Fred C. Newmeyer

Fred C. Newmeyer (August 9 1888 - April 24 1967) was an American actor and film director. A native of Central City, Colorado, he is best known for directing a handful of films in the "Our Gang" series and for directing Harold Lloyd movies "The Freshman" and "Girl Shy". 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.

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, would return to the "Our Gang" series in 1936 to direct "The Pinch Singer", "Arbor Day", "Male and Female" and the feature film "General Spanky".

He co-directed (together with Sam Taylor) Harold Lloyd's famous silent "Safety Last!". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1g9zDOe4Bs - see credits at the beginning.]

He died on April 24 1967 in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 86.

elected filmography

* Luke's Shattered Sleep (1916)
* Luke Locates the Loot (1916)
* Luke's Fireworks Fizzle (1916)
* Luke, Rank Impersonator (1916)
* Luke's Movie Muddle (1916)
* Luke's Newsie Knockout (1916)
* Luke, Patient Provider (1916)
* Luke, the Gladiator (1916)
* Luke's Preparedness Preparations (1916)
* Luke, the Chauffeur (1916)
* Luke and the Bang-Tails (1916)
* Luke's Speedy Club Life (1916)
* Luke and the Mermaids (1916)
* Luke Joins the Navy (1916)
* Luke Does the Midway (1916)
* Luke's Lost Lamb (1916)
* Luke, Crystal Gazer (1916)
* Luke Rides Roughshod (1916)
* Luke's Society Mixup (1916)
* Luke's Late Lunchers (1916)
* Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (1916)
* The Big Idea (1917)
* Step Lively (1917)
* Bashful (1917)
* Move On (1917)
* We Never Sleep (1917)
* All Aboard (1917)
* Clubs Are Trump (1917)
* Love, Laughs and Lather (1917)
* Rainbow Island (1917)
* From Laramie to London (1917)
* Birds of a Feather (1917)
* By the Sad Sea Waves (1917)
* Pinched (1917)
* Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917)
* Over the Fence (1917)
* Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917)
* Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917)
* Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley (1917)
* Two-Gun Gussie (1918)
* It's a Wild Life (1918)
* Pipe the Whiskers (1918)
* The Tip (1918)
* From Hand to Mouth (1919)
* Captain Kidd's Kids (1919)
* Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
* His Only Father (1919)
* Pay Your Dues (1919)
* Count the Votes (1919)
* Soft Money (1919)
* He Leads, Others Follow (1919)
* The Rajah (1919)
* Be My Wife (1919)
* Don't Shove (1919)
* Heap Big Chief (1919)
* Chop Suey & Co. (1919)
* Count Your Change (1919)
* Spring Fever (1919)
* Off the Trolley (1919)
* Swat the Crook (1919)
* Pistols for Breakfast (1919)
* The Marathon (1919)
* Si, Senor (1919)
* Ring Up the Curtain (1919)
* Crack Your Heels (1919)
* Young Mr. Jazz (1919)
* A Sammy in Siberia (1919)
* On the Fire (1919)
* Number, Please? (1920)
* Doctor Jack (1922)
* Safety Last! (1923)
* Why Worry? (1923)
* Girl Shy (1924)
* The Perfect Clown (1925)
* The Freshman (1925)
* Queen High (1930)
* The Pinch Singer (1936)
* Arbor Day (1936)
* Mail and Female (1937)

External links

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