{{short description|American actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Edward Nugent | image = Edward J. Nugent.png | caption = Edward Nugent | birth_date = {{birth date|1904|2|7}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1995|1|3|1904|2|7}} | death_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | years_active = 1928–1937 | birth_name = Edward James Nugent | occupation = Actor }}
'''Edward James Nugent''' (February 7, 1904 – January 3, 1995) was an American film and stage actor.
==Biography== Nugent was born on February 7, 1904, and acted in films between 1928 and 1937.<ref>[https://allmovie.com/artist/eddie-nugent-53180 ''Eddie Nugent''; Allmovie]</ref>
When Nugent was a boy, he sang with the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He performed in vaudeville before he began acting in Hollywood. He also acted on radio.<ref name="be">{{cite news |title=It's a Home in the East That Keeps Nugent From Hollywood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-edward-nugent/168049352/ |access-date=March 15, 2025 |work=Brooklyn Eagle |date=April 1, 1945 |page=22|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref>
He has no known relation to actor/writer Elliott Nugent or his father J. C. Nugent though he may have acted with them.{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}}
== Selected filmography == {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''The Man in Hobbles'' (1928) - Jake Harris *''Our Dancing Daughters'' (1928) - Freddie *''A Single Man'' (1929) - Dickie *''The Flying Fleet'' (1929) - Midshipman Dizzy (uncredited) *''The Bellamy Trial'' (1929) - Reporter *''The Duke Steps Out'' (1929) - Tommy Wells *''The Girl in the Show'' (1929) - Dave Amazon *''Our Modern Maidens'' (1929) - Reg *''Untamed'' (1929) - Paul *''The Vagabond Lover'' (1929) - Sport *''Loose Ankles'' (1930) - Andy Martin *''Clancy in Wall Street'' (1930) - Donald MacIntosh *''Bright Lights'' (1930) - 'Windy' Jones *''War Nurse'' (1930) - Frank *''Remote Control'' (1930) - Radio Engineer *''Three Hollywood Girls'' (1931, Short) *''Girls Demand Excitement'' (1931) - Tommy *''Strangers May Kiss'' (1931) - 2nd Admirer (uncredited) *''Crashing Hollywood'' (1931, Short) *''Shipmates'' (1931) - What-Ho *''Young Sinners'' (1931) - Bud *''Up Pops the Devil'' (1931) - George Kent *''Night Nurse'' (1931) - Eagan *''The Star Witness'' (1931) - Jackie Leeds *''Bought!'' (1931) - Minor Role (uncredited) *''Local Boy Makes Good'' (1931) - Wally Pierce *''A Fool's Advice'' (1932) - Steve *''Behind Stone Walls'' (1932) - Bob Clay *''The Honor of the Press'' (1932) - Daniel E. Greely *''Crooner'' (1932) - Henry - Band Member *''Men Are Such Fools'' (1932) - Eddie Martin *''The Past of Mary Holmes'' (1933) - Flanagan *''42nd Street'' (1933) - Terry *''The Girl in 419'' (1933) - Interne (uncredited) * ''Dance Hall Hostess'' (1933) - Patrick Gibbs Jr. *''College Humor'' (1933) - Whistler *''This Day and Age'' (1933) - Don Merrick *''Dance Girl Dance'' (1933) - Joe Pitt *''Beauty for Sale'' (1933) - Bill Merrick *''This Side of Heaven'' (1934) - Vance *''She Loves Me Not'' (1934) - Buzz Jones *''No Ransom'' (1934) - Eddie Winfield *''A Girl of the Limberlost'' (1934) - Phillip Ammon *''Lost in the Stratosphere'' (1934) - Lt. Richard 'Woody' Wood *''Girl o' My Dreams'' (1934) - Larry Haines *''Men in White'' (1934) - (scenes deleted) *''Lottery Lover'' (1935) - Gibbs *''Baby Face Harrington'' (1935) - Albert *''Kentucky Blue Streak'' (1935) - Martin Marion *''College Scandal'' (1935) - Jake Lansing * ''Skybound'' (1935) - Doug Kent *''The Old Homestead'' (1935) - Rudy Nash *''Fighting Youth'' (1935) - Anthony Tonnetti *''Forced Landing'' (1935) - Jim Redfern *''Ah, Wilderness!'' (1935) - Wint Selby *''Just My Luck'' (1935) - Vic Dunne *''Dancing Feet'' (1936) - Jimmy Cassidy *''Doughnuts and Society'' (1936) - Jerry Flannagan *''The Harvester'' (1936) - Bert Munroe *''Rio Grande Romance'' (1936) - Bob Andrews *''Bunker Bean'' (1936) - Mr. Glab *''Prison Shadows'' (1936) - Gene Harris *''The Big Game'' (1936) - Drunk (uncredited) *''Pigskin Parade'' (1936) - Sparks *''Two Minutes to Play'' (1936) - Jack Gaines *''A Man Betrayed'' (1936) - Frank Powell *''Put on the Spot'' (1936) - Bob Andrews (archive footage) *''Man of the People'' (1937) - Edward Spetner *''Speed to Spare'' (1937) - Larry 'Skids' Brannigan *''Island Captives'' (1937) - Tom Willoughby {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Edward Nugent}} *{{IMDb name|id=0637789|name=Edward J. Nugent}} *{{IBDB name|name=Edward J. Nugent}} *[http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/person/27864/edward-j-nugent Edward J. Nugent] at Virtual History
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