Charles Lamont

Known For

Slave Girl Director

(1947)

Almost a Husband Director

(1925)

Inside Information Director

(1939)

Cipher Bureau Director

(1938)

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Director (256 credits)

1965 The World of Abbott and Costello (archive footage, uncredited)

1958-1959 Zorro (TV Series) (9 episodes)

- Señor China Boy (1959)

- Amnesty for Zorro (1959)

- Zorro Fights a Duel (1958)

- The Flaming Arrow (1958)

- The Practical Joker (1958)

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1958 Annette (TV Series) (19 episodes)

- The Mystery Is Solved (1958)

- Mike to the Rescue (1958)

- The Farewell Letter (1958)

- The Fight (1958)

- The Barbecue (1958)

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1956 Francis in the Haunted House

1956 The Kettles in the Ozarks

1955 Lay That Rifle Down

1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955 Carolina Cannonball

1954 Ricochet Romance

1954 Untamed Heiress

1954 Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

1953 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

1951 Flame of Araby

1951 Comin' Round the Mountain

1951 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion

1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

1950 I Was a Shoplifter

1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1949 Snowtime Jubilee (Short)

1949 Bagdad

1949 Ma and Pa Kettle

1948 The Untamed Breed

1947 Slave Girl

1946 The Runaround

1946 She Wrote the Book

1945 Frontier Gal

1945 That's the Spirit

1945 Salome Where She Danced

1944 Bowery to Broadway

1944 The Merry Monahans

1944 Her Primitive Man

1944 Chip Off the Old Block

1943 Top Man

1943 Fired Wife

1943 Hit the Ice

1943 Mister Big

1943 It Comes Up Love

1942 Our Girl Shirley (Documentary short)

1942 When Johnny Comes Marching Home

1942 Get Hep to Love

1942 Hi, Neighbor

1942 Almost Married

1942 You're Telling Me

1942 Don't Get Personal

1941 Road Agent

1941 Melody Lane

1941 Moonlight in Hawaii

1941 Sing Another Chorus

1941 San Antonio Rose

1940 Give Us Wings

1940 Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

1940 Sandy Is a Lady

1940 Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!

1939 Little Accident

1939 Unexpected Father

1939 Inside Information

1939 Panama Patrol

1939 Pride of the Navy

1939 Long Shot

1938 Verbena trágica

1938 Cipher Bureau

1938 Shadows Over Shanghai

1938 Slander House

1938 International Crime

1938 A Doggone Mixup (Short)

1938 Fiddling Around (Short)

1937 Wallaby Jim of the Islands

1937 He Done His Duty (Short)

1937 Community Sing: Series 2, No. 5 (Short)

1937 Community Sing: Series 2, No. 4 (Short)

1937 Playing the Ponies (Short)

1937 Community Sing: Series 2, No. 3 - College Football Songs (Short)

1937 Calling All Doctors (Short)

1937 The Wrong Miss Wright (Short)

1937 Community SIng: No. 3 (Short)

1937 My Little Feller (Short)

1937 New News (Short)

1937 Love Nest on Wheels (Short)

1937 Ditto (Short)

1937 Sailor Maid (Short)

1937 Knee Action (Short)

1937 Jail Bait (Short)

1936 Oh, Duchess! (Short)

1936 Lady Luck

1936 Bulldog Edition

1936 Below the Deadline

1936 The Little Red Schoolhouse

1936 Grand Slam Opera (Short)

1936 August Week End

1936 The Dark Hour

1936 Ring Around the Moon

1936 Don't Get Personal

1936 Thanks, Mr. Cupid (Short)

1936 Three on a Limb (Short)

1935 The Last Trap

1935 Choose Your Partners (Short)

1935 Knockout Drops (Short)

1935 False Pretenses

1935 The Lady in Scarlet

1935 Happiness C.O.D.

1935 The E-Flat Man (Short)

1935 His Last Fling (Short)

1935 The Captain Hits the Ceiling (Short)

1935 Alimony Aches (Short)

1935 The Girl Who Came Back

1935 Tramp Tramp Tramp (Short)

1935 Tars and Stripes (Short)

1935 Only the Brave (Short)

1935 A Nose for News (Short)

1935 Circumstantial Evidence

1935 Hayseed Romance (Short)

1935 One Run Elmer (Short)

1935 Restless Knights (Short)

1935 Gigolette

1935 A Shot in the Dark

1935 Palooka from Paducah (Short)

1934 Sons of Steel

1934 The World Accuses

1934 Tomorrow's Youth

1934 The Curtain Falls

1934 Plumbing for Gold (Short)

1934 Half-Baked Relations (Short)

1934 Allez Oop! (Short)

1934 Hello, Prosperity (Short)

1934 No Sleep on the Deep (Short)

1934 The Gold Ghost (Short)

1934 Managed Money (Short)

1934 Pardon My Pups (Short)

1934 Trimmed in Furs (Short)

1933 What's to Do? (Short)

1933 Git Along Little Wifie (Short)

1933 Merrily Yours (Short)

1933 The Big Squeal (Short)

1933 Polly Tix in Washington (Short)

1933 A Pair of Socks (Short)

1933 The Kid's Last Fight (Short)

1933 Kid in Hollywood (Short)

1933 Techno-Crazy (Short)

1933 Glad Rags to Riches (Short)

1933 Keyhole Katie (Short)

1932 The Half-Pint Hero (Short)

1932 The Pie-Covered Wagon (Short)

1932 War Babies (Short)

1932 The Hollywood Handicap (Short)

1932 Hollywood Kids (Short)

1932 Foiled Again (Short)

1932 Marriage Vows (Short)

1932 Running Hollywood (Short)

1931 Bachelor Babies (Short)

1931 Circus Blues (Short)

1931 My Kid (Short)

1931 Hollywood Halfbacks (Short)

1931 Models and Wives (Short)

1931 Out-Stepping (Short)

1931 Fast and Furious (Short)

1931 One Hundred Dollars (Short)

1931 The Gossipy Plumber (Short)

1931 Divorce a la Carte (Short)

1931 All Excited (Short)

1931 Hot and Bothered (Short)

1930 Dance with Me (Short)

1930 Drumming It In (Short)

1929 Don't Get Excited (Short)

1929 Fire Proof (Short)

1929 Social Sinners (Short)

1929 Fake Flappers (Short)

1929 Sole Support (Short)

1929 Top Speed (Short)

1929 Helter Skelter (Short)

1929 The Crazy Nut (Short)

1929 Only Her Husband (Short)

1929 Joy Tonic (Short)

1929 Ginger Snaps (Short)

1929 Auntie's Mistake (Short)

1929 The Fixer (Short)

1928 Follow Teacher (Short)

1928 Misplaced Husbands (Short)

1928 The Quiet Worker (Short)

1928 Making Whoopee (Short)

1928 Come to Papa (Short)

1928 Companionate Service (Short)

1928 Girlies Behave (Short)

1928 Hot Luck (Short)

1928 Kid Hayseed (Short)

1928 Ladies Preferred (Short)

1928 The Gloom Chaser (Short)

1928 Navy Beans (Short)

1928 No Fare (Short)

1928 Circus Blues (Short)

1928 Chilly Days (Short)

1928 Wildcat Valley (Short)

1927 Angel Eyes (Short)

1927 Shamrock Alley (Short)

1927 Scared Silly (Short)

1927 Brunettes Prefer Gentlemen (Short)

1927 She's a Boy (Short)

1927 A Half-Pint Hero (Short)

1927 Live News (Short)

1927 Kid Tricks (Short)

1927 Who's Afraid? (Short)

1927 Atta Baby (Short)

1927 Naughty Boy (Short)

1927 Roped In (Short)

1927 Grandpa's Boy (Short)

1927 Thanks for the Boat Ride (Short)

1927 Wedding Yells (Short)

1927 Funny Face (Short)

1926 Close Shaves (Short)

1926 Open Spaces (Short)

1926 Why George! (Short)

1926 My Kid (Short)

1926 Her Ambition (Short)

1926 Open House (Short)

1926 Excess Baggage (Short)

1926 A Yankee Doodle Duke (Short)

1926 Bear Cats (Short)

1926 Going Crazy (Short)

1926 Raisin' Cain (Short)

1926 Al's Troubles (Short)

1926 Accidents Can Happen (Short)

1926 Sea Scamps (Short)

1926 Helpful Al (Short)

1925 Bachelors' Babies (Short)

1925 Buster Be Good (Short)

1925 A Winning Pair (Short)

1925 Baby Be Good (Short)

1925 Piping Hot (Short)

1925 Dog Daze (Short)

1925 Maid in Morocco (Short)

1925 Cupid's Victory (Short)

1925 Educating Buster (Short)

1925 In Deep (Short)

1925 Paging a Wife (Short)

1925 A Rough Party (Short)

1925 Married Neighbors (Short)

1925 Love Sick (Short)

1925 Almost a Husband

1925 Tourists De Luxe (Short)

1925 Puzzled by Crosswords (Short)

1925 Clear the Way (Short)

1925 Raisin' Cain (Short)

1925 Sailing Along (Short)

1924 The Diving Fool (Short)

1924 Her City Sport (Short)

1924 Hats (Short)

1923 Built on a Bluff (Short)

1923 Hollywood Bound (Short)

1923 Mama's Baby Boy (Short)

1923 The Lucky Rube (Short)

1923 Don't Play Hookey (Short)

1923 The Big Game (Short)

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Writer (44 credits)

1936 Two Lame Ducks (Short)

1936 Grand Slam Opera (Short) (story)

1935 Choose Your Partners (Short)

1935 Knockout Drops (Short)

1935 The E-Flat Man (Short) (story)

1935 His Last Fling (Short) (story)

1935 Tars and Stripes (Short) (story)

1935 Hayseed Romance (Short) (story)

1934 The Gold Ghost (Short) (adaptation and continuity)

1934 Pardon My Pups (Short) (uncredited)

1933 Kid 'in' Africa (Short)

1933 Merrily Yours (Short) (story)

1933 Polly Tix in Washington (Short) (writer)

1933 Kid in Hollywood (Short) (writer)

1931 Sightseeing in New York (Short) (scenario)

1931 The Gossipy Plumber (Short) (screenplay)

1931 The Wife o' Riley (Short)

1931 Talking Turkey (Short)

1930 You Said It, Sailor (Short)

1930 Society Goes Spaghetti (Short)

1927 Naughty Boy (Short)

1927 Roped In (Short) (story)

1926 Should Husbands Marry? (Short) (story)

1926 A Yankee Doodle Duke (Short) (scenario)

1926 Raisin' Cain (Short) (story)

1926 Al's Troubles (Short) (story)

1926 Accidents Can Happen (Short) (story)

1926 Helpful Al (Short) (story)

1925 Buster Be Good (Short) (scenario)

1925 A Winning Pair (Short) (scenario) / (story)

1925 Piping Hot (Short) (scenario) / (story)

1925 Cupid's Victory (Short) (scenario) / (story)

1925 Educating Buster (Short) (scenario) / (story)

1925 Paging a Wife (Short) (story)

1925 A Rough Party (Short) (story)

1925 Married Neighbors (Short) (scenario) / (story)

1925 Love Sick (Short) (scenario) / (story)

1925 Almost a Husband (screenplay) / (story)

1925 Tourists De Luxe (Short) (story)

1925 Puzzled by Crosswords (Short) (story)

1925 Clear the Way (Short) (story)

1925 Raisin' Cain (Short) (story)

1925 Sailing Along (Short) (story)

1924 Her City Sport (Short) (story)

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Producer (5 credits)

1939 Little Accident (producer)

1939 Panama Patrol (associate producer)

1939 Long Shot (associate producer)

1938 Cipher Bureau (associate producer)

1938 Shadows Over Shanghai (associate producer)

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Self (1 credit)

1987 Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

- Episode #1.3 (1987) ... Himself

- Episode #1.2 (1987) ... Himself

- Episode #1.1 (1987) ... Himself

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Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)

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Trivia:

Lamont is generally credited with starting Shirley Temple's career. He discovered her while visiting a dance studio in search of children for a one-reel comedy short he was directing. He was so impressed with her talent (she was about five years old) that instead of putting her in the background with the rest of the children, he featured her in her own dance number and gave her a few lines. Her ... See more »