Crazy House
1943 · Movie
as Studio Executive
Fred Niblo
1874-01-06
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York, Nebraska, USA
Writers:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fred Niblo (January 6, 1874 – November 11, 1948) was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer. Niblo was born Frederick Liedtke (several sources give "Frederico Nobile", apparently erroneously) in York, Nebraska, to a French mother and a father who had served as a captain in the American Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Using the stage name, Fred Niblo, Liedtke began his show business career performing in vaudeville and in live theater. After more than twenty years doing live performing as a monologist, during which he traveled extensively around the globe, he worked in Australia from 1912 through 1915, where he turned to the burgeoning motion picture industry and made his first two films. As a Hollywood director, he is most remembered for several notable films beginning with his 1920 work The Mark of Zorro which starred Douglas Fairbanks. The following year he teamed up with Fairbanks again in The Three Musketeers and then directed Rudolph Valentino in Blood and Sand. In 1924, Niblo directed the film Thy Name Is Woman. In 1925, Niblo was the principal director of the epic Ben-Hur that was one of the most expensive films of the day but became the third highest-grossing silent film in cinema history. Niblo followed up on this success with two major 1926 works, The Temptress starring Greta Garbo in her second film in America, and Norma Talmadge in Camille. Niblo went on to direct some of the greatest stars of the era including Joan Crawford, Lillian Gish, and Ronald Colman. In 1930 he directed his first talkie with two of the biggest names in show business, John Gilbert and Renée Adorée in a film titled Redemption. Fred Niblo retired in 1933 after more than forty years in show business. The last sixteen years were used to make more than forty films, most of which were feature length projects. He was an important personality in the early years of Hollywood and was one of the original founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In recognition of his role in the development of the film industry, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7014 Hollywood Boulevard on February 8, 1960. His Ben-Hur film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Fred Niblo died in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery near his wife Enid Bennett in Glendale, California. His son with Josephine Cohan, Fred Niblo, Jr. (1903–1973) was a successful Hollywood screenwriter.
Filmography
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942 · Movie
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Life with Henry
1941 · Movie
as Mr.Sam Aldrich
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940 · Movie
as John Braun
I'm Still Alive
1940 · Movie
as Fred, Third Director
Estrellados
1930 · Movie
as Self (Guest Appearance)
Free and Easy
1930 · Movie
as Himself
A Man's Man
1929 · Movie
as Fred Niblo (uncredited)
1925 Studio Tour
1925 · Movie
as Self
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Hello, 'Frisco
1924 · Movie
as Fred Niblo
Souls for Sale
1923 · Movie
as Self - Celebrity Director
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Scandalous Tongues
1922 · Movie
as Reverend Charles Alden
The Bootlegger's Daughter
1922 · Movie
as Reverend Charles Alden
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
1920 · Movie
as self
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Coals of Fire
1918 · Movie
as Rev. Charles Alden
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Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
· Movie
as J. Rufus Wallingford
Crew Credits
Diamond Cut Diamond
1932 · Movie
Director
Two White Arms
1932 · Movie
Director
The Big Gamble
1931 · Movie
Director
Young Donovan's Kid
1931 · Movie
Director
Way Out West
1930 · Movie
Director
Redemption
1930 · Movie
Director
The Mysterious Lady
1928 · Movie
Director
Two Lovers
1928 · Movie
Director
Dream of Love
1928 · Movie
Director
Camille
1927 · Movie
Director
The Devil Dancer
1927 · Movie
Director
The Enemy
1927 · Movie
Director, Producer
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Demon Thistle
1927 · Movie
Story
The Temptress
1926 · Movie
Director
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Movie
Director
The Red Lily
1924 · Movie
Director, Producer, Original Story
Thy Name Is Woman
1924 · Movie
Director
The Famous Mrs. Fair
1923 · Movie
Director
Strangers of the Night
1923 · Movie
Director, Producer
Blood and Sand
1922 · Movie
Director, Producer
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The Woman He Married
1922 · Movie
Director
Rose o' the Sea
1922 · Movie
Director
Greater Than Love
1921 · Movie
Director
The Three Musketeers
1921 · Movie
Director
Mother o' Mine
1921 · Movie
Director
The Mark of Zorro
1920 · Movie
Director
Sex
1920 · Movie
Director
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Hairpins
1920 · Movie
Director
The Woman in the Suitcase
1920 · Movie
Director
The False Road
1920 · Movie
Director
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Her Husband's Friend
1920 · Movie
Director
Silk Hosiery
1920 · Movie
Director
The Haunted Bedroom
1919 · Movie
Director
Partners Three
1919 · Movie
Director
Dangerous Hours
1919 · Movie
Director
Happy Though Married
1919 · Movie
Director
What Every Woman Learns
1919 · Movie
Director
Stepping Out
1919 · Movie
Director
The Law of Men
1919 · Movie
Director
The Virtuous Thief
1919 · Movie
Director
The Marriage Ring
1918 · Movie
Director
When Do We Eat?
1918 · Movie
Director
Fuss and Feathers
1918 · Movie
Director
The Gangsters
1913 · Movie
Writer
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Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
· Movie
Director, Writer
