Fred C. Newmeyer
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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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Safety Last!
Director
Grandma's Boy
Director
Dr. Jack
Director
The Freshman
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Hot Water
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A Sailor-Made Man
Director
Girl Shy
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General Spanky
Director
Never Weaken
Director
The Grand Parade
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They Never Come Back
Director
Why Worry?
Director
That's My Daddy
Director
Number, Please?
Co-Director
Sailor's Holiday
Director
The Perfect Clown
Director
The Quarterback
Director
Fast and Loose
Director
Among Those Present
Director
Now or Never
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Discarded Lovers
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The Big Race
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The Pinch Singer
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Arbor Day
Director
Rainbow Man
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Queen High
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A Scream in the Night
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On Your Toes!
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The Night Bird
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The Gambling Sex
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Como Actor/Actriz
Safety Last!
Car Driver Who Gets Parking Ticket (uncredited)
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
A Sammy in Siberia
(uncredited)
Don't Shove
Number, Please?
carnival staff (uncredited)
Bumping Into Broadway
Luke's Movie Muddle
Luke, Rank Impersonator
Birds of a Feather
By the Sad Sea Waves
Bashful
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
Over the Fence
(uncredited)
Pinched
Luke Locates the Loot
Captain Kidd's Kids
Ah Nix (Chinese Cook)
It's a Wild Life
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
The Marathon
Young Mr. Jazz
(uncredited)
Luke's Late Lunchers
We Never Sleep
Luke's Speedy Club Life
Luke Rides Roughshod
Love, Laughs and Lather
Luke, Patient Provider
Count Your Change
Luke and the Mermaids
From Laramie to London
Luke Joins the Navy