Biography
Fielder Cook (March 9, 1923 β 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.
Cook died in Charlotte, North Carolina from complications from a stroke.
Filmography
all 52
Director 52
Movies 38
TV Shows 14
The Member of the Wedding (1997)
A Special Friendship (1987)
Seize the Day (1986)
Evergreen (1985)
Why Me? (1984)
Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983)
Family Reunion (1981)
Gauguin the Savage (1980)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
Too Far to Go (1979)
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978)
Beauty and the Beast (1976)
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976)
Valley Forge (1975)
Miles To Go Before I Sleep (1975)
This Is the West That Was (1974)
Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)
The Hands of Cormac Joyce (1972)
Harvey (1972)
Eagle in a Cage (1972)
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
Neighbors (1971)
Enemies (1971)
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971)
The Price (1971)
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971)
Teacher, Teacher (1969)
Prudence and the Pill (1968)
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968)
Brigadoon (1966)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
Mister Roberts (1965)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Espionage (1963)
Big Deal in Laredo (1962)
Going My Way (1962)
The Eleventh Hour (1962)
The Farmer's Daughter (1962)
Ben Casey (1961)
The Defenders (1961)
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon (1961)
A String of Beads (1961)
Home Is the Hero (1959)
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956)
Patterns (1956)
Patterns (1955)
Climax! (1954)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Studio One (1948)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1923-03-09
Deathday2003-06-20 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceAtlanta, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsEmmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
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