James P. Hogan (director)
James Patrick Hogan ( born September 21, 1890 in Lowell, Massachusetts, † November 4, 1943 in North Hollywood, California ) was an American film director.
Hogan worked both as a director as well as ( rarely) as a screenwriter or actor.
Life
James P. Hogan worked since 1920 on the recommendation of his former employer, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Allan Dwan as a director. The main part of his work still belongs to the silent film era. Between 1931 and 1936 he devoted himself more to writing screenplays. In 1936 he returned as a director back in the B unit of the film company Paramount. Here he filmed as the series Bulldog Drummond. From 1940 he turned to Columbia the mysterious series Ellery Queen.
Hogan died in 1943 of a heart attack. The films often referred to as his best work The Strange Death of Adolph Hitler and the horror film Mad Ghoul, both created in 1943, were not performed until after his death.
In the details of his films James P. Hogan was also sometimes referred to as James Hogan and James Patrick Hogan called.