Fred Coe

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.

Known For

Acting

Production

1962

The Miracle Worker

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1958

The Left Handed Gun

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1961

The Spiral Staircase

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1953

Marty

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1958

Days of Wine and Roses

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1955

Peter Pan

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1965

A Thousand Clowns

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1979

The Miracle Worker

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1967

Wait Until Dark

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1958

The Plot to Kill Stalin

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1958

Old Man

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1953

The Bachelor Party

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1956

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

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1958

Heart of Darkness

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1955

Our Town

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1955

The Battler

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1955

The Petrified Forest

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Mister Peepers

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Goodyear Television Playhouse

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Producers' Showcase

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CBS Playhouse

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The Adams Chronicles

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Lights Out

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The Philco Television Playhouse

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DuPont Show of the Month

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Crew

1979

The Miracle Worker

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Directing

1965

A Thousand Clowns

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1969

Me, Natalie

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1971

All the Way Home

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1972

If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

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The Philco Television Playhouse

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

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The Adams Chronicles

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