Norman Taurog (1899–1981)

Director | Writer | Additional Crew

A successful child actor (on stage from 1907) and rather less successful romantic lead, baby-faced ...

Born: February 23, 1899
Died: April 7, 1981 (age 82)

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Filmography

Known For

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Director (1938)
Skippy Director (1931)
Boys Town Director (1938)
Known For

Room for One More Director (1952)
Director

Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
Speedway (1968)
Double Trouble (1967)
Spinout (1966)
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
Tickle Me (1965)
Palm Springs Weekend (1963)
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
All Hands on Deck (1961)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
Onionhead (1958)
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)
Bundle of Joy (1956)
Pardners (1956)
The Birds and the Bees (1956)
You're Never Too Young (1955)
Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954)
Living It Up (1954)
The Caddy (1953)
The Stars Are Singing (1953)
Jumping Jacks (1952)
Room for One More (1952)
The Stooge (1951)
Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
Please Believe Me (1950)
That Midnight Kiss (1949)
Words and Music (1948)
Big City (1948)
The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
The Beginning or the End (1947)
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
Girl Crazy (1943)
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
A Yank at Eton (1942)
Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)
Design for Scandal (1941)
Married Bachelor (1941)
Men of Boys Town (1941)
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
Young Tom Edison (1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Lucky Night (1939)
The Girl Downstairs (1938)
Boys Town (1938)
Mad About Music (1938)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
You Can't Have Everything (1937)
Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
Reunion (1936)
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
Strike Me Pink (1936)
The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
College Rhythm (1934)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
We're Not Dressing (1934)
The Way to Love (1933)
A Bedtime Story (1933)
If I Had a Million (1932)
The Phantom President (1932)
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
Sooky (1931)
Huckleberry Finn (1931)
Newly Rich (1931)
Cab Waiting (1931)
Skippy (1931)
The Great Pants Mystery (1931)
Finn and Hattie (1931)
Simply Killing (1931)
It Might Be Worse (1931)
Oh, Teddy! (1930)
Follow the Leader (1930)
Plastered (1930)
The Fatal Card (1930)
Song Service (1930)
Meet the Boy Friend (1930)
Hot Curves (1930)
Sunny Skies (1930)
Troopers Three (1930)
Detectives Wanted (1929)
All Steamed Up (1929)
Hired and Fired (1929)
Knights Out (1929)
The Medicine Men (1929)
In Holland (1929)
Lucky Boy (1929)
The Diplomats (1929)
Blondes Beware (1928)
Rah! Rah! Rah! (1928)
At It Again (1928)
Slippery Head (1928)
Listen Children (1928)
Between Jobs (1928)
A Home-Made Man (1928)
Blazing Away (1928)
Always a Gentleman (1928)
Cutie (1928)
Papa's Boy (1927)
The Little Rube (1927)
New Wrinkles (1927)
Kilties (1927)
At Ease (1927)
Up in Arms (1927)
Plumb Dumb (1927)
His Better Half (1927)
Goose Flesh (1927)
Her Husky Hero (1927)
Breezing Along (1927)
The Draw-Back (1927)
Somebody's Fault (1927)
Drama Deluxe (1927)
Howdy Duke (1927)
Movieland (1926)
Teacher, Teacher (1926)
The Humdinger (1926)
Jolly Tars (1926)
Move Along (1926)
Honest Injun (1926)
Here Comes Charlie (1926)
Nothing Matters (1926)
Creeps (1926)
Mr. Cinderella (1926)
Nobody's Business (1926)
Careful Please (1926)
Lickety Split (1926)
Cheap Skates (1925)
On Edge (1925)
Spot Light (1925)
Pleasure Bound (1925)
Below Zero (1925)
Going Great (1925)
Rough and Ready (1925)
The Cloudhopper (1925)
Andy in Hollywood (1925)
Hello Goodbye (1925)
Wide Awake (1925)
Hello, Hollywood (1925)
Step Lightly (1925)
Motor Mad (1924)
What a Night! (1924)
Andy's Stump Speech (1924)
Fast and Furious (1924)
Andy's Hat in the Ring (1924)
Wild Game (1924)
Pigskin (1924)
Pain as You Enter (1924)
Hot Air (1924)
There He Goes (1924)
Midnight Blues (1924)
Oh! Min! (1924)
Flying Finance (1924)
Aggravatin' Mama (1923)
Film Foolish (1923)
Under Covers (1923)
Hot Sparks (1923)
Oh! What a Day! (1923)
Running Wild (1923)
Watch Papa (1923)
Uncle Bim's Gifts (1923)
The Yankee Spirit (1923)
The Mummy (1923)
The Fourflusher (1923)
Aladdin (1922)
The Fresh Kid (1922)
A Pair of Kings (1922)
The Show (1922)
The Sawmill (1922)
The Bell Hop (1921)
The Fall Guy (1921)
The Rent Collector (1921)
The Bakery (1921)
The Hick (1921)
The Sportsman (1921)
The Suitor (1920)
The Stage Hand (1920)
School Days (1920)
Director

The Fly Cop (1920)
Writer

Stop! Look and Laugh (1951)
At It Again (1928)
Listen Children (1928)
Between Jobs (1928)
A Home-Made Man (1928)
Blazing Away (1928)
Always a Gentleman (1928)
Papa's Boy (1927)
New Wrinkles (1927)
At Ease (1927)
His Better Half (1927)
Goose Flesh (1927)
Breezing Along (1927)
Drama Deluxe (1927)
Howdy Duke (1927)
Movieland (1926)
Teacher, Teacher (1926)
The Humdinger (1926)
Jolly Tars (1926)
Move Along (1926)
Here Comes Charlie (1926)
Who's My Wife? (1926)
Nothing Matters (1926)
Creeps (1926)
Nobody's Business (1926)
Careful Please (1926)
The Cloudhopper (1925)
Hello, Hollywood (1925)
A Pair of Kings (1922)
The Show (1922)
The Sawmill (1922)
The Bell Hop (1921)
The Fall Guy (1921)
The Rent Collector (1921)
The Bakery (1921)
The Sportsman (1921)
The Suitor (1920)
The Stage Hand (1920)
Writer

School Days (1920)
Actor

The Fly Cop Bit Part (1920)
Actor

Tangled Relations One of the Children (1912)
Archive footage

Elvis Presley: Hot Shots and Cool Clips Volume 3 (2007)
A Life in Words and Music (2007)
American Masters (2004)
Begin the Beguine (2003)
Archive footage

The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002)
This Is Elvis (1981)
Additional Crew

Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Rationing (1944)
Additional Crew

Billy the Kid (1941)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Girl Crazy (1932)

Awards

Did You Know

In a 1994 TCM interview, Jackie Cooper said that Taurog, who was his uncle, coerced Jackie into sobbing for an emotional scene in Skippy by convincing the child actor that his pet dog had been shot just before the cameras rolled. For their efforts ...