Norman Foster

Born Norman Foster Hoeffer, Norman Foster became a stage actor in 1926 and by the end of the decade was acting in films. He switched to directing in 1936 and helmed six of the eight "Mr. Moto" mysteries starring Peter Lorre. In 1942 he completed (and signed) Orson Welles' stylish thriller Journey Into Fear. He was then made director of the "My Friend Bonito" segment of Welles' Pan-American anthology film It's All True until RKO aborted the project. From his genre work of the next twenty-five years, Foster is most fondly remembered for his westerns Rachel and the Stranger and Navajo, and the crime thriller Woman on the Run. He turned his attention to television in the '60s and in the mid '70s had his final acting role in Welles' as-yet-unreleased Hollywood satire, The Other Side of the Wind

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Actor and Director. Born Norman Hoeffer in Richmond, Indiana, he made his Broadway debut in 1926 and arrived in Hollywood at the beginning of the talkie era, playing light leads in such films as "Love at First Sight" (1930), "It Pays to Advertise" (1931), "Smilin' Through" (1932), and "State Fair" (1933). In 1936 Foster started directing programmers at Fox, including several entries in the "Mr. Moto" and "Charlie Chan" series, and went on to make several interesting, offbeat features, among them "Journey into Fear" (1942), "Rachel and the Stranger" (1948), "Kiss the Blood Off My Hands" (1948), "Woman on the Run" (1950), and "Navajo" (1952). He later directed for TV. Foster was married to actress Claudette Colbert from 1928 to 1935, and to actress Sally Blane from 1935 until his death. (bio by: [fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=15945012" target="_blank Bobb Edwards)]

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