Fred C. Newmeyer

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.1581

Gender

Male

Birthday

08-Aug-1888

Age

(138 years old)

Place of Birth

Central City, Colorado, USA

Also Known As
  • Fred Richard Newmeyer

Fred C. Newmeyer

Biography

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.


Credits

We Never Sleep We Never Sleep (1917) Character: N/A
Luke is an inept detective who follows the wrong man to a seaside hotel.
All Aboard All Aboard (1917) Character: N/A
In order to get his daughter away from her suitors, her father decides to spirit her away to Bermuda. Our hero, however, stows away on the ship. When discovered, he is credited with catching a crook, thus winning a reward and the girl.
Love, Laughs and Lather Love, Laughs and Lather (1917) Character: N/A
An Englishman and his valet have adventures in the American West.
Rainbow Island Rainbow Island (1917) Character: N/A
After finding a note in a floating bottle, our hero is off to resue the heroine. He runs into a tribe of cannibals.
From Laramie to London From Laramie to London (1917) Character: N/A
An Englishman and his valet tour the American West.
Birds of a Feather Birds of a Feather (1917) Character: N/A
Luke, running a chili parlor, inherits a million dollars and joins high society.
Luke Locates the Loot Luke Locates the Loot (1916) Character: N/A
As a detective, Luke is after a gang of crooks who are robbing party guests of their jewels.
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle Luke's Fireworks Fizzle (1916) Character: N/A
Luke, working in a fireworks factory.
Luke, Rank Impersonator Luke, Rank Impersonator (1916) Character: N/A
Luke crashes a society affair, thereby livening things up.
Luke, Patient Provider Luke, Patient Provider (1916) Character: N/A
When a doctor is forced, because of a lack of patients, to dismiss his pretty nurse, Luke comes to the rescue and uses his flivver to supply a ready supply of accident cases.
Luke and the Bang-Tails Luke and the Bang-Tails (1916) Character: N/A
Lonesome Luke at the Tijuana Races.
Luke's Speedy Club Life Luke's Speedy Club Life (1916) Character: N/A
Luke is a bellboy at a fancy club.
Luke and the Mermaids Luke and the Mermaids (1916) Character: N/A
Lonesome Luke asleep in the briny deep.
Luke's Lost Lamb Luke's Lost Lamb (1916) Character: N/A
A day at the seaside chasing a lost child.
Luke, Crystal Gazer Luke, Crystal Gazer (1916) Character: N/A
Luke happens into a spiritualist's shop where he is smitten by her daughter. He decides to stick around and take a job there.
Luke Joins the Navy Luke Joins the Navy (1916) Character: N/A
The beginning of the film you find Harold Lloyd playing his "Lonesome Luke" character. Out of the blue, Lloyd decides he's going to join the navy and you really wonder if part of the film leading to it is missing. After all, the decision seemed to come from no where and why Snub Pollard would also join is unclear. And, oddly, they seem to skip all training and are stationed on a navy ship. Soon Pollard's wife comes to the boat looking for him and she's put off the boat as the movie ends very, very anticlimactically.
Pinched Pinched (1917) Character: N/A
Harold's checked cap, blown from his head by a freakish wind, gets him into trouble. First he comes into conflict with the police as a highwayman, then the cap serves to identify him as a housebreaker and lands him in jail, while the innocent cause of his trouble becomes his cellmate for another reason. Eventually a distracted wife rescues both her husband and Harold from the clutches of the law, the cap this time aiding him to regain his freedom.
The Tip The Tip (1918) Character: N/A
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
It's a Wild Life It's a Wild Life (1918) Character: N/A
Harold invades the "Gilded Guzzle" café, where he appropriates a lady's roll of money, hides under a table and impersonates a cigar store Indian.
Luke's Society Mixup Luke's Society Mixup (1916) Character: N/A
Luke, a mechanic, stands in for a famous violinist. At first, his bad manners and rough behavior are accepted as the eccentricities of genius. Then matters get out of hand.
Luke's Late Lunchers Luke's Late Lunchers (1916) Character: N/A
Luke runs a beanery, in which the bad service, terrible food and filthy conditions lead to hi-jinx.
Count Your Change Count Your Change (1919) Character: N/A
Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places.
Luke's Movie Muddle Luke's Movie Muddle (1916) Character: N/A
Lonesome Luke has a movie theater and also works the box office and as an usher. He has to put up with, among other things, an incompetent projectionist who falls asleep all the time. Complications ensue.
Billy Blazes, Esq. Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919) Character: Fleeing chinese man (Uncredited)
Billy Blazes confronts Crooked Charley, who has been ruling the town of Peaceful Vale through fear and violence.
Safety Last! Safety Last! (1923) Character: Car Driver Who Gets Parking Ticket (uncredited)
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
Over the Fence Over the Fence (1917) Character: (uncredited)
Snitch steals Ginger's (stolen) baseball tickets and takes Ginger's girl to the game. Finding himself without tickets, Ginger dresses as a baseball player and wins the game. A possible debut of the "Glasses" or "Boy" character.
Bashful Bashful (1917) Character: N/A
In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.
By the Sad Sea Waves By the Sad Sea Waves (1917) Character: N/A
Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
Bumping Into Broadway Bumping Into Broadway (1919) Character: N/A
A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just before a police raid.
Step Lively Step Lively (1917) Character: N/A
Snub Pollard plays a drunken man-about-town who believes Harold has robbed him. Meanwhile, Bebe has her hands full with a lounge lizard who won't take no for an answer.
Luke Does the Midway Luke Does the Midway (1916) Character: N/A
Lonesome Luke at the San Diego Exposition.
Pipe the Whiskers Pipe the Whiskers (1918) Character: N/A
Our hero is a janitor in a old age rest home who actually runs the place.
Number, Please? Number, Please? (1920) Character: carnival staff (uncredited)
While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in the park, both suitors have to help her catch it. Then, the girl's uncle, a balloonist, gives her a pass for two in his balloon, provided that her mother approves. She then offers to take along the first of her admirers who is able to get her mother's consent.
Clubs Are Trump Clubs Are Trump (1917) Character: N/A
In pre-historic times (dream sequence), our hero, in a loin cloth, battles other cavemen over the opposite sex.
Captain Kidd's Kids Captain Kidd's Kids (1919) Character: Ah Nix (Chinese Cook)
After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasizes that the ship is seized by a band of female pirates.
Young Mr. Jazz Young Mr. Jazz (1919) Character: (uncredited)
While running away from his girl's father, Harold's car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by crooks. Harold has to not only stay one step ahead of the girl's father, but also those trying to rob them of everything they have.
The Marathon The Marathon (1919) Character: N/A
Boy trying to impress girl, gets chased by her father and the police right into an ongoing marathon.
Luke Rides Roughshod Luke Rides Roughshod (1916) Character: N/A
Out west, Luke changes clothes with an outlaw and proceeds into town. Of course, he is mistaken for the wanted man and a chase ensues.
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917) Character: N/A
Luke operates a sanatarium, which he has naturally staffed with a bevy of attractive nurses.
A Sammy in Siberia A Sammy in Siberia (1919) Character: (uncredited)
A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.
Don't Shove Don't Shove (1919) Character: N/A
Harold and his rival fight over Bebe on her birthday, first at her home and then at a nearby skating rink.
Lonesome Luke, Messenger Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917) Character: N/A
While on the job, delivering a message, Luke finds himself in a girl's seminary.



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