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Fred Fleck - Wikipedia

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Fred Fleck
Born	(1892-06-04)June 4, 1892 New York City, New York, United States
Died	November 9, 1961(1961-11-09) (aged 69) North Hollywood, California, United States
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	1928–1957

Fred Fleck (June 6, 1892 – November 9, 1961), also known as Fred A. Fleck, Frederick Fleck, or Freddie Fleck, was an American assistant director and production manager. Born in New York City on June 4, 1892, he broke into the film business as an assistant director on the 1928 silent film The Riding Renegade, directed by Wallace Fox.^[1]^[2] During his 30-year career, he would work on some notable films, with some notable directors. Those films included the epic Hell's Angels (1930), directed by Howard Hughes;^[3] Bird of Paradise (1932), directed by King Vidor;^[4] Tom, Dick and Harry (1941), directed by Garson Kanin, starring Ginger Rogers;^[5] The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), directed by Orson Welles, starring Joseph Cotten and Anne Baxter;^[6] Born to be Bad (1950), directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Joan Fontaine and Robert Ryan;^[7] and Jet Pilot (1957), directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring John Wayne.^[8] Fleck was also one of the aerial cameramen on George Archainbaud's classic 1932 film, The Lost Squadron.^[9]

Fleck was also production manager on several notable films, including: Sylvia Scarlett (1935), directed by George Cukor, starring Katharine Hepburn;^[10] the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers vehicle, Swing Time (1936), directed by George Stevens;^[11] Stage Door (1937), directed by Gregory La Cava,starring Hepburn, Rogers and Adolphe Menjou;^[12] and The Las Vegas Story (1952), directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Jane Russell and Victor Mature.^[13]

Although Jet Pilot was released in 1957, it was produced in 1949–50, and sat on the shelf for seven years. The last film Fleck worked on was Son of Sinbad (1955), for which he was a production manager.^[14] He would die on November 9, 1961, in North Hollywood, California.

Filmography

(as per AFI's database)^[1]

Year	Title	Role
1928	The Riding Renegade	Assistant director
1930	Dixiana	Assistant director
1930	Hell's Angels	Assistant director
1930	Hit the Deck	Assistant director
1930	Hook, Line and Sinker	Assistant director
1930	Leathernecking	Assistant director
1931	Cracked Nuts	Assistant director
1932	Bird of Paradise	Assistant director
1932	The Lost Squadron	Aerial photography
1932	The Animal Kingdom	Unit manager
1937	Sylvia Scarlett	Production manager
1936	Swing Time	Production manager
1937	Stage Door	Production manager
1938	Carefree	Unit manager
1939	That's Right – You're Wrong	Assistant director
1940	You'll Find Out	Assistant director
1941	Playmates	Assistant director
1941	Tom, Dick and Harry	Assistant director
1941	Citizen Kane	Assistant
1942	The Magnificent Ambersons	Assistant director
1943	The Falcon in Danger	Assistant Director
1943	Flight for Freedom	Supervisor overwater aviation shots
1944	My Pal Wolf	Assistant director
1945	The Enchanted Cottage	Assistant director
1945	George White's Scandals	Assistant director
1946	The Spiral Staircase	Production manager
1947	They Won't Believe Me	Unit manager
1948	If You Knew Susie	Production manager
1948	The Miracle of the Bells	Production manager
1949	Bride for Sale	Assistant director
1949	The Window	Assistant director
1950	Born to Be Bad	Assistant director
1950	Walk Softly, Stranger	Production manager
1951	Two Tickets to Broadway	Assistant director
1952	The Las Vegas Story	Unit manager
1953	Angel Face	Assistant director
1953	Split Second	Assistant director
1954	She Couldn't Say No	Assistant director
1955	Son of Sinbad	Unit manager
1957	Jet Pilot	Assistant director

References

^ ^a ^b "Fred A. Fleck". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "The Riding Renegade". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "Hell's Angels". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "Bird of Paradise". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "Tom, Dick and Harry". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "The Magnificent Ambersons". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "Born to be Bad". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "Jet Pilot". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "The Lost Squadron". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "Syliva Scarlett". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "Swing Time". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "Stage Door". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "The Las Vegas Story". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "Son of Sinbad". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 7, 2015.

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