Fred M. Wilcox

Directing

Fred M. Wilcox

Born — Died

1907-12-22 — 1964-09-23

Place of birth

Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

12 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fred McLeod Wilcox (December 22, 1907 – September 23, 1964) was an American motion picture director. He worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for many years best remembered for directing Lassie Come Home (1943) and Forbidden Planet (1956). These films were entered in the National Film Preservation Board's National Film Registry in 1993 and 2013 respectively.

Known for

Behind the camera

Forbidden Planet poster
7.3

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.

Forbidden Planet

1956

The Secret Garden poster
7.1

When Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with her Uncle Craven. Mary changes the lives of those she encounters at her Uncle's remote estate.

The Secret Garden

1949

Courage of Lassie poster
5.9

Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopted by young Kathie. An accident separates him from her, and he's drafted into K-9 duty in the trenches until battle fatigue takes its toll and he turns vicious. And even though he finds his way back home, he may be condemned as a killer.

Courage of Lassie

1946

Lassie Come Home poster
6.7

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.

Lassie Come Home

1943

Three Daring Daughters poster
5.9

Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.

Three Daring Daughters

1948

Tennessee Champ poster
6.5

A boxer desperate for money falls in with a shady promoter.

Tennessee Champ

1954

Hills of Home poster
6.9

William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a collie afraid of water, he sets about teaching her to swim. At the same time he has the bigger problem that he is getting older and must ensure the glen will have a new local doctor ready.

Hills of Home

1948

Shadow in the Sky poster
7.0

Burt, a WW2 veteran suffering from battle fatigue, is deathly afraid of rain and confined to an asylum, but showing improvement. He wants to live with his sister's family, but they have young children.

Shadow in the Sky

1952

I Passed for White poster
7.0

A young woman falls in love and marries, but withholds from her husband information about her family.

I Passed for White

1960

I Passed for White poster
7.0

A young woman falls in love and marries, but withholds from her husband information about her family.

I Passed for White

1960

Code Two poster
6.3

Three young men train to become motorcycle cops.

Code Two

1953

Joaquin Murrieta poster
7.3

This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, in California in the 1850s.

Joaquin Murrieta

1938