Fred C. Newmeyer
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.
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The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022 · Director
Rodeo Rhythm
1942 · Director
Mail and Female
1937 · Director
General Spanky
1936 · Director
Arbor Day
1936 · Director
The Pinch Singer
1936 · Director
A Scream in the Night
1935 · Director
Secrets of Chinatown
1935 · Director
No Ransom
1934 · Director
Lost In The Legion
1934 · Director
The Big Race
1934 · Director
The Moth
1934 · Director
The Gambling Sex
1932 · Director
The Fighting Gentleman
1932 · Director
The Night Rider
1932 · Director
They Never Come Back
1932 · Director
Discarded Lovers
1932 · Director
Subway Express
1931 · Director
Fast and Loose
1930 · Director
Queen High
1930 · Director
The Grand Parade
1930 · Director
Sailor's Holiday
1929 · Director
Rainbow Man
1929 · Director
It Can Be Done
1929 · Director
The Night Bird
1928 · Director
Warming Up
1928 · Director
That's My Daddy
1927 · Director
On Your Toes!
1927 · Director
Too Many Crooks
1927 · Director
The Potters
1927 · Director
The Lunatic at Large
1927 · Director
The Quarterback
1926 · Director
The Savage
1926 · Director
The Perfect Clown
1925 · Director
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1925 · Director
The Freshman
1925 · Director
Hot Water
1924 · Director
Girl Shy
1924 · Director
Why Worry?
1923 · Director
Safety Last!
1923 · Car Driver Who Gets Parking Ticket (uncredited), Director
Dr. Jack
1922 · Director
Grandma's Boy
1922 · Director
A Sailor-Made Man
1921 · Director
Never Weaken
1921 · Director
Among Those Present
1921 · Director
Now or Never
1921 · Director
Number, Please?
1920 · carnival staff (uncredited), Co-Director
Alias Aladdin
1920 · Director
Money to Burn
1920 · Director
Merely a Maid
1920 · Director
Raise the Rent
1920 · Director
All Lit Up
1920 · Director
Captain Kidd's Kids
1919 · Ah Nix (Chinese Cook)
Bumping Into Broadway
1919
Don't Shove
1919
Count Your Change
1919
Billy Blazes, Esq.
1919 · Fleeing chinese man (Uncredited)
The Marathon
1919
Young Mr. Jazz
1919 · (uncredited)
A Sammy in Siberia
1919 · (uncredited)
It's a Wild Life
1918
Pipe the Whiskers
1918
The Tip
1918
Step Lively
1917
Bashful
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 · (uncredited)
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
1917
Luke Locates the Loot
1916
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
1916
Luke, Rank Impersonator
1916
Luke's Movie Muddle
1916
Luke, Patient Provider
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
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