A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Fred L. Guiol
Fred M. Guiol
Frederick Lawrence Guiol
Birthplace:
San Francisco, California, USA
Born:
February 17, 1898
Died:
May 23, 1964
Fred Guiol was an American film director and screenwriter. Guiol worked at the Hal Roach Studios for many years, and directed Laurel and Hardy's earliest short films, as their famous comic partnership gradually developed during 1927. Along with Ivan Moffat, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for adapting Edna Ferber's novel Giant into the film Giant.
Associate Producer:
1941 Penny Serenade
1942 Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 The Talk of the Town
1943 Prairie Chickens
1943 Taxi, Mister
1943 The More the Merrier
Director:
1923 Heavy Seas
1923 The Great Outdoors
1924 Don't Park There
1924 Meet the Missus
1924 The Battling Orioles
1924 The Goofy Age
1925 Flaming Flappers
1925 Papa Be Good!
1925 Sure-Mike!
1925 Tell It to a Policeman
1925 The Haunted Honeymoon
1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 Along Came Auntie
1926 Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926 Get 'Em Young
1926 Long Pants
1926 Say It with Babies
1927 Do Detectives Think?
1927 Duck Soup
1927 Fighting Fathers
1927 Love 'Em and Weep
1927 Slipping Wives
1927 Sugar Daddies
1927 The Second 100 Years
1927 Two-Time Mama
1927 Why Girls Love Sailors
1927 With Love and Hisses
1928 Aching Youth
1928 Feed 'em and Weep
1928 Limousine Love
1928 Pass the Gravy
1928 The Boy Friend
1928 The Family Group
1928 The Fight Pest
1929 Skirt Shy
1930 Breakfast in Bed
1930 Hold the Baby
1930 Live and Learn
1930 Rich Uncles
1930 The Fighting Parson
1930 The Head Guy
1930 Traffic Tangle
1931 Disappearing Enemies
1935 A Quiet Fourth
1935 Horse Heir
1935 Raised and Called
1935 The Rainmakers
1936 Mummy's Boys
1936 Silly Billies
1941 Miss Polly
1941 Penny Serenade
1941 Tanks a Million
1942 Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 Hay Foot
1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 The Talk of the Town
1943 Prairie Chickens
1943 Taxi, Mister
1943 The More the Merrier
1948 Here Comes Trouble
1951 As You Were
1952 Mr. Walkie Talkie
2023 Laurel & Hardy: Year One
Director of Photography:
1919 Just Neighbors
1923 Heavy Seas
1923 The Great Outdoors
1924 Don't Park There
1924 Meet the Missus
1924 The Battling Orioles
1924 The Goofy Age
1925 Flaming Flappers
1925 Papa Be Good!
1925 Sure-Mike!
1925 Tell It to a Policeman
1925 The Haunted Honeymoon
1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 Along Came Auntie
1926 Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926 Get 'Em Young
1926 Long Pants
1926 Say It with Babies
1927 Do Detectives Think?
1927 Duck Soup
1927 Fighting Fathers
1927 Love 'Em and Weep
1927 Slipping Wives
1927 Sugar Daddies
1927 The Second 100 Years
1927 Two-Time Mama
1927 Why Girls Love Sailors
1927 With Love and Hisses
1928 Aching Youth
1928 Feed 'em and Weep
1928 Limousine Love
1928 Pass the Gravy
1928 The Boy Friend
1928 The Family Group
1928 The Fight Pest
1929 Skirt Shy
1930 Breakfast in Bed
1930 Hold the Baby
1930 Live and Learn
1930 Rich Uncles
1930 The Fighting Parson
1930 The Head Guy
1930 Traffic Tangle
1931 Disappearing Enemies
1935 A Quiet Fourth
1935 Horse Heir
1935 Raised and Called
1935 The Rainmakers
1936 Mummy's Boys
1936 Silly Billies
1941 Miss Polly
1941 Penny Serenade
1941 Tanks a Million
1942 Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 Hay Foot
1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 The Talk of the Town
1943 Prairie Chickens
1943 Taxi, Mister
1943 The More the Merrier
1948 Here Comes Trouble
1951 As You Were
1952 Mr. Walkie Talkie
2023 Laurel & Hardy: Year One
Other:
1919 Just Neighbors
1923 Heavy Seas
1923 The Great Outdoors
1924 Don't Park There
1924 Meet the Missus
1924 The Battling Orioles
1924 The Goofy Age
1925 Flaming Flappers
1925 Papa Be Good!
1925 Sure-Mike!
1925 Tell It to a Policeman
1925 The Haunted Honeymoon
1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 Along Came Auntie
1926 Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926 Get 'Em Young
1926 Long Pants
1926 Say It with Babies
1927 Do Detectives Think?
1927 Duck Soup
1927 Fighting Fathers
1927 Love 'Em and Weep
1927 Slipping Wives
1927 Sugar Daddies
1927 The Second 100 Years
1927 Two-Time Mama
1927 Why Girls Love Sailors
1927 With Love and Hisses
1928 Aching Youth
1928 Feed 'em and Weep
1928 Limousine Love
1928 Pass the Gravy
1928 The Boy Friend
1928 The Family Group
1928 The Fight Pest
1929 Skirt Shy
1930 Breakfast in Bed
1930 Hold the Baby
1930 Live and Learn
1930 Rich Uncles
1930 The Fighting Parson
1930 The Head Guy
1930 Traffic Tangle
1931 Disappearing Enemies
1935 A Quiet Fourth
1935 Horse Heir
1935 Raised and Called
1935 The Rainmakers
1936 Mummy's Boys
1936 Silly Billies
1941 Miss Polly
1941 Penny Serenade
1941 Tanks a Million
1942 Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 Hay Foot
1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 The Talk of the Town
1943 Prairie Chickens
1943 Taxi, Mister
1943 The More the Merrier
1948 Here Comes Trouble
1951 A Place in the Sun
1951 As You Were
1952 Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952 Something to Live For
2023 Laurel & Hardy: Year One
Producer:
1919 Just Neighbors
1923 Heavy Seas
1923 The Great Outdoors
1924 Don't Park There
1924 Meet the Missus
1924 The Battling Orioles
1924 The Goofy Age
1925 Flaming Flappers
1925 Papa Be Good!
1925 Sure-Mike!
1925 Tell It to a Policeman
1925 The Haunted Honeymoon
1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 Along Came Auntie
1926 Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926 Get 'Em Young
1926 Long Pants
1926 Say It with Babies
1927 Do Detectives Think?
1927 Duck Soup
1927 Fighting Fathers
1927 Love 'Em and Weep
1927 Slipping Wives
1927 Sugar Daddies
1927 The Second 100 Years
1927 Two-Time Mama
1927 Why Girls Love Sailors
1927 With Love and Hisses
1928 Aching Youth
1928 Feed 'em and Weep
1928 Limousine Love
1928 Pass the Gravy
1928 The Boy Friend
1928 The Family Group
1928 The Fight Pest
1929 Skirt Shy
1930 Breakfast in Bed
1930 Hold the Baby
1930 Live and Learn
1930 Rich Uncles
1930 The Fighting Parson
1930 The Head Guy
1930 Traffic Tangle
1931 Disappearing Enemies
1935 A Quiet Fourth
1935 Horse Heir
1935 Raised and Called
1935 The Rainmakers
1936 Mummy's Boys
1936 Silly Billies
1941 Miss Polly
1941 Niagara Falls
1941 Penny Serenade
1941 Tanks a Million
1942 About Face
1942 Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 Fall In
1942 Hay Foot
1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 The Talk of the Town
1943 Prairie Chickens
1943 Taxi, Mister
1943 The More the Merrier
1943 Yanks Ahoy
1948 Here Comes Trouble
1951 A Place in the Sun
1951 As You Were
1952 Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952 Something to Live For
2023 Laurel & Hardy: Year One
Screenplay:
1919 Just Neighbors
1923 Heavy Seas
1923 The Great Outdoors
1924 Don't Park There
1924 Meet the Missus
1924 The Battling Orioles
1924 The Goofy Age
1925 Flaming Flappers
1925 Papa Be Good!
1925 Sure-Mike!
1925 Tell It to a Policeman
1925 The Haunted Honeymoon
1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 Along Came Auntie
1926 Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926 Get 'Em Young
1926 Long Pants
1926 Say It with Babies
1927 Do Detectives Think?
1927 Duck Soup
1927 Fighting Fathers
1927 Love 'Em and Weep
1927 Slipping Wives
1927 Sugar Daddies
1927 The Second 100 Years
1927 Two-Time Mama
1927 Why Girls Love Sailors
1927 With Love and Hisses
1928 Aching Youth
1928 Feed 'em and Weep
1928 Limousine Love
1928 Pass the Gravy
1928 The Boy Friend
1928 The Family Group
1928 The Fight Pest
1929 Skirt Shy
1930 Breakfast in Bed
1930 Hold the Baby
1930 Live and Learn
1930 Rich Uncles
1930 The Fighting Parson
1930 The Head Guy
1930 Traffic Tangle
1931 Disappearing Enemies
1934 Kentucky Kernels
1935 A Quiet Fourth
1935 Horse Heir
1935 Raised and Called
1935 The Nitwits
1935 The Rainmakers
1936 Mummy's Boys
1936 Silly Billies
1939 Gunga Din
1940 Vigil in the Night
1941 Miss Polly
1941 Niagara Falls
1941 Penny Serenade
1941 Tanks a Million
1942 About Face
1942 Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 Fall In
1942 Hay Foot
1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 The Talk of the Town
1943 Prairie Chickens
1943 Taxi, Mister
1943 The More the Merrier
1943 Yanks Ahoy
1948 Here Comes Trouble
1951 A Place in the Sun
1951 As You Were
1952 Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952 Something to Live For
1956 Giant
2023 Laurel & Hardy: Year One
Second Unit Director:
1919 Just Neighbors
1923 Heavy Seas
1923 The Great Outdoors
1924 Don't Park There
1924 Meet the Missus
1924 The Battling Orioles
1924 The Goofy Age
1925 Flaming Flappers
1925 Papa Be Good!
1925 Sure-Mike!
1925 Tell It to a Policeman
1925 The Haunted Honeymoon
1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 Along Came Auntie
1926 Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926 Get 'Em Young
1926 Long Pants
1926 Say It with Babies
1927 Do Detectives Think?
1927 Duck Soup
1927 Fighting Fathers
1927 Love 'Em and Weep
1927 Slipping Wives
1927 Sugar Daddies
1927 The Second 100 Years
1927 Two-Time Mama
1927 Why Girls Love Sailors
1927 With Love and Hisses
1928 Aching Youth
1928 Feed 'em and Weep
1928 Limousine Love
1928 Pass the Gravy
1928 The Boy Friend
1928 The Family Group
1928 The Fight Pest
1929 Skirt Shy
1930 Breakfast in Bed
1930 Hold the Baby
1930 Live and Learn
1930 Rich Uncles
1930 The Fighting Parson
1930 The Head Guy
1930 Traffic Tangle
1931 Disappearing Enemies
1934 Kentucky Kernels
1935 A Quiet Fourth
1935 Horse Heir
1935 Raised and Called
1935 The Nitwits
1935 The Rainmakers
1936 Mummy's Boys
1936 Silly Billies
1939 Gunga Din
1940 Vigil in the Night
1941 Miss Polly
1941 Niagara Falls
1941 Penny Serenade
1941 Tanks a Million
1942 About Face
1942 Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 Fall In
1942 Hay Foot
1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 The Talk of the Town
1943 Prairie Chickens
1943 Taxi, Mister
1943 The More the Merrier
1943 Yanks Ahoy
1948 Here Comes Trouble
1951 A Place in the Sun
1951 As You Were
1952 Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952 Something to Live For
1956 Giant
2023 Laurel & Hardy: Year One
Story:
1919 Just Neighbors
1923 Heavy Seas
1923 The Great Outdoors
1924 Don't Park There
1924 Meet the Missus
1924 The Battling Orioles
1924 The Goofy Age
1925 Flaming Flappers
1925 Papa Be Good!
1925 Sure-Mike!
1925 Tell It to a Policeman
1925 The Haunted Honeymoon
1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 Along Came Auntie
1926 Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926 Get 'Em Young
1926 Long Pants
1926 Say It with Babies
1927 Do Detectives Think?
1927 Duck Soup
1927 Fighting Fathers
1927 Love 'Em and Weep
1927 Slipping Wives
1927 Sugar Daddies
1927 The Second 100 Years
1927 Two-Time Mama
1927 Why Girls Love Sailors
1927 With Love and Hisses
1928 Aching Youth
1928 Feed 'em and Weep
1928 Limousine Love
1928 Pass the Gravy
1928 The Boy Friend
1928 The Family Group
1928 The Fight Pest
1929 Skirt Shy
1930 Breakfast in Bed
1930 Hold the Baby
1930 Live and Learn
1930 Rich Uncles
1930 The Fighting Parson
1930 The Head Guy
1930 Traffic Tangle
1931 Disappearing Enemies
1933 Flirting in the Park
1933 Walking Back Home
1933 What Fur
1934 Kentucky Kernels
1934 Rough Necking
1935 A Quiet Fourth
1935 Horse Heir
1935 Raised and Called
1935 The Nitwits
1935 The Rainmakers
1936 Mummy's Boys
1936 Silly Billies
1939 Gunga Din
1940 Vigil in the Night
1941 Miss Polly
1941 Niagara Falls
1941 Penny Serenade
1941 Tanks a Million
1942 About Face
1942 Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 Fall In
1942 Hay Foot
1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 The Talk of the Town
1943 Prairie Chickens
1943 Taxi, Mister
1943 The More the Merrier
1943 Yanks Ahoy
1948 Here Comes Trouble
1951 A Place in the Sun
1951 As You Were
1952 Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952 Something to Live For
1956 Giant
2023 Laurel & Hardy: Year One
Writer:
1919 Just Neighbors
1923 Heavy Seas
1923 The Great Outdoors
1924 Don't Park There
1924 Meet the Missus
1924 The Battling Orioles
1924 The Goofy Age
1925 Flaming Flappers
1925 Papa Be Good!
1925 Sure-Mike!
1925 Tell It to a Policeman
1925 The Haunted Honeymoon
1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 Along Came Auntie
1926 Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926 Get 'Em Young
1926 Long Pants
1926 Say It with Babies
1927 Do Detectives Think?
1927 Duck Soup
1927 Fighting Fathers
1927 Love 'Em and Weep
1927 Slipping Wives
1927 Sugar Daddies
1927 The Second 100 Years
1927 Two-Time Mama
1927 Why Girls Love Sailors
1927 With Love and Hisses
1928 Aching Youth
1928 Feed 'em and Weep
1928 Limousine Love
1928 Pass the Gravy
1928 The Boy Friend
1928 The Family Group
1928 The Fight Pest
1929 Skirt Shy
1930 Breakfast in Bed
1930 Hold the Baby
1930 Live and Learn
1930 Rich Uncles
1930 The Fighting Parson
1930 The Head Guy
1930 Traffic Tangle
1931 Disappearing Enemies
1932 Boys Will Be Boys
1933 Flirting in the Park
1933 The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
1933 Walking Back Home
1933 What Fur
1934 Kentucky Kernels
1934 Ocean Swells
1934 Rough Necking
1935 A Quiet Fourth
1935 Horse Heir
1935 Raised and Called
1935 The Nitwits
1935 The Rainmakers
1936 Mummy's Boys
1936 Silly Billies
1939 Gunga Din
1940 Vigil in the Night
1941 Miss Polly
1941 Niagara Falls
1941 Penny Serenade
1941 Tanks a Million
1942 About Face
1942 Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 Fall In
1942 Hay Foot
1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 The Talk of the Town
1943 Prairie Chickens
1943 Taxi, Mister
1943 The More the Merrier
1943 Yanks Ahoy
1944 Abroad with Two Yanks
1948 Here Comes Trouble
1951 A Place in the Sun
1951 As You Were
1952 Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952 Something to Live For
1956 Giant
2023 Laurel & Hardy: Year One
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