Fred Guiol

Fred Guiol

Directing

February 17, 1898 — May 23, 1964San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Known for

Giant

Giant

1956

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

1951

Gunga Din

Gunga Din

1939

The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

1942

Penny Serenade

Penny Serenade

1941

The More the Merrier

The More the Merrier

1943

The Second 100 Years

The Second 100 Years

1927

Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1927

Do Detectives Think?

Do Detectives Think?

1927

45 Minutes from Hollywood

45 Minutes from Hollywood

1926

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Giant

Giant

1956

Second Unit Director

Mr. Walkie Talkie

Mr. Walkie Talkie

1952

Director

Something to Live For

Something to Live For

1952

Other

As You Were

As You Were

1951

Director

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

1951

Other

Here Comes Trouble

Here Comes Trouble

1948

Director

Hay Foot

Hay Foot

1942

Director

Miss Polly

Miss Polly

1941

Director

Tanks a Million

Tanks a Million

1941

Director

Mummy's Boys

Mummy's Boys

1936

Director

Silly Billies

Silly Billies

1936

Director

The Rainmakers

The Rainmakers

1935

Director

A Quiet Fourth

1935

Director

Raised and Called

Raised and Called

1935

Director

Horse Heir

1935

Director

What's Your Racket

What's Your Racket

1934

Director

Disappearing Enemies

Disappearing Enemies

1931

Director

Breakfast in Bed

Breakfast in Bed

1930

Director

Hold the Baby

1930

Director

Traffic Tangle

1930

Director

Live and Learn

1930

Director

Rich Uncles

1930

Director

The Fighting Parson

The Fighting Parson

1930

Director

The Head Guy

The Head Guy

1930

Director

Skirt Shy

Skirt Shy

1929

Director

Feed 'em and Weep

Feed 'em and Weep

1928

Director

The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend

1928

Director

The Fight Pest

1928

Director

Limousine Love

Limousine Love

1928

Director

Aching Youth

Aching Youth

1928

Director

The Family Group

The Family Group

1928

Director

Pass the Gravy

Pass the Gravy

1928

Director

Fighting Fathers

Fighting Fathers

1927

Director

Do Detectives Think?

Do Detectives Think?

1927

Director

The Second 100 Years

The Second 100 Years

1927

Director

Sugar Daddies

Sugar Daddies

1927

Director

With Love and Hisses

With Love and Hisses

1927

Director

Why Girls Love Sailors

Why Girls Love Sailors

1927

Director

Love 'Em and Weep

Love 'Em and Weep

1927

Director

Slipping Wives

Slipping Wives

1927

Director

Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1927

Director

Two-Time Mama

Two-Time Mama

1927

Director

45 Minutes from Hollywood

45 Minutes from Hollywood

1926

Director

Get 'Em Young

Get 'Em Young

1926

Director

Along Came Auntie

Along Came Auntie

1926

Director

Don Key (Son of Burro)

Don Key (Son of Burro)

1926

Director

Say It with Babies

Say It with Babies

1926

Director

Long Pants

1926

Director

Flaming Flappers

Flaming Flappers

1925

Director

Tell It to a Policeman

Tell It to a Policeman

1925

Director

Sure-Mike!

Sure-Mike!

1925

Director

The Haunted Honeymoon

The Haunted Honeymoon

1925

Director

Papa Be Good!

Papa Be Good!

1925

Director

The Goofy Age

The Goofy Age

1924

Director

Meet the Missus

Meet the Missus

1924

Director

The Battling Orioles

The Battling Orioles

1924

Director

Don't Park There

Don't Park There

1924

Director

The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors

1923

Director

Heavy Seas

Heavy Seas

1923

Director

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Giant

Giant

1956

Screenplay

Abroad with Two Yanks

Abroad with Two Yanks

1944

Writer

Vigil in the Night

Vigil in the Night

1940

Screenplay

Gunga Din

Gunga Din

1939

Screenplay

Silly Billies

Silly Billies

1936

Story

The Rainmakers

The Rainmakers

1935

Story

The Nitwits

The Nitwits

1935

Screenplay

Kentucky Kernels

Kentucky Kernels

1934

Screenplay

Ocean Swells

1934

Writer

Rough Necking

Rough Necking

1934

Story

Walking Back Home

Walking Back Home

1933

Story

What Fur

What Fur

1933

Story

Flirting in the Park

Flirting in the Park

1933

Story

The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble

The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble

1933

Writer

Boys Will Be Boys

Boys Will Be Boys

1932

Writer

Rich Uncles

1930

Writer

Love 'Em and Weep

Love 'Em and Weep

1927

Writer

Home Work

Screenplay

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Here Comes Trouble

Here Comes Trouble

1948

Producer

Yanks Ahoy

Yanks Ahoy

1943

Producer

Prairie Chickens

Prairie Chickens

1943

Associate Producer

The More the Merrier

The More the Merrier

1943

Associate Producer

Taxi, Mister

Taxi, Mister

1943

Associate Producer

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

1942

Associate Producer

Fall In

Fall In

1942

Producer

The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

1942

Associate Producer

About Face

About Face

1942

Producer

Dudes Are Pretty People

Dudes Are Pretty People

1942

Associate Producer

Hay Foot

Hay Foot

1942

Producer

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

1941

Producer

Penny Serenade

Penny Serenade

1941

Associate Producer

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Just Neighbors

Just Neighbors

1919

Director of Photography