Person
Fred Coe
Production · 1914–1979 · Alligator, Mississippi
Biography
Frederick Hayden Hughs Coe (December 23, 1914 – April 29, 1979) was an American television producer and director most famous for The Goodyear Television Playhouse/The Philco Television Playhouse in 1948-1955 and Playhouse 90 from 1957 to 1959. Among the live TV dramas he produced were Marty and The Trip to Bountiful for Goodyear/Philco, Peter Pan for Producers' Showcase, and Days of Wine and Roses for Playhouse 90.
Known for
The Philco Television Playhouse
Director
Lights Out
Producer
CBS Playhouse
Producer
DuPont Show of the Month
Producer
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Producer
Producers' Showcase
Producer
The Adams Chronicles
Producer
Mister Peepers
Producer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Director
Wait Until Dark
Other
Filmography
- 1979The Miracle WorkerIn Memory Of
- 1976The Adams ChroniclesProducer
- 1972If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the BandDirector
- 1971All the Way HomeDirector
- 1969Me, NatalieDirector
- 1967Wait Until DarkOther
- 1966CBS PlayhouseProducer
- 1966This Property Is CondemnedScreenplay
- 1965A Thousand ClownsDirector
- 1962The Miracle WorkerProducer
- 1961The Spiral StaircaseProducer
- 1960Journey to the DayProducer
- 1958Old ManProducer
- 1958Heart of DarknessProducer
- 1958Days of Wine and RosesProducer
- 1958The Plot to Kill StalinProducer
- 1958The Left Handed GunProducer
- 1957DuPont Show of the MonthProducer
- 1956The Barretts of Wimpole StreetSupervising Producer
- 1955The BattlerProducer
- 1955Our TownProducer
- 1955The Petrified ForestProducer
- 1955Peter PanProducer
- 1954Producers' ShowcaseProducer
- 1953The Bachelor PartyProducer
- 1953MartyProducer
- 1952Mister PeepersProducer
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameDirector
- 1951Goodyear Television PlayhouseProducer
- 1949Lights OutProducer
- 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseDirector
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