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name: "Nat Perrin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nat-perrin"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "15 March 1905"
died: "9 May 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:40:35.164190+00:00"
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# Nat Perrin

Writer. Born 15 March 1905 in The Bronx. Died 9 May 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 15 March 1905, The Bronx
- **Died:** 9 May 1998

## Biography

Nat Perrin was an American comedy screenwriter, producer and director. Born in the Bronx, he trained as a lawyer but never practised law. After working in the Warner Bros. publicity department from 1930, he entered screenwriting through a forged letter of introduction to Groucho Marx in 1931, which led to a job at Paramount and a long association with the Marx Brothers.

Perrin contributed additional dialogue to *Duck Soup* (1933) and worked on other Marx Brothers projects including *Monkey Business* (1931) and the story for *The Big Store* (1941). He co-wrote the radio series *Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel* with Arthur Sheekman. Later credits include the screenplay for *Hellzapoppin'* (1941), *Song of the Thin Man* (1947) and *Frankie and Johnny* (1966). He produced early television series such as *The Red Skelton Show* and *Death Valley Days*, and served as producer and head writer on *The Addams Family* (1964–1966). In 1977 he acted as temporary conservator for Groucho Marx.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Duck Soup* (1933), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/duck-soup.md)

## Also known for

- *The Addams Family* (1964), Director
- *Hellzapoppin'* (1941), Screenplay
- *Song of the Thin Man* (1947), Screenplay
- *The Big Store* (1941), Story
- *Frankie and Johnny* (1966), Story

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