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Nat Perrin (March 15, 1905 – May 9, 1998) was an American comedy film, television, and radio screenwriter, producer, and director, who contributed gags and storylines to several Marx Brothers films and co-wrote the script for the film Hellzapoppin' (1941) adapted from the stage musical.
Nat Perrin. Writer: Duck Soup. A lawyer who never practiced, Perrin landed a job in the Warner Bros. publicity department in 1930. In 1931, he made his way into Groucho Marx's dressing room with a forged letter from Moss Hart.
- Producer, Writer, Director
- March 15, 1905
- Nat Perrin
- May 9, 1998
Nat Perrin (March 15, 1905 – May 9, 1998) was an American comedy film, television, and radio screenwriter, producer, and director, who contributed gags and storylines to several Marx Brothers films and co-wrote the script for the film Hellzapoppin' (1941) adapted from the stage musical.
Aug 19, 2019 · During Groucho’s final days, a judge appointed the 72-year-old Nat Perrin, a close pal of Groucho’s and who co-wrote the Marx Brothers’ most anarchically funny 1933 film, “Duck Soup,” as...
- Dr. Howard Markel
May 14, 1998 · Nat Perrin, 93, a Hollywood writer who served as temporary conservator of his friend Groucho Marx. A lawyer who never practiced, Perrin credited Marx with bringing him to Hollywood and giving him...
Nat Perrin is known as an Screenplay, Producer, Writer, Story, Director, Actor, Additional Writing, Additional Dialogue, and Original Story. Some of his work includes Duck Soup, Hellzapoppin', Song of the Thin Man, The Big Store, Frankie and Johnny, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood, Stowaway, and Pardon My Sarong.