Norman Foster

ActorDirectorWriterProductionDirecting Dec 13 (died age 72) Richmond, Indiana, USA 1929–2018 (89 year career)

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Biography

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 …

Known For

Film

Batman

Director

Film

Zorro

Director

Film

The Other Side of the Wind

Billy Boyle

Film

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Self (archive footage)

Film

Woman on the Run

Director

Film

The Green Hornet

Director

Film

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Director

Film

The Sign of Zorro

Director

Filmography

Acting (51)

Movies (49)

The Other Side of the Wind

2018

as Billy Boyle

6.7

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Woman in the Rain

1976

as Assistant Director for HighShine

Double Solitaire

1974

as Ernest Potter

Play It as It Lays

as Abortionist

The Disneyland Story

Mysterious Mr. Moto

as Hoodlum in Tavern

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

1937

as Norman Foster

3.8

The Leavenworth Case

1936

as Detective Bob Grice

5.0

Everybody's Old Man

1936

as Ronald Franklin

High Tension

1936

as Eddie Mitchell

5.4

Fatal Lady

1936

as Phillip Roberts

I Cover Chinatown

1936

as Eddie Barton

5.0

Escape from Devil's Island

1935

as Andre Dion

6.0

Behind the Green Lights

1935

as Detective Lt. Dave Britten

6.0

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

1935

as Ralph Hartsook

3.6

Ladies Crave Excitement

as Don Phelan

Suicide Squad

as Larry Barker

Behind the Evidence

as Tony Sheridan

The Bishop Misbehaves

as Donald Meadows

The Fire-Trap

as Bill Farnsworth

Super Speed

as Randy Rogers

Strictly Dynamite

1934

as Fleming

5.3

Orient Express

1934

as Carlton Myatt

Elinor Norton

1934

as Bill Foster

6.0

Professional Sweetheart

1933

as Jim

5.0

Walls of Gold

1933

as Barnes Ritchie

Pilgrimage

1933

as Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop (Hannah's son)

State Fair

as Wayne Frake

Rafter Romance

as Jack

Prosperity

as John Warren

Skyscraper Souls

as Tom Shepherd

Play Girl

as Wallace 'Wally' Dennis

Alias the Doctor

as Stephan Brenner

Under Eighteen

as Alf

Girl of the Rio

as Johnny Powell

Steady Company

as Jim

Week-End Marriage

as Ken Hayes

Strange Justice

as Wally Baker

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

1932

as Maurice Cohen

Men Call It Love

as Jack

Up Pops the Devil

as Steve Merrick

Confessions of a Co-Ed

as Hal Evans

No Limit

as Douglas Thayer

Reckless Living

as Doggie

It Pays to Advertise

as Rodney Martin

Young Man of Manhattan

1930

as Toby McLean

5.9

Gentlemen of the Press

1929

as Ted Hanley

5.0

Love at First Sight

1929

Television (2)

Cannon

1971

6.6

Espionage

1963

Crew (87)

Movies (70)

The Green Hornet

2005

Director

It's All True

1993

Director

7.6

Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold Story

1990

Director

The Green Hornet

Director

The Deathhead Virgin

Director

The Legend of Custer

Director

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

1966

Director

5.5

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

Writer

Indian Paint

Director

Indian Paint

Screenplay

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

1962

Associate Producer

7.4

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

1962

Director

7.4

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

Teleplay

The Sign of Zorro

Director

The Sign of Zorro

Screenplay

The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca

1958

Director

7.0

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956

Director

6.3

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956

Writer

6.3

Davy Crockett at the Alamo

1955

Director

6.5

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

1955

Director

6.4

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race

1955

Director

7.0

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race

1955

Writer

7.0

Davy Crockett Goes to Congress

1955

Director

10.0

Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter

Director

Sombrero

Director

Sombrero

Screenplay

Sky Full of Moon

Director

Sky Full of Moon

Writer

Navajo

Director

Navajo

Writer

Woman on the Run

Director

Woman on the Run

Screenplay

Father Is a Bachelor

Director

The Bewitched House

Original Story

Tell It to the Judge

Director

Rachel and the Stranger

1948

Director

6.4

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

1948

Director

6.5

El canto de la sirena

1948

Director

5.0

El canto de la sirena

1948

Writer

5.0

El ahijado de la muerte

Director

The Hour of Truth

Director

The Hour of Truth

Screenplay

La Fuga

Director

La Fuga

Writer

Santa

Director

Journey into Fear

Director

It's All True

Director

Scotland Yard

1941

Director

Ride, Kelly, Ride

1941

Director

Charlie Chan in Panama

Director

Viva Cisco Kid

Director

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

1939

Director

5.5

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

1939

Screenplay

5.5

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

1939

Director

6.7

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

1939

Director

6.6

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Screenplay

20,000 Men a Year

Assistant Director

Charlie Chan in Reno

Director

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Director

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Screenplay

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

1938

Director

5.8

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

1938

Original Story

5.8

Walking Down Broadway

Director

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Director

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Writer

Thank You, Mr. Moto

Director

Thank You, Mr. Moto

Screenplay

Fair Warning

Director

Fair Warning

Screenplay

I Cover Chinatown

Director

Television (17)

Custer

Director

Batman

Director

The Green Hornet

Director

The Monroes

Director

The Loner

Director

The New Loretta Young Show

1962

Director

5.0

The Wonderful World of Disney

1961

Director

8.0

Adventures in Paradise

Director

Bat Masterson

Director

Zorro

Director

Zorro

Writer

Tombstone Territory

Director

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

Director

7.8

The Wonderful World of Disney

Writer

Davy Crockett

Director

Letter to Loretta

Director

Cavalcade of America

Director