
Fred C. Newmeyer
Biography
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.
Acting (40 movies)

Bumping Into Broadway
1919

Captain Kidd's Kids
1919

We Never Sleep
1917

Clubs Are Trump
1917

Love, Laughs and Lather
1917

Rainbow Island
1917

From Laramie to London
1917

Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
1917

Lonesome Luke, Messenger
1917

Luke Locates the Loot
1916

Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
1916

Luke, Rank Impersonator
1916

Luke, Patient Provider
1916

Luke and the Bang-Tails
1916

Luke's Speedy Club Life
1916

Luke and the Mermaids
1916

Luke Does the Midway
1916

Luke's Lost Lamb
1916

Luke, Crystal Gazer
1916

Luke Rides Roughshod
1916

Over the Fence
1917

Pinched
1917

Luke's Movie Muddle
1916

Luke's Society Mixup
1916

Luke's Late Lunchers
1916

Young Mr. Jazz
1919

The Marathon
1919

Count Your Change
1919

Luke Joins the Navy
1916

By the Sad Sea Waves
1917

Don't Shove
1919

Safety Last!
1923

A Sammy in Siberia
1919

Number, Please?
1920

It's a Wild Life
1918

Pipe the Whiskers
1918

Step Lively
1917

Bashful
1917

All Aboard
1917

Birds of a Feather
1917
Directing (50 movies)

Grandma's Boy
1922

Safety Last!
1923

Girl Shy
1924

Why Worry?
1923

The Freshman
1925

Dr. Jack
1922

Hot Water
1924

Never Weaken
1921

A Sailor-Made Man
1921

Now or Never
1921

Among Those Present
1921

Seven Keys to Baldpate
1925

A Scream in the Night
1935

The Night Rider
1932

They Never Come Back
1932

Discarded Lovers
1932

The Night Bird
1928

The Moth
1934
Money to Burn
1920

Queen High
1930

Arbor Day
1936

The Perfect Clown
1925

The Pinch Singer
1936

Mail and Female
1937

Fast and Loose
1930

The Lunatic at Large
1927
Merely a Maid
1920

Sailor's Holiday
1929

Secrets of Chinatown
1935

Subway Express
1931

The Gambling Sex
1932
Raise the Rent
1920

That's My Daddy
1927

The Grand Parade
1930

The Savage
1926
No Ransom
1934
Lost In The Legion
1934

The Quarterback
1926

Rainbow Man
1929

Warming Up
1928

The Big Race
1934

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022

The Potters
1927

General Spanky
1936

All Lit Up
1920

On Your Toes!
1927

Too Many Crooks
1927

The Fighting Gentleman
1932

Rodeo Rhythm
1942
Alias Aladdin
1920
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