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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. 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.
- March 15, 1905
- May 9, 1998
Sep 18, 2013 · Nat Perrin was witness to it all as both a writer and family friend. With only a few days’ notice, he left a burgeoning law career to leave with the Marxes for California, eventually contributing to their classic films “Monkey Business” (1931) and “Duck Soup” (1933), along with their later films “Go West” (1940) and “The Big ...
- Daniel Coston
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
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.
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...
