Nugent was born in New York City on May 27, 1908, the son of Frank H. and Rebecca Roggenburg Nugent. He … See more

Nugent continued to write for the Times on a freelance basis during his first several years in Hollywood. For Zanuck he worked on scripts, reviewing others' screenplays and providing criticism. He said later that "Zanuck tol… See more

On January 3, 1939, he married Dorothy J. Rivers. New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia performed the ceremony in his City Hall chambers. They divorced in 1952. He married his second wife, Jean Lavell, in 1953. … See more

Credited as Frank S. Nugent or Frank Nugent for screenplay or the story that provides the basis for the screenplay.
• Fort Apache, 1948 ‡
• 3 Godfathers, 1948 ‡
• Tulsa, 1949… See more

• Richard Corliss, Talking Pictures: Screenwriters in the American Cinema, 1927-1973 (Overlook Press, 1974)
• Arleen Keylin and Christine Bent., eds, The New York Times at the Movies (Arno Press, 1979), … See more