Fred C. Newmeyer [143385]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2001
Birthplace: Central City, Colorado, USA
Birthday: 1888-08-08
Deathday: 1967-04-24
Age: 78 years
Movies: 34
Links: Homepage, IMDB
Biography: A native of Central City, Colorado, Newmeyer is best known for directing a handful of films in the Our Gang series and for directing several Harold Lloyd movies. With Sam Taylor, Newmeyer co-directed Lloyd in films including Safety Last! (1923), Girl Shy (1924), and The Freshman (1925). Newmeyer also had an extensive directing and acting resume in other comedy short films. He appeared as an actor in 71 films between 1914 and 1923. Prior to his film career, Newmeyer played professional baseball. Partial statistics exist for his time as a left-handed pitcher in Minor League Baseball at the Class D level from 1911 to 1913 in the Southwest Texas League, Michigan State League, and Central Association.[6] He made at least 66 appearances and was the winning pitcher of at least 26 games. Newmeyer was the original director of the first short in the Our Gang series, also titled Our Gang; his version tested poorly, and producer Hal Roach scrapped most of the footage and remade the short with Robert McGowan as the director. Newmeyer, after directing numerous other shorts at Roach, returned to the Our Gang series in 1936 to direct The Pinch Singer, Arbor Day, Mail and Female and the feature film General Spanky. Newmeyer and his wife, Berna, had a son, Fred W. After his film career, Newmeyer worked with the athletic department of University High School in Los Angeles. Newmeyer died on April 24, 1967, in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 78.

Safety Last!
1923-04-01
Number, Please?
1920-12-26
Captain Kidd's K
1919-11-30
Bumping Into Bro
1919-11-02
Don't Shove
1919-08-31
Count Your Chang
1919-08-10
The Marathon
1919-05-25
Young Mr. Jazz
1919-04-20
A Sammy in Siber
1919-04-06
We Never Sleep
1917-12-02
Clubs Are Trump
1917-11-18
Love, Laughs and
1917-11-04
Rainbow Island
1917-10-28
From Laramie to
1917-10-21
By the Sad Sea W
1917-09-30
Pinched
1917-09-23
Lonesome Luke Lo
1917-09-16
Over the Fence
1917-09-09
Lonesome Luke, M
1917-08-05
Luke Locates the
1916-12-24
Luke's Fireworks
1916-12-17
Luke, Rank Imper
1916-12-10
Luke's Movie Mud
1916-12-03
Luke, Patient Pr
1916-11-19
Luke and the Ban
1916-10-15
Luke's Speedy Cl
1916-10-01
Luke and the Mer
1916-09-18
Luke Joins the N
1916-09-04
Luke Does the Mi
1916-08-21
Luke's Lost Lamb
1916-08-07
Luke, Crystal Ga
1916-07-24
Luke Rides Rough
1916-07-10
Luke's Society M
1916-06-26
Luke's Late Lunc
1916-05-22