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Date of Birth

16 March 1897, Keokuk, Iowa, USA

Date of Death

24 February 1970, New York, New York, USA

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Spouse

Michael Coulson Smith	(1955 - ?) (divorced) one child
Lynn Merrick	(1945 - ?) (divorced)
Ruth Helms	(24 June 1924 - 1935) (divorced) 1 child

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One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Son-in-law, Thomas Victor Jones, was former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of military-industrial giant, Northrop Corporation, now Northrop-Grumman.

Grandson is Peter Jones who shares his "wavy blond hair and matinee- idol features."

Children: Ruth Margaret (b. 1920 to his first wife, Ruth) and Michael, born in the late 1950s to third wife Michael.

Hosted the Academy Awards in 1930 and 1932

Hosted the Academy Awards in 1953 alongside Bob Hope

President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1932 to 1933

Was engaged to Hollywood starlet (and co-author of The Blob) Kay Linaker 4 times. They met while they were filming The Girl from Mandalay (1936). Nagel was 39 and Linaker 23.

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