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Freddie Fields - Wikipedia

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Freddie Fields
Born	Fred Feldman (1923-07-12)July 12, 1923 Ferndale, New York, United States
Died	December 11, 2007(2007-12-11) (aged 84) Beverly Hills, California, United States
Occupation(s)	Producer, agent
Spouses	Edith Fellows (m. 1946; div. 1955) Polly Bergen (m. 1957; div. 1975) Cherie Latimer (m. 1976; div. 1977) Corinna Tsopei (m. 1981)
Children	4, including Kathy Fields

Freddie Fields (July 12, 1923 – December 11, 2007),^[1] born Fred Feldman, was an American theatrical agent and film producer.

Biography

Born to a Jewish family,^[2] Fields was the brother of band leader Shep Fields.

Field's obituary in Variety magazine described his early career:

After a stint in the Coast Guard, he joined the Abbe Greshler agency in 1943; there he worked with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. He was wooed away by MCA in 1946, bringing Lewis and Martin with him, and rose through the ranks to become head of its TV department. He packaged such vaudevillian and radio talents as Phil Silvers, George Burns and Gracie Allen and Jackie Gleason for television.^[3]

In 1960, Fields and fellow former MCA agent David Begelman founded the international talent agency Creative Management Associates (CMA).^[1]^[3] At CMA, Fields and Begelman pioneered the movie "package", where the talent agency put their stars, directors and writers together on a single project.^[4]

CMA developed numerous agents, including Sue Mengers, Mike Medavoy, Sam Cohn, and Jeff Berg (who became president in 1979).^[3] CMA was instrumental in the development of such stars as Judy Garland, Woody Allen, Henry Fonda, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Redford, Peter Sellers, Steve McQueen and later Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Burt Bacharach, Neil Young, and Jack Carter, and into the 1980s promoted the likes of Richard Gere and Mel Gibson. While at CMA, he was involved with numerous blockbuster films, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, American Graffiti, and Star Wars. Fields played a key role in the merger of CMA with the International Famous Agency to form International Creative Management (ICM).^[1]

Starting in 1969, Fields was a partner in the First Artists Company with Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Sidney Poitier, and Barbra Streisand.^[1] While First Artists only lasted for about ten years, it was unique in that it owned the films it produced, such as The Getaway (1972).^[3]

Fields later served as president of MGM and United Artists.^[1]

Personal life

Fields was married four times. He was survived by his wife, former Miss Universe 1964, Corinna Tsopei, and by two adopted children by his former wife, actress Polly Bergen.^[5]^[6] He also was married to actress Edith Fellows, who died June 26, 2011. Kathy Fields is their child.^[7]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
1976	Lipstick
1977	Handle with Care
1977	Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1980	American Gigolo	Executive producer
1980	Wholly Moses!
1981	Escape to Victory
1982	The Year of Living Dangerously	Executive producer	Uncredited
1985	Fever Pitch
1986	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Executive producer
	American Anthem	Executive producer
	Crimes of the Heart
1989	Millennium	Executive producer
1989	Glory		Final film as a producer

Miscellaneous crew

Year	Film	Role
1982	The Year of Living Dangerously	Presenter

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1962	The Judy Garland Show	Executive producer	Television special
1989	Glory	Executive producer	Television special
1996	The Montel Williams Show	Executive producer

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rogers, John (December 12, 2007). "Legendary producer/agent Freddie Fields dies". USA Today.
^ Verini, Bob (September 27, 2007). "Secret lunch honors Ladd". Variety.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Natale, Richard (December 12, 2007). "Agent Freddie Fields dies at 84. Industry vet paved the way for super-agents". Variety.
^ Eller, Claudia; Dutka, Eliane (August 9, 1995). "Begelman, Ex-Columbia Chief, an Apparent Suicide". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ Fox, Margalit (Dec 13, 2007). "Freddie Fields, Hollywood Talent Agent, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
^ Bergan, Ronald (22 Sep 2014). "Polly Bergen obituary: Award-winning actor who starred in Cape Fear, she was also a dynamic entrepreneur". The Guardian.
^ Fox, Margalit (July 2, 2011). "Edith Fellows, a 1930s Child Star Trailed by Dickensian Woes, Dies at 88". The New York Times.

External links

Freddie Fields at IMDb
‹The template AllMovie name is being considered for deletion.› Freddie Fields at AllMovie
Freddie Fields at the TCM Movie Database
Freddie Fields at Find a Grave

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