

The Untamed Lady (1926)

The American Venus (1926)

Lovers in Quarantine (1925)

The Lucky Devil (1925)

The Manicure Girl (1925)

A Kiss in the Dark (1925)

Miss Bluebeard (1925)

Manhattan (1924)

Dangerous Money (1924)

Her Love Story (1924)

Manhandled (1924)

Grit (1924)

Puritan Passions (1923)

Second Fiddle (1923)

The Conquest of Canaan (1921)
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Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1892-08-06
Deathday1963-01-06 (70 years old)
Place of birthNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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