Fielder Cook

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1923-03-09
  • event Death Date 2003-06-20
  • school Known for: Directing
  • star Popularity: 1.2
  • info Birth Place Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966-06-08

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A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966-06-08

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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

1971-12-19

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Why Me?

1984-03-12

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The Farmer's Daughter

1962-01-14

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Prudence and the Pill

1968-05-23

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Patterns

1956-03-27

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Seize the Day

1986-09-09

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Too Far to Go

1979-03-12

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Miles To Go Before I Sleep

1975-01-08

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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

1973-06-06

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The Member of the Wedding

1997-01-29

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Patterns

1955-01-12

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Eagle in a Cage

1972-01-09

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How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

1968-01-17

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A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

1978-01-15

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Miracle on 34th Street

1973-12-14

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Will There Really Be a Morning?

1983-02-22

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

1979-04-28

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Beauty and the Beast

1976-12-03

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Teacher, Teacher

1969-02-05

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Home Is the Hero

1959-03-03

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The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon

1961-02-22

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This Is the West That Was

1974-12-17

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Harvey

1972-03-20

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A String of Beads

1961-02-07

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Gauguin the Savage

1980-04-29

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Goodbye, Raggedy Ann

1971-10-22

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Family Reunion

1981-10-11

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Brigadoon

1966-10-15

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The Price

1971-02-03

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The Hands of Cormac Joyce

1972-09-17

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Enemies

1971-11-11

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Brigadoon

1966-10-15

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A Special Friendship

1987-03-31

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Valley Forge

1975-12-03

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Neighbors

1971-11-18

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Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

1971-02-01

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Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

1976-04-22

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Goodbye, Raggedy Ann

1971-10-22

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Big Deal in Laredo

1962-10-07

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Big Deal in Laredo

1962-10-07

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Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall

1969-11-21

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Mister Roberts

1965-09-17

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Going My Way

1962-10-03

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The Eleventh Hour

1962-10-03

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Studio One

1948-11-07

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The Defenders

1961-09-16

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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963-10-04

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Espionage

1963-10-02

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Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

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Climax!

1954-10-07

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951-12-24

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The Kaiser Aluminum Hour

1956-07-03

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Ben Casey

1961-10-02

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Evergreen

1985-02-24