Frank Tuttle
| Frank Tuttle | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Frank Wright Tuttle August 6, 1892 New York City, New York United States |
| Died | January 6, 1963 (aged 70) Hollywood, California United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation | Hollywood film director and screenwriter |
| Employer | Paramount Pictures |
| Known for |
This Gun for Hire (1942) I Stole a Million (1939) College Holiday (1936) The Glass Key (1935) Roman Scandals (1933) This Is the Night (1932) Paramount on Parade (1930) The Untamed Lady (1926) Kid Boots (1926) |
| Children | Helen Tuttle Frederica Tuttle Barbara Tuttle |
Frank Wright Tuttle (6 August 1892 – 6 January 1963) was a Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 (The Cradle Buster) to 1959 (Island of Lost Women).
Frank Tuttle was educated at Yale University, where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record.
After graduation, he worked in New York City in the advertising department of the Metropolitan Music Bureau. He later moved to Hollywood, where he became a film director for Paramount. His films are largely in the comedy and film noir genres.
In 1947, Tuttle's career ground to a temporary halt with the onset of the first of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings on Communist infiltration of the movie industry. Tuttle had joined the Communist Party in 1937 in reaction to Hitler's rise to power. Unable to find work in the United States, he moved to France, where he made Gunman in the Streets (1950) starring Simone Signoret and Dane Clark.
In 1951 he named 36 names to HUAC.
He died in Hollywood on January 6, 1963.
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