Fred M. Wilcox | |
Birth Date: | 22 December 1907 |
Birth Place: | Tazewell, Virginia, United States |
Death Place: | Beverly Hills, California, United States |
Occupation: | Film director |
Fred McLeod Wilcox (December 22, 1907 – September 23, 1964) was an American motion picture director. He worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for many years and is best remembered for directing Lassie Come Home (1943) and Forbidden Planet (1956). These films were entered in the National Film Preservation Board's National Film Registry in 1993 and 2013 respectively.