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Fred Hibbard is a Actor, Director and Assistant Director Roumain born on 17 january 1894 at Bucharest (Roumanie)

Fred Hibbard

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Birth name Fred Fischbach
Nationality Roumanie
Birth 17 january 1894 at Bucharest (Roumanie)
Death 6 january 1925 (at 30 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Fred Hibbard (born Fred Fischbach, 1894 in Bucharest, Romania – died January 6, 1925 in Los Angeles) was a film director, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. He directed 104 films between 1916 and 1925. He also wrote for 61 films between 1918 and 1925.

As Freddy Fischbach, he began his screen career as a cameraman at Mack Sennett's Keystone studio, where he worked with comedy star Roscoe Arbuckle. Sennett promoted Fischbach to director, with his surname Americanized to Fred Fishback.

Anyone with Keystone credentials was welcomed by lesser comedy studios, and Fishback secured a job directing comedy shorts for Universal Pictures, many of them featuring former Keystone and Hal Roach bit player Lige Conley.

In 1921 Fishback was involved in the famous sex scandal surrounding his friend Roscoe Arbuckle. Arbuckle hosted a party in San Francisco that got out of hand, and Fishback was a member of Arbuckle's coterie. Both Arbuckle and Fishback had to change their professional names to keep working as the notoriety subsided. Performer Arbuckle became director William Goodrich, and Fishback adopted the pseudonym Fred Hibbard.

Both Arbuckle and Hibbard were hired to direct at Educational Pictures. Hibbard, reunited with Lige Conley, helped to develop Conley into a comedy star in a lengthy series of slapstick short subjects. Hibbard also directed one of Educational's leading comedians, Lloyd Hamilton. Hibbard died at the age of 30; his last films were released posthumously.

Biography

C'est sous son nom de naissance Fred Fischbach que Fred Hibbard commence sa carrière. En 1921, il est un des protagonistes principaux de l'affaire Roscoe Arbuckle à la suite de laquelle il prend le pseudonyme de Fred Hibbard à partir de 1922.

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Filmography of Fred Hibbard (9 films)

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Actor

That Little Band Of Gold, 22minutes
Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, Roscoe Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy, Phyllis Allen, Al St. John
Roles Audience Member (uncredited)
Rating52% 2.6232552.6232552.6232552.6232552.623255
A Bird's a Bird, 10minutes
Directed by Walter Wright
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Chester Conklin, Minta Durfee, Alice Davenport, William Hauber, Grover Ligon, Fred Hibbard
Roles Raffle Ticket Taker
Rating53% 2.6761052.6761052.6761052.6761052.676105
Laughing Gas, 16minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Fritz Schade, Mack Swain, Alice Howell, Slim Summerville, Josef Swickard
Roles Bearded Patient (uncredited)
Rating56% 2.8017452.8017452.8017452.8017452.801745
We are told Charlie is a dental assistant. He arrives at work where the patients are already waiting. He joins the tiny second dental assistant in the back room. They have a brief squabble then Charlie goes to the waiting room to clean the floor with a carpet sweeper. He bumps into a patient and a further squabble starts. Then back to the rear room for more squabbling.
Gentlemen of Nerve, 15minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Chester Conklin, Mack Swain, Phyllis Allen, Edgar Kennedy
Roles Spectator (uncredited)
Rating56% 2.8059452.8059452.8059452.8059452.805945
Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole, the friend gets stuck and a policeman shows up.
Those Love Pangs, 16minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Edgar Kennedy, Cecile Arnold, Vivian Edwards, Helen Carruthers
Roles Vivian's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Rating54% 2.707192.707192.707192.707192.70719
The Masher played by Charlie Chaplin fights for the attention of the landlady with the Rival played by Chester Conklin at the beginning of the film. The Masher makes his attempt first. While he is talking to the Landlady played by Helen Carruthers the Rival pokes him with a fork from behind a curtain. The Masher gets upset and returns to the table. The Rival makes a gesture to the Masher and goes on to talk to the landlady. As the Masher sweet talks to the Landlady, the Rival does the same thing the Masher did to him. The Landlady gets upset and walks away from the Masher. Upset the Masher returns to the table and takes the Rival outside by his tie.
Tillie's Punctured Romance, 1h15
Directed by Mack Sennett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Charles Bennett, Chester Conklin
Roles Tall Servant (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.098823.098823.098823.098823.09882
Chaplin portrays a womanizing city man who meets Tillie (Dressler) in the country after a fight with his girlfriend (Normand). When he sees that Tillie's father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope with him. In the city, he meets the woman he was seeing already, and tries to work around the complication to steal Tillie's money. He gets Tillie drunk in a restaurant and asks her to let him hold the pocketbook. Since she is drunk, she agrees, and he escapes with his old girlfriend and the money.

Director

Director

A Bird's a Bird, 10minutes
Directed by Walter Wright
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Chester Conklin, Minta Durfee, Alice Davenport, William Hauber, Grover Ligon, Fred Hibbard
Roles Assistant Director
Rating53% 2.6761052.6761052.6761052.6761052.676105