Fielder Cook

Biography

Fielder Cook (March 9, 1923 – June 20, 2003) was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story spawned the series The Waltons. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Cook graduated with honor with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature from Washington and Lee University, then studied Elizabethan Drama at the University of Birmingham in England. He returned to the United States and began his career in the early days of television, directing many episodes of such anthology series as Lux Video Theater, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Playhouse 90, Omnibus, and Kraft Television Theatre. In later years, he directed the television movies Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story, Gauguin the Savage, Family Reunion, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Will There Really Be a Morning?, and others; adaptations of The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, Brigadoon, Beauty and the Beast, The Price, Miracle on 34th Street, and The Member of the Wedding; and episodes of Ben Casey, The Defenders, and Beacon Hill. Cook's credits for feature films include A Big Hand for the Little Lady, How to Save a Marri…

Directed

1. A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) — Director
2. Patterns (1956) — Director
3. Seize the Day (1986) — Director
4. The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) — Director
5. Prudence and the Pill (1968) — Director
6. How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968) — Director
7. Ben Casey (1961) — Director
8. Miracle on 34th Street (1973) — Director
9. Studio One (1948) — Director
10. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973) — Director
11. Climax! (1954) — Director
12. The Defenders (1961) — Director
13. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) — Director
14. Harvey (1972) — Director
15. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) — Director
16. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Director
17. Why Me? (1984) — Director
18. Lux Video Theatre (1950) — Director
19. Beauty and the Beast (1976) — Director
20. Brigadoon (1966) — Director
21. Too Far to Go (1979) — Director
22. Going My Way (1962) — Director
23. Miles To Go Before I Sleep (1975) — Director
24. The Member of the Wedding (1997) — Director
25. Eagle in a Cage (1972) — Director
26. Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983) — Director
27. Mister Roberts (1965) — Director
28. The Eleventh Hour (1962) — Director
29. Evergreen (1985) — Director
30. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) — Director
31. A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978) — Director
32. Family Reunion (1981) — Director
33. Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971) — Director
34. Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976) — Director
35. The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956) — Director
36. The Farmer's Daughter (1962) — Director
37. Patterns (1955) — Director
38. Teacher, Teacher (1969) — Director
39. Home Is the Hero (1959) — Director
40. This Is the West That Was (1974) — Director