Fred Fleck


Fred Fleck, also known as Fred A. Fleck, Frederick Fleck, or Freddie Fleck, was an American assistant director and production manager. Born in New York City on June 4, 1892, he broke into the film business as an assistant director on the 1928 silent film, The Riding Renegade, directed by Wallace Fox. During his 30-year career, he would work on some notable films, with some notable directors. Some of those films include: the epic Hell's Angels, directed by Howard Hughes; King Vidor's Bird of Paradise ; the Ginger Rogers' 1941 vehicle, Tom, Dick and Harry, directed by Garson Kanin; 1942's The Magnificent Ambersons, directed by Orson Welles, and starring Joseph Cotten and Anne Baxter; Born to be Bad, starring Joan Fontaine and Robert Ryan; and Josef von Sternberg's Jet Pilot, starring John Wayne. Fleck was also one of the aerial cameramen on George Archainbaud's classic 1932 film, The Lost Squadron.
Fleck was also production manager on several notable films, including: Sylvia Scarlett, directed by George Cukor, and starring Katharine Hepburn; the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' 1936 vehicle, Swing Time, directed by George Stevens; Gregory La Cava's 1937 Stage Door, starring Hepburn, Rogers and Adolphe Menjou; and The Las Vegas Story, directed by Robert Stevenson, and starring Jane Russell and Victor Mature.
Even though Jet Pilot was released in 1957, it was produced in 1949-50, and sat on the shelf for seven years. The last film Fleck worked on was as a production manager on Son of Sinbad in 1955. He would die on November 9, 1961 in North Hollywood, California.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1928The Riding RenegadeAssistant director
1930DixianaAssistant director
1930Hell's AngelsAssistant director
1930Hit the DeckAssistant director
1930Hook, Line and SinkerAssistant director
1930LeatherneckingAssistant director
1931Cracked NutsAssistant director
1932Bird of ParadiseAssistant director
1932'Aerial photography
1932'Unit manager
1937Sylvia ScarlettProduction manager
1936Swing TimeProduction manager
1937Stage DoorProduction manager
1938CarefreeUnit manager
1939That's Right-You're WrongAssistant director
1940You'll Find OutAssistant director
1941PlaymatesAssistant director
1941Tom, Dick and HarryAssistant director
1941Citizen KaneAssistant
1942'Assistant director
1943'Assistant Director
1943Flight for FreedomSupervisor overwater aviation shots
1944My Pal WolfAssistant director
1945'Assistant director
1945George White's ScandalsAssistant director
1946'Production manager
1947They Won't Believe MeUnit manager
1948If You Knew SusieProduction manager
1948'Production manager
1949Bride for SaleAssistant director
1949'Assistant director
1950Born to Be BadAssistant director
1950Walk Softly, StrangerProduction manager
1951Two Tickets to BroadwayAssistant director
1952Unit manager
1953Angel FaceAssistant director
1953Split SecondAssistant director
1954She Couldn't Say NoAssistant director
1955Son of SinbadUnit manager
1957Jet PilotAssistant director