Fred Coe

Producer · 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.

Produced 22

1970s

1979
The Miracle Worker
Producer
1976
The Adams Chronicles
Producer

1960s

1967
Wait Until Dark
Other
81
1965
A Thousand Clowns
Producer
1962
The Miracle Worker
Producer
84
1961
The Spiral Staircase
Producer
1960
Journey to the Day
Producer

1950s

1958
Old Man
Producer
Heart of Darkness
Producer
Days of Wine and Roses
Producer
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Producer
The Left Handed Gun
Producer
68
1957
DuPont Show of the Month
Producer
1955
The Battler
Producer
Our Town
Producer
The Petrified Forest
Producer
Peter Pan
Producer
1953
Marty
Producer
1952
Mister Peepers
Producer
1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Producer

1940s

1949
Lights Out
Producer
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Producer

Directed 7

1970s

1976
The Adams Chronicles
Director
1972
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Director
1971
All the Way Home
Director

1960s

1969
Me, Natalie
Director
1965
A Thousand Clowns
Director

1950s

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Director

1940s

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Director

Wrote 1

1960s

1966
This Property Is Condemned
Screenplay
67

Other crew 1

1970s

1979
The Miracle Worker
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