Background
Nugent, Frank Stanley was born on May 27, 1908 in New York City. Son of Frank Holman and Rebecca (Roggenburg) Nugent.
Nugent, Frank Stanley was born on May 27, 1908 in New York City. Son of Frank Holman and Rebecca (Roggenburg) Nugent.
Reporter, rewrite man New York Times, 1929-1934, with motion picture department, 1935-1936, critic and editor, 1936-1940. Screenwriter, since 1940.
Scripts include: Fort Apache, Three Godfathers, Tulsa, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Quite Man (Screen Writers Guild award 1952), Angel Face, Paratrooper, Trouble in the Glen, Mister Roberts (Screen Writers Guild award 1955), The Searchers, Rising of the Moon, Gunman’s Walk, The Last Hurrah, The Tall Men, Two Rode Together, Donovan’s Reef.
Member Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Writers’ Guild American-W. (president screen branch 1957-1958), Delta Chi, Sigma Delta Chi. Frequent contributor Sat. Eve. Post, Colliers, Red Book, others.
Married Dorothy J. Rivers, January 1939 (divorced 1952). Married second, Jean Lavell, September 12, 1953.