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 f…

Directed

1. Safety Last! (1923) — Director
2. The Freshman (1925) — Director
3. Girl Shy (1924) — Director
4. Grandma's Boy (1922) — Director
5. Never Weaken (1921) — Director
6. Why Worry? (1923) — Director
7. Hot Water (1924) — Director
8. Dr. Jack (1922) — Director
9. Now or Never (1921) — Director
10. Among Those Present (1921) — Director
11. A Sailor-Made Man (1921) — Director
12. Fast and Loose (1930) — Director
13. General Spanky (1936) — Director
14. A Scream in the Night (1935) — Director
15. Discarded Lovers (1932) — Director
16. Mail and Female (1937) — Director
17. Arbor Day (1936) — Director
18. Sailor's Holiday (1929) — Director
19. They Never Come Back (1932) — Director
20. The Perfect Clown (1925) — Director
21. The Pinch Singer (1936) — Director
22. Secrets of Chinatown (1935) — Director
23. The Gambling Sex (1932) — Director
24. The Night Bird (1928) — Director
25. Queen High (1930) — Director
26. Raise the Rent (1920) — Director
27. The Quarterback (1926) — Director
28. All Lit Up (1920) — Director
29. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925) — Director
30. The Night Rider (1932) — Director
31. The Lunatic at Large (1927) — Director
32. Merely a Maid (1920) — Director
33. Subway Express (1931) — Director
34. That's My Daddy (1927) — Director
35. The Grand Parade (1930) — Director
36. The Savage (1926) — Director
37. No Ransom (1934) — Director
38. Lost In The Legion (1934) — Director
39. Rainbow Man (1929) — Director
40. Warming Up (1928) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Safety Last! (1923) — Car Driver Who Gets Parking Ticket (uncredited)
2. Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919) — Fleeing chinese man (Uncredited)
3. Number, Please? (1920) — carnival staff (uncredited)
4. Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
5. Young Mr. Jazz (1919) — (uncredited)
6. Captain Kidd's Kids (1919) — Ah Nix (Chinese Cook)
7. Luke's Movie Muddle (1916)
8. The Marathon (1919)
9. A Sammy in Siberia (1919) — (uncredited)
10. By the Sad Sea Waves (1917)
11. Don't Shove (1919)
12. Bashful (1917)
13. Over the Fence (1917) — (uncredited)
14. Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917)
15. Step Lively (1917)
16. All Aboard (1917)
17. Count Your Change (1919)
18. Clubs Are Trump (1917)
19. Pinched (1917)
20. Luke Joins the Navy (1916)
21. Rainbow Island (1917)
22. It's a Wild Life (1918)
23. Pipe the Whiskers (1918)
24. We Never Sleep (1917)
25. From Laramie to London (1917)
26. Love, Laughs and Lather (1917)
27. Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917)
28. Luke's Fireworks Fizzle (1916)
29. Luke's Speedy Club Life (1916)
30. Luke Rides Roughshod (1916)
31. Luke and the Mermaids (1916)
32. Luke and the Bang-Tails (1916)
33. Luke, Patient Provider (1916)
34. Luke, Rank Impersonator (1916)
35. Luke's Lost Lamb (1916)
36. Luke Locates the Loot (1916)
37. Luke Does the Midway (1916)
38. Luke, Crystal Gazer (1916)
39. Luke's Society Mixup (1916)
40. Luke's Late Lunchers (1916)