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.
Bumping Into Broadway
Captain Kidd's Kids
(Ah Nix (Chinese Cook))
We Never Sleep
Clubs Are Trump
Love, Laughs and Lather
Rainbow Island
From Laramie to London
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Luke Locates the Loot
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
Luke, Rank Impersonator
Luke, Patient Provider
Luke and the Bang-Tails
Luke's Speedy Club Life
Luke and the Mermaids
Luke Does the Midway
Luke's Lost Lamb
Luke, Crystal Gazer
Luke Rides Roughshod
Over the Fence
((uncredited))
Pinched
Luke's Movie Muddle
Luke's Society Mixup
Luke's Late Lunchers
Young Mr. Jazz
((uncredited))
The Marathon
Count Your Change
Luke Joins the Navy
By the Sad Sea Waves
Don't Shove
Safety Last!
(Car Driver Who Gets Parking Ticket (uncredited))
A Sammy in Siberia
((uncredited))
Number, Please?
(carnival staff (uncredited))
Grandma's Boy
(Director)
Safety Last!
(Director)
Girl Shy
(Director)
Why Worry?
(Director)
The Freshman
(Director)
Dr. Jack
(Director)
Hot Water
(Director)
Never Weaken
(Director)
A Sailor-Made Man
(Director)
Now or Never
(Director)
Among Those Present
(Director)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
(Director)
A Scream in the Night
(Director)
The Night Rider
(Director)
They Never Come Back
(Director)
Discarded Lovers
(Director)
The Night Bird
(Director)
The Moth
(Director)
Money to Burn
(Director)
Queen High
(Director)
Arbor Day
(Director)
The Perfect Clown
(Director)
The Pinch Singer
(Director)
Mail and Female
(Director)
Fast and Loose
(Director)
The Lunatic at Large
(Director)
Merely a Maid
(Director)
Sailor's Holiday
(Director)
Secrets of Chinatown
(Director)
Subway Express
(Director)
The Gambling Sex
(Director)
Raise the Rent
(Director)
That's My Daddy
(Director)
The Grand Parade
(Director)
The Savage
(Director)
No Ransom
(Director)
Lost In The Legion
(Director)
The Quarterback
(Director)
Rainbow Man
(Director)
Warming Up
(Director)
The Big Race
(Director)
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
(Director)
The Potters
(Director)
General Spanky
(Director)
All Lit Up
(Director)
On Your Toes!
(Director)
Too Many Crooks
(Director)
Number, Please?
(Co-Director)
The Fighting Gentleman
(Director)