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Born December 13, 1903 · Richmond, Indiana, USA
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 1929. He has also acted in London, England. He started working in crowd scenes in films before moving to bigger parts. His film acting credits include Prosperity (1932), Pilgrimage (1933), Rafter Romance (1933) with Ginger Rogers and State Fair (1933). He has written several plays. He gave up acting in the late 1930s to pursue directing, although he occasionally appeared in movies and television programs. Some of Foster's directorial efforts include The Sign of Zorro (1958), and the stylish films noir Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948), Woman on the Run (1950) and Journey into Fear (1943). Foster directed Rachel and the Stranger and the Davy Crockett segments of Disneyland that were edited into feature films Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier and Davy Crockett and the River Pirates where he did not accept any interference from Walt Disney. In 1967, he directed Brighty of the Grand Canyon, based on a children's novel by Marguerite Henry about a burro in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The film starred Joseph Cotten, Karl Swenson, Dick Foran, and Pat Conway. It was rumored that Orson Welles took over direction of Journey Into Fear, which Welles later denied. Foster was the director of the "My Friend Bonito" segment of Orson Welles' Pan-American anthology film It's All True until RKO aborted the project. Foster directed a number of Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto mysteries, including Charlie Chan in Panama (1940), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939), Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939), Charlie Chan in Reno (1939), Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939), Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938), Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937), and Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937). Foster was married to Claudette Colbert from 1928 until their divorce in 1935. In 1937, he wed actress Sally Blane, an older sister of Loretta Young. The couple remained married until his death in 1976 from cancer in Santa Monica at the age of 75. They had two children, Robert and Gretchen. He is buried in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Foster, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Green Hornet
2005

It's All True
1993

Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold Story
1990

The Deathhead Virgin
1974

The Green Hornet
1974

The Legend of Custer
1968

Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966

Indian Paint
1965

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
1962

The Sign of Zorro
1958

The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca
1958

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1955

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955

Davy Crockett at the Alamo
1955

Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
1955

Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
1954

Sombrero
1953

Sky Full of Moon
1952

Navajo
1952

Woman on the Run
1950

Father Is a Bachelor
1950

Tell It to the Judge
1949

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948

Rachel and the Stranger
1948

El canto de la sirena
1948

El ahijado de la muerte
1946

The Hour of Truth
1945

The Other Side of the Wind
2018

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
Woman in the Rain
1976

Double Solitaire
1974

Play It as It Lays
1972

The Disneyland Story
1954

Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938

Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937

I Cover Chinatown
1936

High Tension
1936

Fatal Lady
1936

Everybody's Old Man
1936

The Leavenworth Case
1936

Suicide Squad
1935

Super Speed
1935
The Fire-Trap
1935

Escape from Devil's Island
1935

The Bishop Misbehaves
1935

Ladies Crave Excitement
1935

The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935

Behind the Green Lights
1935
Behind the Evidence
1935

Elinor Norton
1934

Strictly Dynamite
1934

Orient Express
1934

Walls of Gold
1933

Rafter Romance
1933

Pilgrimage
1933

Professional Sweetheart
1933

State Fair
1933