- publicWebsite:
Visit - group Other Names:
description About
Fielder Cook (March 9, 1923 – June 20, 2003) was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story spawned the series The Waltons. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Cook graduated with honor with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature from Washington and Lee University, then studied Elizabethan Drama at the University of Birmingham in England. He returned to the United States and began his career in the early days of television, directing many episodes of such anthology series as Lux Video Theater, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Playhouse 90, Omnibus, and Kraft Television Theatre. In later years, he directed the television movies Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story, Gauguin the Savage, Family Reunion, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Will There Really Be a Morning?, and others; adaptations of The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, Brigadoon, Beauty and the Beast, The Price, Miracle on 34th Street, and The Member of the Wedding; and episodes of Ben Casey, The Defenders, and Beacon Hill. Cook's credits for feature films include A Big Hand for the Little Lady, How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968), Prudence and the Pill (1968, co-director), From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973), Eagle in a Cage, and Seize the Day.
Info
- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1923-03-09
- event Death Date 2003-06-20
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 1.9
- info Birth Place Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- visibility Views: 5 views
-
star User Ratings:
image Images
movie_edit Directing
0
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966-06-08
0
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966-06-08
0
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971-12-19
0
Why Me?
1984-03-12
0
The Farmer's Daughter
1962-01-14
0
Prudence and the Pill
1968-05-23
0
Patterns
1956-03-27
0
Seize the Day
1986-09-09
0
Too Far to Go
1979-03-12
0
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
1975-01-08
0
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1973-06-06
0
The Member of the Wedding
1997-01-29
0
Patterns
1955-01-12
0
Eagle in a Cage
1972-01-09
0
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968-01-17
0
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978-01-15
0
Miracle on 34th Street
1973-12-14
0
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983-02-22
0
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979-04-28
0
Beauty and the Beast
1976-12-03
0
Teacher, Teacher
1969-02-05
0
Home Is the Hero
1959-03-03
0
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
1961-02-22
0
This Is the West That Was
1974-12-17
0
Harvey
1972-03-20
0
A String of Beads
1961-02-07
0
Gauguin the Savage
1980-04-29
0
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971-10-22
0
Family Reunion
1981-10-11
0
Brigadoon
1966-10-15
0
The Price
1971-02-03
0
The Hands of Cormac Joyce
1972-09-17
0
Enemies
1971-11-11
0
Brigadoon
1966-10-15
0
A Special Friendship
1987-03-31
0
Valley Forge
1975-12-03
0
Neighbors
1971-11-18
0
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971-02-01
0
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976-04-22
0
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971-10-22
0
Big Deal in Laredo
1962-10-07
0
Big Deal in Laredo
1962-10-07
0
Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall
1969-11-21
0
Mister Roberts
1965-09-17
0
Going My Way
1962-10-03
0
The Eleventh Hour
1962-10-03
0
Studio One
1948-11-07
0
The Defenders
1961-09-16
0
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-10-04
0
Espionage
1963-10-02
0
Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02
0
Climax!
1954-10-07
0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
0
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
1956-07-03
0
Ben Casey
1961-10-02
0
Evergreen
1985-02-24