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Fred McLeod Wilcox (December 22, 1907 – September 23, 1964) was an American motion picture director. He worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for many years and is best remembered for directing Lassie Come Home (1943) and Forbidden Planet (1956).
Fred M. Wilcox. Director: Forbidden Planet. Fred McLeod Wilcox was born in Tazewell, VA, on December 22, 1906, one of six children born to James Wilcox, a Kentucky optometrist and drugstore owner, who was married six times (twice to one woman). His six children were from his first wife.
- Fred M. Wilcox
- September 23, 1964
- December 22, 1907
Fred M. Wilcox. Director: Forbidden Planet. Fred McLeod Wilcox was born in Tazewell, VA, on December 22, 1906, one of six children born to James Wilcox, a Kentucky optometrist and drugstore owner, who was married six times (twice to one woman).
- December 22, 1907
- September 23, 1964
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).
American director Fred Wilcox was educated at the University of Kentucky and started out in the film industry working as a publicist for MGM, He then spent a few years as an assistant to King Vidor and worked as a second unit director before making his solo debut at the helm of the successful Lassie Come Home in 1943.
- January 1, 1905
- January 1, 1964
Fred M Wilcox enjoyed success as a director over the course of his Hollywood career, owed mainly to a vast supply of imagination and a fierce attention to detail. In 1926, he was hired by MGM as a publicist.
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Fred Wilcox may refer to: Fred M. Wilcox (director) (1907–1964), American film director; Fred M. Wilcox (South Dakota politician) (1858–?), South Dakota state senator; Fred M. Wilcox (Wisconsin politician) (1870–1944), Wisconsin state senator; Fred A. Wilcox, American writer; Fred Wilcox (footballer) (1922–2015), English footballer ...
