Paul Bogart
Paul Bogart (born November 21, 1919 in Harlem , New York City , † April 15, 2012 in Chapel Hill , North Carolina ; actually Paul Bogoff ), was an American film director .
Life
Paul Bogart was born as Paul Bogoff in 1919 in Harlem , a borough of New York. He later changed his name to Bogart because it sounded more American. After serving in the US Army in the Air Force during World War II , he began a career as a puppeteer with the Berkeley Marionettes in 1946 . He then became a stage manager and later director at the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), working on live television plays for the Kraft Television Theater and the Goodyear Playhouse .
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From 1961 on, Bogart directed episodes of the father-and-son court series The Defenders , which earned him his first television award in 1965 with an Emmy .
His first feature film was a black and white film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play Three Sisters with Geraldine Page , Kim Stanley and Sandy Dennis in the leading roles. This was followed by two feature films starring Bogart's friend James Garner , once as private detective Marlowe in The Third In Ambush (1969) in a modern version of Raymond Chandler's novel The Little Sister and once as a slave trader alongside Lou Gossett Jr. in Two Gallows Birds (1971 ), a realistic western .
In 1970 Bogart gave the young Jeff Bridges his first film role in Halls of Anger . In 1975 Dean Martin starred under his direction in the film What good is a beef steak for a dead dog? a lawyer. Despite a total of nine film productions as a director, Bogart remained connected to television throughout his life and worked there on the television series All in the Family and Golden Girls, among others .
Bogart won a total of five Emmys .
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: The third in ambush (Marlowe)
- 1971: Two Gallows Birds (The Skin Game)
- 1972: Mr. Bartlett's Vacation (Cancel my Reservation)
- 1973: A College Love (Class of '44)
- 1975: What use is a beef steak to a dead dog? (Mr. Ricco)
- 1984: Oh God! You Devil (Oh, God! You Devil)
- 1986: The Canterville Ghost (TV movie)
- 1987: Incitement to Murder (Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder) (TV movie)
- 1987: A Love in Hollywood (Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson)
- 1988: The Cuckoo's Egg (Torch Song Trilogy)
- 1992: Broadway Family (Broadway Bound)
- 1994: ... and hope for love (The Gift of Love) (TV movie)
- 1996: Lost Dreams (The Heidi Chronicles)
Awards
In total, Bogart won five Emmys for his work:
- 1965: Emmy for directing The Defenders
- 1968: Emmy for directing at CBS Playhouse
- 1970: Emmy for directing at CBS Playhouse
- 1978: Emmy for directing an episode of All in the Family
- 1986: Emmy for Golden Girls
Literature and web links
- Paul Bogart in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Profiles in the Museum of Broadcast Communications
- Paul Bogart interview at the Archive of American Television
- Paul Bogart Dies at 92; Emmy-Winning TV Director
- Obituary for the film director Paul Bogart in the Guardian
- Douglas Martin: Paul Bogart, TV Director, Dies at 92 . In: The New York Times , April 18, 2012, p. A25. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul Bogart in: The Illustrated who's who of the cinema, Ann Lloyd, Graham Fuller, Arnold Desser, Orbis, 1983, 480 pages, p. 48
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bogart, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harlem , New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 2012 |
| Place of death | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |