Biography
Frederick Hayden Hughs Coe (December 23, 1914 β 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. 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. The UCLA Film and Television Archive has kinescopes of many Coe productions and has made some digital transfers. The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research also has kinescopes.
Filmography
all 31
Producer 25
Movies 23
TV Shows 8
Director 4
Writer 1
The Miracle Worker (1979)
The Adams Chronicles (1976)
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972)
Me, Natalie (1969)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
CBS Playhouse (1966)
This Property Is Condemned (1966)
A Thousand Clowns (1965)
The Miracle Worker (1962)
Theatre 62: Rebecca (1962)
The Farmer's Daughter (1962)
The Spiral Staircase (1961)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1959)
Old Man (1958)
Heart of Darkness (1958)
Days of Wine and Roses (1958)
The Plot to Kill Stalin (1958)
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
The Battler (1955)
Our Town (1955)
The Petrified Forest (1955)
Peter Pan (1955)
Producers' Showcase (1954)
The Bachelor Party (1953)
Marty (1953)
The Trip to Bountiful (1953)
Mister Peepers (1952)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Goodyear Television Playhouse (1951)
Lights Out (1949)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
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GenderMale
Birthday1914-12-23
Deathday1979-04-29 (64 years old)
Birth PlaceBolivar County, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsTony Award for Best Play
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