Fred F. Sears
Fred F. Sears was born on Jul 07, 1913 in USA. Fred F. Sears's big-screen debut came with The Return of Rusty directed by William Castle in 1946, strarring Detective (uncredited). Fred F. Sears is known for Prairie Roundup directed by Fred F. Sears, Charles Starrett stars as Steve Carson and Mary Castle as Toni Eaton. The upcoming new movie Fred F. Sears plays is Badman's Country which will be released on Aug 02, 1958.
A graduate of Boston College, Fred F. Sears got his show-business start in regional theater, where he was an actor, director and producer. He started "little theater" groups and was a drama instructor at Southwestern University when Columbia Pictures hired him as a dialogue director. He also worked in front of the cameras, mostly as a sidekick in the studio's low-budget westerns. He made the leap to director on the studio's "Durango Kid" series of westerns starring Charles Starrett. He spent his entire career at Columbia and was a favorite of quickie producer Sam Katzman because he knew how to bring in films on time and under budget. Those were two major considerations for a low-buck producer like Katzman, who released through Columbia, and for him Sears made juvenile-delinquent crime films, rock musicals, action thrillers and sci-fi "epics". His best film is generally considered to be the sci-fi classic Les soucoupes volantes attaquent (1956), which--in addition to containing spectacular special effects by the legendary Ray Harryhausen--is a well-paced, tightly made effort without the chintzy, rushed look so common in much of Sears' output. It's somewhat ironic that a sci-fi picture is also considered to be Sears' worst--The Giant Claw (1957), a clunky mishmash with hilariously awful special effects (the "giant claw" turns out to be a spectacularly inept marionette that looks like a mutant turkey and sounds like a crow choking to death).Fred Sears died of a heart attack on November 30, 1957, at the young age of 44. His last five films were released after his death.
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Jul 07, 1913Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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