Fred Guiol (1898-1964)

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.

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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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