Fred Graham

Fred Graham

actor, stunts, additional crew

Fred Graham was born on Oct 26, 1908 in USA. Fred Graham's big-screen debut came with Death on the Diamond directed by Edward Sedgwick in 1934, strarring Cardinal Player (uncredited). Fred Graham is known for Rio Bravo directed by Howard Hawks, John Wayne stars as Sheriff John T. Chance and Dean Martin as Dude ('Borrachón'). The upcoming new movie Fred Graham plays is Man and Boy which will be released on Jan 28, 1976.

Baseball gave burly Fred Graham his start in motion pictures. In 1928 he was working for the MGM sound department and also playing semi-pro baseball on the side. The studio was making a murder mystery called Death on the Diamond (1934), starring Robert Young and Nat Pendleton. Graham was hired to tutor Young and Pendleton in the fine points of the game, and doubled Pendleton in the catching scenes. This started him on a more than 40-year career as a stuntman and actor. While at the studio he doubled Clark Gable, Nelson Eddy and Charles Bickford. He went over to Warner Bros. in 1938, and his initial assignment was to double Basil Rathbone in Les aventures de Robin des Bois (1938). In 1941 he moved to Republic Pictures and worked on the studio's famed westerns and serials, and was a major part of the team of stunt experts, including such aces as David Sharpe and Tom Steele, responsible for the reputation that Republic enjoyed as having the best stunt department in the business. Graham met John Wayne there and stunted for him in many of the films Wayne made at the studio. He also appeared in many films as an actor, usually playing truck drivers, cops, soldiers, crooks, etc. In 1968 he went to work for Arizona's Department of Economic Planning and Development of Motion Pictures, and had more to do with bringing filming to the state of Arizona than anyone else. In Arizona they have the "Carefree at Southwest Studios", which was formerly known as "The Graham Studio". In 1978 "Slugger", a nickname he got in his Republic days, passed away.

  • Birthday

    Oct 26, 1908

  • Place of Birth

    Springer, New Mexico, USA

Known For

Rio Bravo
Movie
Rio Bravo

19598.0

The Horse Soldiers
Movie
The Horse Soldiers

19597.1

Vertigo
Movie
Vertigo

19588.3

The Texan
TV
The Texan

19587.6

Man Without a Gun
TV
Man Without a Gun

19577.9

The Sheriff of Cochise
TV
The Sheriff of Cochise

19567.9

Broken Arrow
TV
Broken Arrow

19567.5

7 Men from Now
Movie
7 Men from Now

19567.4

Death Valley Days
TV
Death Valley Days

19527.5

The Roy Rogers Show
TV
The Roy Rogers Show

19517.2

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