| Fred Fleck | |
| Birth Date: | 4 June 1892 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, United States |
| Death Place: | North Hollywood, California, United States |
| Occupation: | Filmmaker |
| Yearsactive: | 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.
(as per AFI's database)
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Aerial photography | |||
| 1932 | 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 | Assistant director | |||
| 1943 | Assistant Director | |||
| 1943 | Flight for Freedom | Supervisor overwater aviation shots | ||
| 1944 | My Pal Wolf | Assistant director | ||
| 1945 | Assistant director | |||
| 1945 | George White's Scandals | Assistant director | ||
| 1946 | Production manager | |||
| 1947 | They Won't Believe Me | Unit manager | ||
| 1948 | If You Knew Susie | Production manager | ||
| 1948 | Production manager | |||
| 1949 | Bride for Sale | Assistant director | ||
| 1949 | Assistant director | |||
| 1950 | Born to Be Bad | Assistant director | ||
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger | Production manager | ||
| 1951 | Two Tickets to Broadway | Assistant director | ||
| 1952 | 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 |