Fred McConnell

Fred J. McConnell
Born September 29, 1883
Waseca, Minnesota
Died November 21, 1962, age 79
Los Angeles
Nationality US
Occupation motion picture producer, writer
Known for work with Frank Buck
Spouse(s) Jennie M McConnell

Fred Jarvis McConnell (September 29, 1883 in Waseca, Minnesota November 21, 1962 in Los Angeles) was an associate producer of Frank Buck's movie Tiger Fangs.[1]

Early career

McConnell studied at the University of Wisconsin, and worked for the Chicago American and the Cleveland News. He worked in advertising with Kaufman & Handy and other Chicago agencies, and entered films in 1923 as manager of serial production at Universal Pictures. In 1926 he was an independent producer of Western and dog features for Pathé. He was eastern sales manager for The March of Time and joined the Columbia Pictures short subject sales department in 1936. Among the films he worked on: The Fighting Ranger, The Last Frontier, and The Return of the Riddle Rider.[2]

Work with Frank Buck

In 1944, McConnell was associate producer of the Frank Buck film Tiger Fangs.

References

  1. Lehrer, Steven (2006). Bring 'Em Back Alive: The Best of Frank Buck. Texas Tech University press. pp. x–xi. ISBN 0-89672-582-0.
  2. Eileen S. Quigley. International motion picture almanac, Volume 48. Quigley Publications, 1938

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