Fred Guiol

Born: 1898-02-17 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 1964-05-23

Known For: Directing

Biography

Fred Guiol was an American film director and screenwriter. Guiol worked at the Hal Roach Studios for many years, and directed Laurel and Hardy's earliest short films, as their famous comic partnership gradually developed during 1927. Along with Ivan Moffat, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for adapting Edna Ferber's novel Giant into the film Giant.

Filmography

1956

Giant ... (Screenplay)

1943

The More the Merrier ... (Associate Producer)
Yanks Ahoy ... (Producer)
Taxi, Mister ... (Associate Producer)
Prairie Chickens ... (Associate Producer)

1942

The Talk of the Town ... (Associate Producer)
Hay Foot ... (Director)
About Face ... (Producer)
The McGuerins from Brooklyn ... (Associate Producer)
Fall In ... (Producer)
Dudes Are Pretty People ... (Associate Producer)

1941

Penny Serenade ... (Associate Producer)
Niagara Falls ... (Producer)
Miss Polly ... (Director)
Tanks a Million ... (Director)

1940

Vigil in the Night ... (Screenplay)

1939

Gunga Din ... (Screenplay)

1936

Silly Billies ... (Director)
Mummy's Boys ... (Director)

1935

The Rainmakers ... (Director)
Raised and Called ... (Director)
The Nitwits ... (Screenplay)
Horse Heir ... (Director)
A Quiet Fourth ... (Director)

1934

Kentucky Kernels ... (Screenplay)
Rough Necking ... (Story)
Ocean Swells ... (Writer)
What's Your Racket ... (Director)

1933

What Fur ... (Story)
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble ... (Writer)
Walking Back Home ... (Story)
Flirting in the Park ... (Story)

1932

Boys Will Be Boys ... (Writer)

1931

Disappearing Enemies ... (Director)

1930

The Head Guy ... (Director)
The Fighting Parson ... (Director)
Hold the Baby ... (Director)
Rich Uncles ... (Writer)
Breakfast in Bed ... (Director)
Live and Learn ... (Director)
Traffic Tangle ... (Director)

1929

Skirt Shy ... (Director)

1928

Feed 'em and Weep ... (Director)
The Family Group ... (Director)
Pass the Gravy ... (Director)
The Boy Friend ... (Director)
Aching Youth ... (Director)
Limousine Love ... (Director)
The Fight Pest ... (Director)

1927

Duck Soup ... (Director)
The Second 100 Years ... (Director)
Sugar Daddies ... (Director)
Slipping Wives ... (Director)
Love 'Em and Weep ... (Director)
Why Girls Love Sailors ... (Director)
Two-Time Mama ... (Director)
With Love and Hisses ... (Director)
Do Detectives Think? ... (Director)
Fighting Fathers ... (Director)

1926

Along Came Auntie ... (Director)
Don Key (Son of Burro) ... (Director)
45 Minutes from Hollywood ... (Director)
Say It with Babies ... (Director)
Long Pants ... (Director)
Get 'Em Young ... (Director)

1925

The Haunted Honeymoon ... (Director)
Sure-Mike! ... (Director)
Flaming Flappers ... (Director)
Papa Be Good! ... (Director)
Tell It to a Policeman ... (Director)

1924

The Battling Orioles ... (Director)
The Goofy Age ... (Director)
Don't Park There ... (Director)
Meet the Missus ... (Director)

1923

Heavy Seas ... (Director)
The Great Outdoors ... (Director)

1919

Just Neighbors ... (Director of Photography)