Harry L. Fraser

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harry L. Fraser (31 March 1889 - 8 April 1974) was an American film director. He directed over 80 films between 1925 and 1951, including the 1934 John Wayne film Randy Rides Alone and the Frank Buck cliffhanger serial Jungle Menace (1937). He had a small acting role in the John Wayne film 'Neath the Arizona Skies. He also wrote screenplays, including Chick Carter, Detective (1946). In his autobiography, Fraser described filming the scene in Jungle Menace during which a boa constrictor attacks the heroine Dorothy (Charlotte Henry). The villain has tied Dorothy hand and foot and she thrashes about wildly, terrified when she suddenly sees the huge snake: "The snake was in no hurry. Slowly he slithered across the girl's body, while she screamed and struggled. He turned, looking for a spot to slip under her to make his first wrap. I motioned to the reptile crew to get ready, and a split-second later gave them the signal to move in. But now, the maddened snake fought them and did its best to coil around one of the men. Before that happened, however, I had cut, and we had a good cliff-hanger with our terror-stricken heroine to close the episode." …

Directed

1. 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934) — Director
2. Randy Rides Alone (1934) — Director
3. Chained for Life (1952) — Director
4. Jungle Man (1941) — Director
5. The White Gorilla (1945) — Director
6. The Reckoning (1932) — Director
7. The Savage Girl (1932) — Director
8. Six Shootin' Sheriff (1938) — Director
9. Broadway to Cheyenne (1932) — Director
10. Spirit of Youth (1938) — Director
11. Cavalcade of the West (1936) — Director
12. Wagon Trail (1935) — Director
13. Phantom Rancher (1940) — Director
14. The Wolf Dog (1933) — Director
15. Enemy of the Law (1945) — Director
16. Lightning Strikes West (1940) — Director
17. Ghost Town (1936) — Director
18. The Last of the Clintons (1935) — Director
19. Heroes of the Alamo (1937) — Director
20. Thunder Town (1946) — Director
21. Ghost City (1932) — Director
22. The Montana Kid (1931) — Director
23. Diamond Trail (1933) — Director
24. The Pecos Kid (1935) — Director
25. The Tonto Kid (1934) — Director
26. Hair-Trigger Casey (1936) — Director
27. Fury Below (1936) — Director
28. Jungle Menace (1937) — Director
29. Fighting Pioneers (1935) — Director
30. Social Error (1935) — Director
31. Brand of the Devil (1944) — Director
32. Feud of the West (1936) — Director
33. Dark Manhattan (1937) — Director
34. Gunsmoke Mesa (1944) — Director
35. Flaming Bullets (1945) — Director
36. Navajo Kid (1945) — Director
37. General Custer at the Little Big Horn (1926) — Director
38. The Man from Arizona (1932) — Director
39. Frontier Fugitives (1945) — Director
40. Mason of the Mounted (1932) — Director

Also appeared in

1. 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934) — Henchman in the Brush
2. Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921)
3. Luck (1923) — Phillip Rushford - Lawyer
4. Soft Cushions (1927) — The Citizen (as Harry Jones)
5. The Mystery of the Double Cross (1917)
6. The Iron Claw (1916) — The Laughing Mask