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Norman Foster

Highest Rated: 100% State Fair (1933)

Lowest Rated: 67% Rachel and the Stranger (1948)

Birthday: Dec 13, 1903

Birthplace: Richmond, Indiana, USA

Actor and director Norman Foster began his film career in 1929. Quickly earning starring roles, Foster appeared with his first wife, Claudette Colbert, in 1930's "Young Man of Manhattan," and with leading lady Clara Bow in "No Limit" in 1931. After starring in dozens of films, Foster turned to directing in 1936, writing, directing, and starring in "I Cover Chinatown." Focusing mostly on directing, he also wrote his first film in the Mr. Moto series, "Think Fast, Mr. Moto," starring Peter Lorre as the Japanese-American detective. Making five films in the series, he then began directing films about the most famous Asian-American detective of all, Charlie Chan. With Sidney Toler in the title role, Foster directed three Chan films in total, beginning with "Charlie Chan in Reno" in 1939. In the '40s Foster began branching out, making several Westerns and dramas, and even three Mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. His best-known films of this time are the classic film noir dramas "Journey Into Fear" starring Orson Welles, "Kiss the Blood Off My Hands," and "Woman on the Run." In 1948 Foster directed the frontier drama "Rachel and the Stranger," with a WGA Award-nominated script by Waldo Salt. In the '50s Foster began directing the classic television series "Zorro," "Batman," and "The Green Hornet." He also worked with his sister-in-law Loretta Young on both of her own television shows.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 52% State Fair
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100% 77% Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier
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88% 78% Woman on the Run
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83% 50% Pilgrimage
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83% 70% It's All True
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73% 49% Journey Into Fear
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67% 64% Rachel and the Stranger
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The Deathhead Virgin
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México de mis Amores
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Indian Paint
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Norman Foster

Norman Foster MR. MOTO TAKES A CHANCE, from left, Rochelle Hudson, director Norman Foster, strolling on the Fox lot, 1938, ©20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright RAFTER ROMANCE, from left: Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, 1933 YOUNG MAN OF MANHATTAN, Charles Ruggles, Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, 1930 PILGRIMAGE, Marian Nixon, Norman Foster, 1933, TM and copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved THE FIRE TRAP, Evalyn Knapp, Norman Foster, 1935 IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE, Norman Foster, Carole Lombard, 1931 UP POPS THE DEVIL, from left, Carole Lombard, Norman Foster, 1931 UP POPS THE DEVIL, Norman Foster, 1931 ORIENT EXPRESS, Heather Angel & Norman Foster, 1934.TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. View more photos

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It's All True 83% 70% 1993 Director The Deathhead Virgin 1974 Director The Green Hornet 57% 1974 Director Thunderbird 6 45% 1968 Production Manager Brighty of the Grand Canyon 1967 Director, Screenwriter The Merry Wives of Windsor 60% 1965 Sir John Falstaff Actor Indian Paint 1964 Director, Writer Bluebeard's Castle 100% 1964 Bluebeard Actor Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates 57% 1962 Director The Sign of Zorro 48% 1960 Director Zorro 62% 1960 Director Davy Crockett and the River Pirates 67% 1956 Director, Screenwriter Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier 100% 77% 1955 Director México de mis Amores 1953 Director Sombrero 1953 Director Navajo 1952 Director, Screenwriter Sky Full of Moon 1952 Director Father Is a Bachelor 1950 Director Woman on the Run 88% 78% 1950 Director, Screenwriter Tell It to the Judge 36% 1949 Director Rachel and the Stranger 67% 64% 1948 Director Kiss the Blood Off My Hands 56% 1948 Director El ahijado de la Muerte 1946 Director Santa 1943 Director Journey Into Fear 73% 49% 1942 Director
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