Legendary Broadway personality. Began his career as an actor in 1913. He later wrote numerous plays, often in collaboration, and directed and produced many others on Broadway. Several of his plays were adapted by others to the screen, including Broadway, Coquette, Lilly Turner, Three Men on a Horse, On Your Toes and The Boys from Syracuse. He moved to Hollywood during the switch to sound, collaborated on the script for ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, and directed a number of films, usually supplying his own scripts. In 1931 he returned to the stage and subsequently directed only three sporadic films, two of them screen adaptations of his stage musicals, PAJAMA GAME and DAMN YANKEES. He also produced several films, including BOY MEETS GIRL (1938). In 1983, at the age of 95 he directed and co-produced a Broadway revival of On Your Toes. In 1993, at 105, he joined festivities celebrating Broadway's 100th anniversary. His autobiography is entitled Mister Abbott (1963).    Nominated for Writing 1929-30: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1 nomination