Edward Buzzell

Edward Buzzell

  • Birthday: 11/13/1900
  • Deathday: 1/11/1985
  • Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Fame for: Directing
  • Also known as: Eddie Buzzell

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edward Buzzell (November 13, 1900 - January 11, 1985) was an American film director whose credits for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer included Honolulu (1939), the Marx Brothers films At the Circus (1939) and Go West (1940), the musicals Best Foot Forward (1943) with Lucille Ball and Neptune's Daughter (1949) with Esther Williams, and Easy to Wed, starring Van Johnson, Williams, and Ball. Buzzell was born in Brooklyn. He appeared on Broadway, and was hired to star in the 1929 film version of George M. Cohan's Little Johnny Jones with Alice Day. Buzzell appeared in a few Vitaphone shorts, and the two-strip Technicolor short The Devil's Cabaret (1930) as Satan's assistant. He wrote a few screenplays in the early 1930s and later produced The Milton Berle Show which premiered on television in 1948. Buzzell married actress Ona Munson in 1927, and they divorced in the early 30s. He later married actress Lorraine Miller. He died in Los Angeles at the age of 84. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward Buzzell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Devil's Cabaret
Release date: 12/13/1930

The Devil's Cabaret

Role(s): Howie Burns

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Little Johnny Jones
Release date: 11/17/1929

Little Johnny Jones

Role(s): Johnny Jones

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The Royal Four-Flusher
Release date: 5/7/1930

The Royal Four-Flusher

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Midnight Life
Release date: 8/28/1928

Midnight Life

Role(s): Eddie Delaney

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At the Circus
Release date: 10/20/1939

At the Circus

Role(s): Director

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