Birthday
1903/12/13
Day of death
1976/07/07 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Richmond, Indiana, USA
Also know as
John Hoeffer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Norman Foster (December 13, 1903 - July 7, 1976) was an American film director and actor. Born John Hoeffer in Richmond, Indiana, Foster originally became a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Indiana before going to New York in the hopes of getting a better newspaper job but there were no vacancies. He tried a number of theatrical agencies before getting stage work and later appeared on Broadway in the George S. Kaufman / Ring Lardner play June Moon in ...Read more
(1938) Mysterious Mr. Moto
as Hoodlum in Tavern
(1933) State Fair
as Wayne Frake
(1932) Skyscraper Souls
as Tom Shepherd
(1932) Under Eighteen
as Alf
(1935) Behind the Green Lights
as Detective Lt. Dave Britten
(1933) Rafter Romance
as Jack
(1931) Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Hal Evans
(1933) Pilgrimage
as Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop (Hannah's son)
(1931) It Pays to Advertise
as Rodney Martin
(1932) Week-End Marriage
as Ken Hayes
(1936) High Tension
as Eddie Mitchell
(1935) The Hoosier Schoolmaster
as Ralph Hartsook
(1935) Suicide Squad
as Larry Barker
(1935) Ladies Crave Excitement
as Don Phelan
(1931) Reckless Living
as Doggie
(1934) Strictly Dynamite
as Fleming
(1930) Young Man of Manhattan
as Toby McLean
(1933) Professional Sweetheart
as Jim Davey
(1935) The Fire-Trap
as Bill Farnsworth
(1932) Girl of the Rio
as Johnny Powell
(1932) Play Girl
as Wallace 'Wally' Dennis
(1931) No Limit
as Douglas Thayer
(1932) Strange Justice
as Wally Baker
(1932) Prosperity
as John Warren
(1932) Alias the Doctor
as Stephan Brenner
(1932) Steady Company
as Jim
(1935) Behind the Evidence
as Tony Sheridan
(1936) I Cover Chinatown
as Eddie Barton
(1936) Fatal Lady
as Phillip Roberts
(1933) Walls of Gold
as Barnes Ritchie
(1974) Double Solitaire
as Ernest Potter
(1931) Up Pops the Devil
as Steve Merrick
(1936) The Leavenworth Case
as Detective Bob Grice
(1934) Orient Express
as Carlton Myatt
(1935) The Bishop Misbehaves
as Donald Meadows
(1931) Men Call It Love
as Jack
(1929) Gentlemen of the Press
as Ted Hanley
(1934) Elinor Norton
as Bill Foster
(2018) The Other Side of the Wind
as Billy Boyle
(2018) They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
(1929) Love at First Sight
as ---
(1972) Play It as It Lays
as Abortionist
(1954) The Disneyland Story
as ---
(1935) Escape from Devil's Island
as Andre Dion
(1932) The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Maurice Cohen
(1976) Woman in the Rain
as Assistant Director for HighShine
(1936) Everybody's Old Man
as Ronald Franklin
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1963) Espionage
as ---