Information AboutFred Coe |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT FRED COE | |
| 1914 births | |
| coe, fred | |
| 1979 deaths | |
| american television directors | |
| american television producers | |
| american film directors | |
| english-language film directors | |
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He was known as a patron saint of writers, discovering or advancing the careers of Paddy Chayefsky , Horton Foote , Tad Mosel , J.P. Miller , David Shaw , David Swift , N. Richard Nash , Roger O. Hirson , A.E. Hotchner , Herb Gardner and many others. Numerous important actors appeared on Coe's shows, which were directed by, among others, Delbert Mann , Arthur Penn and Vincent Donehue . Coe also was a significant producer on Broadway. His plays include ''The Trip to Bountiful'', ''The Miracle Worker'', ''Two For the Seesaw'', ''All the Way Home'', ''A Thousand Clowns'' and ''Wait Until Dark''. He also produced the film versions of ''The Miracle Worker'' and '' A Thousand Clowns '', the latter of which he directed. He was born in Alligator, Mississippi , and attended high school in Nashville, Tennessee before studying at the Yale Drama School . He is buried in Green River Cemetery in Springs, New York . His biography, ''The Man in the Shadows: Fred Coe and the Golden Age of Television'' by Jon Krampner, was published by Rutgers University Press in 1997. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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