death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
north hollywood , california , united states 9 november 1961 new york city , new york , united states 4 june 1892 1928 -- 1957 fred fleck
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fred fleck

fred fleck , also known as fred a. fleck , frederick fleck , or freddie fleck , was an american assistant director and production manager .
born in new york city on june 4 , 1892 , he broke into the film business as an assistant director on the 1928 silent film , `` the riding renegade '' , directed by wallace fox .
during his 30-year career , he would work on some notable films , with some notable directors .
some of those films include : the epic `` hell 's angels '' -lrb- 1930 -rrb- , directed by howard hughes ; king vidor 's `` bird of paradise '' -lrb- 1932 -rrb- ; the ginger rogers ' 1941 vehicle , tom , dick and harry , directed by garson kanin ; 1942 's `` the magnificent ambersons '' , directed by orson welles , and starring joseph cotten and anne baxter ; `` born to be bad '' -lrb- 1950 -rrb- , starring joan fontaine and robert ryan ; and josef von sternberg 's `` jet pilot '' -lrb- 1957 -rrb- , starring john wayne .
fleck was also one of the aerial cameramen on george archainbaud 's classic 1932 film , `` the lost squadron '' .
fleck was also production manager on several notable films , including : `` sylvia scarlett '' , directed by george cukor , and starring katharine hepburn ; the fred astaire and ginger rogers ' 1936 vehicle , `` swing time '' , directed by george stevens ; gregory la cava 's 1937 `` stage door '' , starring hepburn , rogers and adolphe menjou ; and `` the las vegas story '' -lrb- 1952 -rrb- , directed by robert stevenson , and starring jane russell and victor mature .
even though `` jet pilot '' was released in 1957 , it was produced in 1949-50 , and sat on the shelf for seven years .
the last film fleck worked on was as a production manager on `` son of sinbad '' in 1955 .
he would die on november 9 , 1961 in north hollywood , california .
