Norman Panama
Screenwriter, Theater Producer
1914 – 2003
Who was Norman Panama?
Norman Panama was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. He collaborated with a former schoolfriend, 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 he directed were Li'l Abner, the Danny Kaye film The Court Jester, and the Bob Hope film How to Commit Marriage. He wrote Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Road to Utopia, and The Court Jester, among other movies.
He won an Edgar Award for A Talent for Murder, 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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- Born
- Apr 21, 1914
Chicago - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Died
- Jan 13, 2003
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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