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Fielder Cook
Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Born March 9, 1923Died June 20, 2003 (80 years)
Fielder Cook (March 9, 1923 – June 20, 2003) was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story spawned the series The Waltons.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Cook graduated with honor with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature from Washington and Lee University, then studied Elizabethan Drama at the University of Birmingham in England. He returned to the United States and began his career in the early days of television, directing many episodes of such anthology series as Lux Video Theater, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Playhouse 90, Omnibus, and Kraft Television Theatre. In later years, he directed the television movies Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story, Gauguin the Savage, Family Reunion, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Will There Really Be a Morning?, and others; adaptations of The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, Brigadoon, Beauty and the Beast, The Price, Miracle on 34th Street, and The Member of the Wedding; and episodes of Ben Casey, The Defenders, and Beacon Hill.
Cook's credits for feature films include A Big Hand for the Little Lady, How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968), Prudence and the Pill (1968, co-director), From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973), Eagle in a Cage, and Seize the Day.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Cook graduated with honor with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature from Washington and Lee University, then studied Elizabethan Drama at the University of Birmingham in England. He returned to the United States and began his career in the early days of television, directing many episodes of such anthology series as Lux Video Theater, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Playhouse 90, Omnibus, and Kraft Television Theatre. In later years, he directed the television movies Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story, Gauguin the Savage, Family Reunion, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Will There Really Be a Morning?, and others; adaptations of The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, Brigadoon, Beauty and the Beast, The Price, Miracle on 34th Street, and The Member of the Wedding; and episodes of Ben Casey, The Defenders, and Beacon Hill.
Cook's credits for feature films include A Big Hand for the Little Lady, How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968), Prudence and the Pill (1968, co-director), From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973), Eagle in a Cage, and Seize the Day.
Known For
Filmography
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| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Evergreen (TV Series) |
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| 1975 | Beacon Hill (TV Series) |
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| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) |
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| 1965 | Mister Roberts (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Espionage (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Going My Way (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) |
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| 1960 | Diagnosis: Unknown (TV Series) |
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| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) |
| 1956 | Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series) |
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| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) |
| 1953 | Ponds Theater (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) |