Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Mary Had a Little...
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1961
Ain't Misbehavin'
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1955
Ain't Misbehavin'
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1955
Confidentially Connie
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1953
Emergency Wedding
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1950
A Woman of Distinction
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1950
Neptune's Daughter
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1949
Song of the Thin Man
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1947
Three Wise Fools
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1946
Easy to Wed
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1946
Keep Your Powder Dry
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1945
Best Foot Forward
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1943
The Youngest Profession
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1943
The Omaha Trail
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1942
Ship Ahoy
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1942
Married Bachelor
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1941
The Get-Away
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1941
Go West
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1940
At the Circus
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1939
Honolulu
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1939