Charles Lamont

Director

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Birth Place
San Francisco, California, USA
Born
May 05, 1898
Died
September 12, 1993
Cause of Death
Pneumonia

Biography

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Actor turned director of comedy shorts (for Mack Sennet, among others), who graduated to sophmoric features with Universal in the mid-1930s. Although Lamont is probably best known for his association with Abott and Costello, he made two highly regarded westerns starring Yvonne De Carlo and Rod Cameron....

Filmography

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Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
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The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
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Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
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Carolina Cannonball (1955)
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
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Ma And Pa Kettle (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Hold With Readin' Telegrams

Biography

Actor turned director of comedy shorts (for Mack Sennet, among others), who graduated to sophmoric features with Universal in the mid-1930s. Although Lamont is probably best known for his association with Abott and Costello, he made two highly regarded westerns starring Yvonne De Carlo and Rod Cameron.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
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The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
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Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
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Carolina Cannonball (1955)
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
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Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
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Ricochet Romance (1954)
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Untamed Heiress (1954)
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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
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Flame of Araby (1952)
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
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Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
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Abbott & Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
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Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
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I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
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Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
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Bagdad (1949)
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The Untamed Breed (1948)
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Slave Girl (1947)
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The Runaround (1946)
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She Wrote the Book (1946)
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Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
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Frontier Gal (1945)
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That's the Spirit (1945)
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Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
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Her Primitive Man (1944)
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Bowery to Broadway (1944)
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The Merry Monahans (1944)
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Top Man (1943)
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1943)
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It Comes Up Love (1943)
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Hit the Ice (1943)
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Fired Wife (1943)
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Mister Big (1943)
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Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
2nd Unit Director
You're Telling Me (1942)
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Get Hep to Love (1942)
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Don't Get Personal (1942)
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Almost Married (1942)
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Hi, Neighbor (1942)
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Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
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Road Agent (1941)
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Sing Another Chorus (1941)
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Melody Lane (1941)
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San Antonio Rose (1941)
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Give Us Wings (1940)
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Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
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Love, Honor, and Oh-Baby! (1940)
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Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love (1940)
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Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939)
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Little Accident (1939)
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Panama Patrol (1939)
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Unexpected Father (1939)
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Inside Information (1939)
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Verbena trágica (1939)
Dirigida [Dir]
The Long Shot (1939)
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Pride of the Navy (1939)
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Slander House (1938)
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International Crime (1938)
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Cipher Bureau (1938)
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Shadows over Shanghai (1938)
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A Doggone Mixup (1938)
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Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
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Ditto (1937)
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Love Nest on Wheels (1937)
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The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
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Ring Around the Moon (1936)
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August Week-end (1936)
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Bulldog Edition (1936)
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The Dark Hour (1936)
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Below the Deadline (1936)
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Lady Luck (1936)
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Three on a Limb (1936)
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The Chemist (1936)
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Jail Bait (1936)
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Grand Slam Opera (1936)
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False Pretenses (1935)
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Circumstantial Evidence (1935)
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Happiness C.O.D. (1935)
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The Lady in Scarlet (1935)
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A Shot in the Dark (1935)
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Gigolette (1935)
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The Girl Who Came Back (1935)
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One-Run Elmer (1935)
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Palooka From Paducah (1935)
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Hayseed Romance (1935)
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Tars and Stripes (1935)
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The E-Flat Man (1935)
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The Curtain Falls (1934)
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Sons of Steel (1934)
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The World Accuses (1934)
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Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
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Allez Oop (1934)
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The Gold Ghost (1934)
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No Sleep on the Deep (1934)
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Trimmed in Furs (1934)
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What Price Gloria? (1932)
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Angel Eyes (1928)
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Accidents Can Happen (1926)
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Producer (Feature Film)

The Long Shot (1939)
Associate Producer
Panama Patrol (1939)
Associate Producer
Little Accident (1939)
Producer
Shadows over Shanghai (1938)
Associate Producer
Cipher Bureau (1938)
Associate Producer

Life Events

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Movie Clip

Ma And Pa Kettle (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Second Hand Underwear Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa (Percy Kilbride) in their first scene from their first feature, Ma and Pa Kettle, 1949, based on characters created by Betty MacDonald.
Ma And Pa Kettle (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Hold With Readin' Telegrams Rogers (Ray Bennett) and the mayor (Harry Antrim) are repelled by Ma (Marjorie Main) and the kids as they try to deliver a telegram to Pa (Percy Kilbride) in the original Ma and Pa Kettle, 1949.
Ma And Pa Kettle (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Albert Isn't Very Talkative Reporter Kim (Meg Randall) gets seated on the dining car with pixillated Emily (Ida Moore) then meets college man Tom (Richard Long), son of the title characters, in the first film in the series, Ma and Pa Kettle, 1949.
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) -- (Movie Clip) King Henry Model Home Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa (Percy Kilbride) grapple with the electronics in their newly-won model "Home of the Future," in their first feature, Ma and Pa Kettle, 1949.
Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Madame Rontru Bumbling adventurers in Egypt Pete and Freddie (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) frighten a shopkeeper, meet the alluring Madame Rontru (Marie Windsor) and do a snake charming gag, early in Universal's Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy, 1955.
Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Hole In The Rock Big comedy piece as Pete and Freddie (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) have finally reached the tomb of the evil mummy prince Klaris, accidentally gaining entry, in Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy, 1955.
Abbott And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Mr. Hyde Will Kill Him! All Boris Karloff, in the title role/s not occupied by the stars, and not a single joke, John Dierkes his assistant, ruminating on the motivations of himself and his alter ego, after committing a murder in turn-of-the-century London, in Abbot And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, 1953.
Abbott And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1953) -- (Movie Clip) The Fat One Saw Me Bud and Lou are bumbling American cops fired from their professional-exchange gig with the London police force, and nobody will believe Lou, who’s just seen sly Boris Karloff turn from Hyde to Jekyll after a chase at the wax museum, in Abbot And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, 1953.
Abbott And Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) -- (Movie Clip) I Hate Fat Men No-account waiters on Tortuga, Bud and Lou joust over who will serve Welsh Rarebit to the feared captain (Charles Laughton), himself in negotiations with rival lady-Captain Bonney (Hillary Brooke), in their self-financed color hit comedy musical Abbott And Costello Meet Captain Kidd, 1952.
Abbott And Costello Meet The Invisible Man -- (Movie Clip) Gypsy Rose Lee Lou (Costello), who, with partner Bud (Abbott), is a rookie private detective, watches their murder-supect client Tommy (Arthur Franz) use the dangerous potion, the cops (led by William Frawley), not buying it, in Abbott And Costello Meet The Invisible Man, 1951.
Bagdad -- (Movie Clip) Dance Red-headed Bedouin Princes Marjan (Maureen O'Hara) disguises herself as a gypsy and captivates enemy soldiers in Bagdad (1949).
Bagdad -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits Opening credits from Bagdad (1949) featuring commentary from Pasha Ali Nadim (Vincent Price) for the benefit of Princess Marjan (Maureen O'Hara).

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man - (Original Trailer) Bud and Lou are detectives who take on the case of a hard-to-see boxer in Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951).

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