Frederick De Cordova(1910-2001)
- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Educated at Northwestern University, Frederick De Cordova began his
show business career on the stage, and came to Hollywood in the
mid-'40s as a dialogue director. He graduated to director in 1945. He
spent much of his career at Universal Pictures, where he turned out
medium-budget westerns, comedies and musicals. In the mid-'50s he
turned his main focus to television, directing and producing The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950),
The Jack Benny Program (1950) and December Bride (1954). Although he directed an occasional feature, he was
much more successful on TV, and in 1971 became executive producer of
the long-running late-night talk show The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962).
