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.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 2.271 |
Birthday | 1888-08-08 |
Place of Birth | Central City, Colorado, USA |
Also Known As | Fred Richard Newmeyer, |
1919
Bumping Into Broadway
6.9/27
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 win...
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Bumping Into Broadway
1919
Captain Kidd's Kids
6.3/18
After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasize...
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Captain Kidd's Kids
1917
We Never Sleep
0/0
Luke is an inept detective who follows the wrong man to a seaside hotel.
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We Never Sleep
1917
Clubs Are Trump
5.2/2
In pre-historic times (dream sequence), our hero, in a loin cloth, battles other cavemen over the opposite sex.
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Clubs Are Trump
1917
Love, Laughs and Lather
0/0
An Englishman and his valet have adventures in the American West.
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Love, Laughs and Lather
1917
Rainbow Island
5/1
After finding a note in a floating bottle, our hero is off to resue the heroine. He runs into a tribe of cannibals.
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Rainbow Island
1917
From Laramie to London
0/0
An Englishman and his valet tour the American West.
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From Laramie to London
1917
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
0/0
Luke operates a sanatarium, which he has naturally staffed with a bevy of attractive nurses.
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Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
1917
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
4.5/2
While on the job, delivering a message, Luke finds himself in a girl's seminary.
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Lonesome Luke, Messenger
1916
Luke and the Bang-Tails
0/0
Lonesome Luke at the Tijuana Races.
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Luke and the Bang-Tails
1916
Luke, Patient Provider
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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 s...
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Luke, Patient Provider
1916
Luke, Rank Impersonator
0/0
Luke crashes a society affair, thereby livening things up.
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Luke, Rank Impersonator
1916
Luke Locates the Loot
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As a detective, Luke is after a gang of crooks who are robbing party guests of their jewels.
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Luke Locates the Loot
1916
Luke and the Mermaids
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Lonesome Luke asleep in the briny deep.
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Luke and the Mermaids
1916
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
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Luke, working in a fireworks factory.
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Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
1916
Luke's Speedy Club Life
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Luke is a bellboy at a fancy club.
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Luke's Speedy Club Life
1916
Luke Does the Midway
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Lonesome Luke at the San Diego Exposition.
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Luke Does the Midway
1916
Luke Rides Roughshod
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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.
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Luke Rides Roughshod
1916
Luke's Lost Lamb
0/0
A day at the seaside chasing a lost child.
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Luke's Lost Lamb
1916
Luke, Crystal Gazer
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Luke happens into a spiritualist's shop where he is smitten by her daughter. He decides to stick around and take a job there.
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Luke, Crystal Gazer
1917
Over the Fence
5.9/4
Snitch steals Ginger's (stolen) baseball tickets and takes Ginger's girl to the game. Finding himself without tickets, Ginger dresses as a baseball pl...
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Over the Fence
1917
Pinched
5/2
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, the...
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Pinched
1916
Luke's Society Mixup
0/0
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 ma...
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Luke's Society Mixup
1916
Luke's Late Lunchers
0/0
Luke runs a beanery, in which the bad service, terrible food and filthy conditions lead to hi-jinx.
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Luke's Late Lunchers
1916
Luke's Movie Muddle
5/18
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 projectioni...
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Luke's Movie Muddle
1919
Young Mr. Jazz
5.8/21
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...
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Young Mr. Jazz
1919
The Marathon
5.8/15
Boy trying to impress girl, gets chased by her father and the police right into an ongoing marathon.
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The Marathon
1919
Count Your Change
5/2
Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places.
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Count Your Change
1917
By the Sad Sea Waves
5.8/6
Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
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By the Sad Sea Waves
1916
Luke Joins the Navy
5/2
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...
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Luke Joins the Navy
1919
Don't Shove
5.5/6
Harold and his rival fight over Bebe on her birthday, first at her home and then at a nearby skating rink.
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Don't Shove
1923
Safety Last!
7.7/514
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
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Safety Last!
1919
A Sammy in Siberia
5.2/6
A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.
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A Sammy in Siberia
1920
Number, Please?
6.6/25
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...
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