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Fred Fishback

{{short description|Film director}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Fred Fishback

| image = Fred Hibbard & Edith Roberts - Aug 1919 EH.jpg

| caption = Fred Fishback (left) and Edith Roberts in 1919

| birth_name = Moscu Fischback

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|01|18}}

| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1925|01|06|1894|01|18}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, U.S.

| other_names = Fred Hibbard

| occupation = {{hlist|Director|actor|screenwriter|producer}}

| yearsactive = 1912–1925

| spouse = Ethel Lynne (married 1919–1925){{Rp|563}}

}}

Fred C. Fishback (born Moscu Fischback; January 18, 1894{{spnd}}January 6, 1925) was a film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer of the silent era. Following the 1921 scandal surrounding Roscoe Arbuckle, in which he was involved, Fishback worked mostly under the pseudonym Fred Hibbard.

Biography

Fred Fishback was born Moscu Fischback (sometimes spelled Fischbach) on January 18, 1894, in Bucharest, Romania.[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q557-Y9ZM Fred (Moscu) Fischbach Or Fishbach, United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940.] He immigrated to the United States around 1900, and made his motion picture debut with Thomas H. Ince in 1912.{{Rp|563}} As Freddy Fischbach, he became 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.

Both Arbuckle and Fishback were hired to direct at Educational Pictures. Fishback, reunited with Lige Conley, helped to develop Conley into a comedy star in a lengthy series of slapstick short subjects. Fishback also directed one of Educational's leading comedians, Lloyd Hamilton. Fishback died at the age of 30 of cancer;{{Rp|563}} his last films were released posthumously.

Select filmography

=Actor=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1914

| Love and Bullets

| Henchman

| {{cite book |last=Walker |first=Brent E. |date=2010 |title=Mack Sennett's Fun Factory |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0-7864-7711-1}}{{Rp|297}}

1914

| Laughing Gas

| Bearded Patient

| {{Rp|297}}

1914

| Tillie's Punctured Romance

| Tall Servant

| {{Rp|460}}

1914

| Killing Horace

| Painter

| {{Rp|301}}

1914

| Those Love Pangs

| Vivian's Boyfriend

| {{Rp|302}}

1914

| Gentlemen of Nerve

| Spectator Behind Fence, Spectator in Bleachers

| {{Rp|303}}

1915

| {{sortname|The|Home Breakers|nolink=1}}

| Lead Cop

| {{Rp|309}}

1915

| {{sortname|A|Bird's a Bird|nolink=1}}

| Raffle Ticket Taker

| {{Rp|310}}

1915

| That Little Band of Gold

| Audience Member Near Box

| {{Rp|312}}

1915

| Droppington's Devilish Deed

| The Heavy Man

| {{Rp|314}}

1915

| Do-Re-Me-Boom!

| Cop

| {{Rp|316}}

1915

| {{sortname|A|Hash House Fraud|nolink=1}}

| Free-Eater Hit with Plate

| {{Rp|319}}

1915

| {{sortname|The|Cannon Ball|nolink=1}}

| Tall Henchman

| {{Rp|319}}

1915

| Only a Messenger Boy

| Man with Booze

| {{Rp|321}}

1915

| {{sortname|A|Janitors Wife's Temptation|nolink=1}}

| Waiter in Booth Hall

| {{Rp|323}}

1915

| {{sortname|The|Hunt|nolink=1}}

| Prisoner Who Escapes with Ford

| {{Rp|325}}

=Director=

File:A Movie Star (1916).webm (1916)]]

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| align = right

| direction = vertical

| width = 220

| image1 = International Sneak poster.jpg

| alt1 =

| caption1 = Poster for An International Sneak (1917)

| image2 =Brownie-Table-1921.jpg

| alt2 =

| caption2 = Advertisement for short films starring Brownie the dog, including Playmates and Society Dogs (1921)

| image3 =Circus-Clowns-1922-Poster.jpg

| alt3 =

| caption3 = Poster for Circus Clowns (1922), with direction credited to Fred Hibbard and starring Baby Peggy.

}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1915

| {{sortname|The|Home Breakers|nolink=1}}

| Assistant director{{Rp|310}}

1915

| {{sortname|A|Bird's a Bird|nolink=1}}

| Assistant director{{Rp|312}}

1915

| Droppington's Devilish Deed

| Assistant director{{Rp|314}}

1915

| Do-Re-Me-Boom!

| Assistant director{{Rp|316}}

1915

| {{sortname|A|Hash House Fraud|nolink=1}}

| Assistant director{{Rp|319}}

1915

| {{sortname|The|Cannon Ball|nolink=1}}

| Assistant director{{Rp|319}}

1916

| {{sortname|A|Movie Star|nolink=1}}

| {{Rp|326}}

1916

| His Auto Ruination

| {{Rp|327}}

1916

| By Stork Delivery

| {{Rp|329}}

1916

| His Bitter Pill

| {{Rp|332}}

1916

| Ambrose's Cup of Woe

| {{Rp|333}}

1916

| Madcap Ambrose

| {{Rp|334}}

1916

| Ambrose's Rapid Rise

| {{Rp|336}}

1916

| Safety First Ambrose

| {{Rp|337}}

1917

| His Naughty Thought

| {{Rp|339}}

1917

| Cactus Nell

| {{Rp|340}}

1917

| Lost, a Cook

| {{Rp|342}}

1917

| Roping Her Romeo

| {{Rp|349}}

1917

| {{sortname|An|International Sneak|nolink=1}}

| {{Rp|350}}

1918

| Beware of Boarders!

| {{Rp|354}}

1918

| Here Come the Girls

| {{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HereComeTheGirls1918.html |title=Here Come the Girls |website=Progressive Silent Film List |publisher=Silent Era |access-date=December 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204164037/http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HereComeTheGirls1918.html |archive-date=December 4, 2014 }}

1919

| Money Talks

| {{cite book |date=1919 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAwDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA359 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=359 }}

1919

| {{sortname|A|Village Venus|nolink=1}}

| {{cite book |date=1919 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAwDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA842 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=842 }}

1920

| His Master's Breath

| Also screenwriter{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f71237d |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227062701/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f71237d |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |title=Fred Fishback |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=December 26, 2016}}

1920

| {{sortname|A|Baby Doll Bandit|nolink=1}}

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1920 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=niMhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA79 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=79 }}

1920

| Naughty Lions and Wild Men

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1920 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=niMhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA83 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=83 }}

1920

| Over the Transom

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1920 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=niMhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA84 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=84 }}

1920

| Loose Lions and Fast Lovers

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1920 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=niMhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA162 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=162 }}

1920

| {{sortname|A|Lion's Alliance|nolink=1}}

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1920 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=niMhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA276 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=276 }}

1920

| My Dog Pal

| Also screenwriter

1920

| My Salomy Lions

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1920 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=niMhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA538 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=538 }}

1921

| {{sortname|A|Bunch of Kisses|nolink=1}}

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1921 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PY3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA319 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=319 }}

1921

| {{sortname|The|Dog Doctor|nolink=1}}

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1921 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PY3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA320 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=320 }}

1921

| Playmates

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1921 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PY3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA629 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=629 }}

1921

| Alfalfa Love

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1921 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PY3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA919 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=919 }}

1921

| Society Dogs

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1921 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PY3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA925 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=925 }}

1921

| {{sortname|The|Whizbang|nolink=1}}

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1921 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PY3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA926 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=926 }}

1921

| Brownie's Little Venus

| Also screenwriter{{cite book |date=1921 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_c3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1223 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=1223 }}

1922

| Circus Clowns

| As Fred Hibbard; also screenwriter{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CircusClowns1922.html |title=Circus Clowns |website=Progressive Silent Film List |publisher=Silent Era |access-date=December 27, 2016}}

1922

| The Straphanger

| Director and screenwriter{{cite book|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013641/ |title=The Straphanger |publisher=Century Film |date=January 11, 1922 |access-date=February 15, 2019}}

1923

| Uncle Sam

| As Fred Hibbard{{Rp|305}}

1924

| My Friend

| As Fred Hibbard{{cite book |last=Balducci |first=Anthony |date=2009 |title=Lloyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema|location=Jefferson, N.C. |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786441594 }}{{Rp|222}}

1924

| Air Pockets

| As Fred Hibbard{{Rp|563}}

1924

| Killing Time

| As Fred Hibbard{{Rp|223}}

1924

| Going East

| As Fred Hibbard{{Rp|223}}

1924

| Jonah Jones

| As Fred Hibbard{{Rp|224}}

1924

| Crushed

| As Fred Hibbard{{Rp|224}}

1925

| Hooked

| As Fred Hibbard
Also screenwriter; released posthumously{{Rp|224–225}}

1925

| Half a Hero

| As Fred Hibbard
Also screenwriter; released posthumously{{Rp|225}}

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Fred Fishback}}

  • {{IMDb name|id=0382476|name=Fred Hibbard}}

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Category:Deaths from lung cancer in California

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Category:20th-century American male writers

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