Frank Wright Tuttle (August 6, 1892 – January 6, 1963) was a Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 (The Cradle Buster ) to 1959 (Island of Lost Women
Frank Tuttle was educated at Yale University , where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record
After graduation, he worked in New York City in the advertising department of the Metropolitan Music Bureau. He later moved to Hollywood, where he became a film director for Paramount. His films are largely in the comedy and film noir genres.
In 1947, Tuttle's career ground to a temporary halt with the onset of the first of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings on Communist infiltration of the movie industry. Tuttle had joined the Communist Party in 1937 in reaction to Hitler's rise to power.
Unable to find work in the United States, he moved to France, where he made Gunman in the Streets Simone Signoret and Dane Clark .
After a decade as a member of the Communist Party, in 1951 Tuttle gave 36 names to the HUAC.
Tuttle died in Hollywood, California on January 6, 1963, aged 70. He was survived by his three children.
The Cradle Buster (1922)Puritan Passions Mary Astor Second Fiddle Mary Astor The Manicure Girl Lovers in Quarantine Bebe Daniels and the other Harrison Ford Kid Boots Eddie Cantor and Clara Bow Love 'Em and Leave 'Em Evelyn Brent and Louise Brooks The American Venus The Untamed Lady Gloria Swanson Blind Alleys Evelyn Brent and Thomas Meighan Varsity Mary Brian The Canary Murder Case William Powell as Philo Vance The Green Murder Case William Powell as Philo Vance Sweetie Nancy Carroll Paramount on Parade Joseph L. Mankiewicz The Benson Murder Case (1930) starring William Powell as Philo VanceTrue to the Navy Clara Bow and Fredric March It Pays to Advertise (1931) starring Carole Lombard No Limit Thelma Todd This Reckless Age The Big Broadcast Bing Crosby This Is the Night (1932) with Cary Grant Roman Scandals Eddie Cantor Springtime for Henry Otto Kruger and Nigel Bruce Here is My Heart Bing Crosby Ladies Should Listen Cary Grant Two for Tonight The Glass Key Dashiell Hammett 's novel of the same nameAll the King's Horses (1935) starring Carl Brisson College Holiday Jack Benny , George Burns and Gracie Allen Waikiki Wedding Doctor Rhythm Paris Honeymoon I Stole a Million George Raft and written by Nathanael West Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939) starring Edgar Bergen Lucky Jordan Sheldon Leonard and Alan Ladd This Gun for Hire Veronica Lake and Alan LaddStar Spangled Rhythm George S. Kaufman The Hour Before the Dawn Don Juan Quilligan Phil Silvers Suspense Belita Swell Guy Sonny Tufts Gunman in the Streets Simone Signoret The Magic Face (1951) starring Luther Adler Hell on Frisco Bay Edward G. Robinson A Cry in the Night (1956) starring Edmond O'Brien, Natalie Wood and Raymond Burr Island of Lost Women 
