Fred C. Newmeyer
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.
51 directing credits · 42 acting credits
Directing · 51
Safety Last!
1923
Girl Shy
1924
Subway Express
1931
Hot Water
1924
The Freshman
1925
Why Worry?
1923
Queen High
1930
No Ransom
1934
The Quarterback
1926
Arbor Day
1936
Mail and Female
1937
Dr. Jack
1922
The Big Race
1934
Never Weaken
1921
The Night Bird
1928
They Never Come Back
1932
Grandma's Boy
1922
General Spanky
1936
Rainbow Man
1929
The Savage
1926
The Pinch Singer
1936
Warming Up
1928
The Perfect Clown
1925
A Scream in the Night
1935
Discarded Lovers
1932
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1925
The Gambling Sex
1932
That's My Daddy
1927
A Sailor-Made Man
1921
Sailor's Holiday
1929
The Grand Parade
1930
Fast and Loose
1930
Now or Never
1921
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022
The Potters
1927
The Moth
1934
Among Those Present
1921
Lost In The Legion
1934
On Your Toes!
1927
Merely a Maid
1920
The Night Rider
1932
Secrets of Chinatown
1935
It Can Be Done
1929
Too Many Crooks
1927
Raise the Rent
1920
All Lit Up
1920
The Lunatic at Large
1927
Alias Aladdin
1920
The Fighting Gentleman
1932
Money to Burn
1920
Rodeo Rhythm
1942
Acting · 42
Safety Last!
1923
Bumping Into Broadway
1919
Bashful
1917
Clubs Are Trump
1917
Luke Joins the Navy
1916
Pinched
1917
Luke's Speedy Club Life
1916
The Tip
1918
Step Lively
1917
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
1917
All Aboard
1917
Over the Fence
1917
Number, Please?
1920
Rainbow Island
1917
Birds of a Feather
1917
Captain Kidd's Kids
1919
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
1916
Luke's Movie Muddle
1916
Luke's Society Mixup
1916
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
1917
Young Mr. Jazz
1919
Don't Shove
1919
The Marathon
1919
A Sammy in Siberia
1919
Luke Does the Midway
1916
Luke Locates the Loot
1916
Count Your Change
1919
Luke Rides Roughshod
1916
Luke, Crystal Gazer
1916
We Never Sleep
1917
Luke, Rank Impersonator
1916
Pipe the Whiskers
1918
Luke's Lost Lamb
1916
Luke, Patient Provider
1916
Billy Blazes, Esq.
1919
By the Sad Sea Waves
1917
Love, Laughs and Lather
1917
From Laramie to London
1917
Luke's Late Lunchers
1916
It's a Wild Life
1918
Luke and the Bang-Tails
1916
Luke and the Mermaids
1916