---
name: "J. C. Nugent"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/j-c-nugent"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 April 1868"
died: "21 April 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T23:35:14.439765+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# J. C. Nugent

Actor. Born 5 April 1868 in Niles, Ohio, USA. Died 21 April 1947.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 April 1868, Niles, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 21 April 1947
- **Active:** 1930–1937
- **Also known as:** John Charles Nugent
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Nugent, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6105016, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/98001

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*A Star Is Born*](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md) (78)
- **Tubi:** [*The Big House*](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md) (78)

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## Biography

J. C. Nugent, also credited as John Charles Nugent, was an American actor, playwright, director and screenwriter. A veteran of the stage and vaudeville, he made his Broadway debut in 1922 in the comedy Kempy, which he wrote, and continued to write and direct plays into the 1940s while appearing in around 20 films between 1929 and 1943.

He is known for supporting roles in films including Wise Girls (1929), The Big House (1930) as Mr. Marlowe, Modern Times (1936) as a department store section manager (uncredited), and A Star Is Born (1937) as Mr. Blodgett. Nugent was the father of actor, writer and producer Elliott Nugent, with whom he sometimes collaborated.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *A Star Is Born* (1937), Fi1m 78, as Mr. Blodgett — [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md)
- *The Big House* (1930), Fi1m 78, as Mr. Marlowe — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Modern Times* (1936), Fi1m 88, as Department Store Section Manager (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Follies Girl* (1943), as J.B. Hamlin
- *Give Me a Sailor* (1938), as Mr. Larkin
- *Midnight Intruder* (1938), as Doc Norton
- *Stand-In* (1937), as Junior Pettypacker
- *It's All Yours* (1937), as E.J. Barnes
- *This Is My Affair* (1937), as Ernie
- *A Star Is Born* (1937), as Mr. Blodgett — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md)
- *Modern Times* (1936), as Department Store Section Manager (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md)
- *Men Without Names* (1935), as Major Newcomb, publisher
- *Love in Bloom* (1935), as Col. Downey
- *The Millionaire* (1931), as Dr. Harvey
- *Remote Control* (1930), as Smedley
- *Love in the Rough* (1930), as Waters
- *The Unholy Three* (1930), Writer
- *The Sins of the Children* (1930), Story
- *The Big House* (1930), as Mr. Marlowe — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md)
- *They Learned About Women* (1930), as Stafford
- *The Rounder* (1930), Director, Story
- *Navy Blues* (1929), as Mr. Reginald Brown · Dialogue
- *Wise Girls* (1929), as Mr. Bence

## Gallery

- ![Actor J. C. Nugent as "Dad" Bence in the stage production Kempy (1922)](https://film.one/media/person/444620/gallery-1de0f04f46e5.jpg) Actor J. C. Nugent as "Dad" Bence in the stage production Kempy (1922) — White Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/J._C._Nugent_in_Kempy_%281922%29.jpg/1280px-J._C._Nugent_in_Kempy_%281922%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![J. C. Nugent](https://film.one/media/person/444620/gallery-eaf8bd2e0319.jpg) J. C. Nugent — trailer screenshot (Paramount Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/J._C._Nugent_in_Give_Me_a_Sailor_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![J. C. Nugent](https://film.one/media/person/444620/gallery-5a165d7adc84.jpg) J. C. Nugent — Image via TMDB

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