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Joshua Logan(1908-1988)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Additional Crew
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Joshua Logan
Joshua Logan started directing plays while he was still at Princeton and among the first actors he directed were Henry Fonda and James Stewart. His graduation from Princeton was delayed to accompany a classmate to Russia to study with Konstantin Stanislavski, inventor of "method acting". Stanislavsko told him, "To be truly creative you must find your own way, you must not follow some old Stanislavski method". Stanislavski emphasized the importance of the writer and Logan was proudest of the plays and films that he wrote as well as directed. His second wife was the widow of actor Walter Connolly who was 9 years his senior. He published his autobiography in 1976 and died in 1988.
BornOctober 5, 1908
DiedJuly 12, 1988(79)
BornOctober 5, 1908
DiedJuly 12, 1988(79)
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars
    • 3 wins & 11 nominations total

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Joshua Logan
Marlon Brando, Joshua Logan, and Miiko Taka in Sayonara (1957)
Alfred Newman, Ken Darby, Mitzi Gaynor, Oscar Hammerstein II, John Kerr, and Joshua Logan in South Pacific (1958)

Known for

Charles Boyer, Horst Buchholz, Leslie Caron, and Maurice Chevalier in Fanny (1961)
Fanny
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1961
Picnic (1955)
Picnic
7.0
  • Director
  • 1955
James Cagney, Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, and William Powell in Mister Roberts (1955)
Mister Roberts
7.6
  • Writer
  • 1955
Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, and Arthur O'Connell in Bus Stop (1956)
Bus Stop
6.3
  • Director
  • 1956

Credits

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Writer

  • Joshua Bell, Hugh Downs, Renée Fleming, Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel, Natalia Makarova, Audra McDonald, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Louis Perry, Beverly Sills, Martin Bookspan, and Fred Child in Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
    Live from Lincoln Center
    • play
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    • book by
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • Glenn Close, Harry Connick Jr., Natalie Mendoza, and Rade Serbedzija in South Pacific (2001)
    South Pacific
    • adaptation
    • TV Movie
    • 2001
  • Mister Roberts (1984)
    Mister Roberts
    • play
    • TV Movie
    • 1984
  • Ensign Pulver (1964)
    Ensign Pulver
    • based on a play by
    • screenplay
    • 1964
  • Charles Boyer, Horst Buchholz, Leslie Caron, and Maurice Chevalier in Fanny (1961)
    Fanny
    • play
    • 1961
  • Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor in South Pacific (1958)
    South Pacific
    • adapted from the play "South Pacific"
    • 1958
  • Fanny
    • play
    • TV Movie
    • 1956
  • James Cagney, Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, and William Powell in Mister Roberts (1955)
    Mister Roberts
    • based on the play by
    • screenplay
    • 1955
  • Tonight on Broadway (1948)
    Tonight on Broadway
    • play
    • TV Series
    • 1948
  • Frank Sinatra, Michèle Morgan, Leon Errol, Barbara Hale, Jack Haley, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman, Marcy McGuire, and Dooley Wilson in Higher and Higher (1943)
    Higher and Higher
    • based on the musical play "Higher And Higher": book by
    • 1943

Director

  • Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, and Jean Seberg in Paint Your Wagon (1969)
    Paint Your Wagon
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Camelot (1967)
    Camelot
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Ensign Pulver (1964)
    Ensign Pulver
    • Director
    • 1964
  • Charles Boyer, Horst Buchholz, Leslie Caron, and Maurice Chevalier in Fanny (1961)
    Fanny
    • Director
    • 1961
  • Jane Fonda and Anthony Perkins in Tall Story (1960)
    Tall Story
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor in South Pacific (1958)
    South Pacific
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Marlon Brando and Miiko Taka in Sayonara (1957)
    Sayonara
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, and Arthur O'Connell in Bus Stop (1956)
    Bus Stop
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Picnic (1955)
    Picnic
    • Director
    • 1955
  • James Cagney, Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, and William Powell in Mister Roberts (1955)
    Mister Roberts
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Henry Fonda and Joan Bennett in I Met My Love Again (1938)
    I Met My Love Again
    • Director
    • 1938

Additional Crew

  • Mister Roberts (1984)
    Mister Roberts
    • consultant
    • TV Movie
    • 1984
  • Charles Boyer, Horst Buchholz, Leslie Caron, and Maurice Chevalier in Fanny (1961)
    Fanny
    • production: produced on the stage by
    • 1961
  • William Holden and Nancy Kwan in The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
    The World of Suzie Wong
    • original stage director
    • 1960
  • Middle of the Night (1959)
    Middle of the Night
    • as presented on Broadway by
    • 1959
  • Indiscreet (1958)
    Indiscreet
    • "Kind Sir" was produced on the stage by
    • 1958
  • Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor in South Pacific (1958)
    South Pacific
    • originally produced on the stage by
    • 1958
  • Picnic (1955)
    Picnic
    • produced on the stage by
    • 1955
  • Tyrone Power, Annabella, and Loretta Young in Suez (1938)
    Suez
    • diction coach: Annabella (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Jean Arthur and Charles Boyer in History Is Made at Night (1937)
    History Is Made at Night
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • The Garden of Allah (1936)
    The Garden of Allah
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1936

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Joshua Lockwood Logan
  • Born
    • October 5, 1908
    • Texarkana, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • July 12, 1988
    • New York City, New York, USA(progressive supranuclear palsy)
  • Spouses
      Nedda Harrigan1945 - July 12, 1988 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 5 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the musical, "South Pacific", collaborating with Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Quotes
    [on Marilyn Monroe] As near genius as any actress I ever knew.

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