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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 14
Director 13
Producer 5
Screenplay 4
Are We Done Yet? (2007)
Barnaby and Me (1977)
Coffee, Tea or Me? (1973)
The Maltese Bippy (1969)
Strange Bedfellows (1965)
Li'l Abner (1959)
The Jayhawkers! (1959)
The Trap (1959)
That Certain Feeling (1956)
The Court Jester (1955)
Knock on Wood (1954)
Above and Beyond (1953)
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
Duffy's Tavern (1945)
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1914-04-21
Deathday2003-01-13 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsNorman Kaye Panama
AwardsEdgar Awards
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