Harry L. Fraser

Known For

Directing

Born

Mar 31, 1889

Died

Apr 08, 1974

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Credits

110 titles

Harry L. Fraser

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harry L. Fraser (31 March 1889 - 8 April 1974) was an American film director. He directed over 80 films between 1925 and 1951, including the 1934 John Wayne film Randy Rides Alone and the Frank Buck cliffhanger serial Jungle Menace (1937). He had a small acting role in the John Wayne film 'Neath the Arizona Skies. He also wrote screenplays, including Chick Carter, Detective (1946). In his autobiography, Fraser described filming the scene in Jungle Menace during which a boa constrictor attacks the heroine Dorothy (Charlotte Henry). The villain has tied Dorothy hand and foot and she thrashes about wildly, terrified when she suddenly sees the huge snake: "The snake was in no hurry. Slowly he slithered across the girl's body, while she screamed and struggled. He turned, looking for a spot to slip under her to make his first wrap. I motioned to the reptile crew to get ready, and a split-second later gave them the signal to move in. But now, the maddened snake fought them and did its best to coil around one of the men. Before that happened, however, I had cut, and we had a good cliff-hanger with our terror-stricken heroine to close the episode." Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry L. Fraser, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

1957

The Cyclops

Assistant Director

Movie
1952

Chained for Life

Director

Movie
1951

Abilene Trail

Screenplay

Movie
1950

Short Grass

Assistant Director

Movie
1949

Stallion Canyon

Director

Movie
1949

Stampede

Assistant Director

Movie
1948

Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains

Screenplay

Movie
1946

The People's Choice

Director

Movie
1946

Son of the Guardsman

Screenplay

Movie
1946

Chick Carter, Detective

Screenplay

Movie
1946

Jungle Terror

Director

Movie
1946

Thunder Town

Director

Movie
1946

Ambush Trail

Screenplay

Movie
1946

Six Gun Man

Writer

Movie
1945

Navajo Kid

Director

Movie
1945

Flaming Bullets

Director

Movie
1945

Frontier Fugitives

Director

Movie
1945

Three in the Saddle

Director

Movie
1945

The White Gorilla

Director

Movie
1945

Enemy of the Law

Director

Movie
1944

The Whispering Skull

Screenplay

Movie
1944

Dead or Alive

Writer

Movie
1944

I Accuse My Parents

Screenplay

Movie
1944

Gunsmoke Mesa

Director

Movie
1944

Brand of the Devil

Director

Movie
1944

Outlaw Roundup

Director

Movie
1944

Captain America

Screenplay

Movie
1943

Batman

Writer

Movie
1943

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

Story

Movie
1942

The Valley of Vanishing Men

Screenplay

Movie
1942

The Old Chisholm Trail

Story

Movie
1941

Jungle Man

Director

Movie
1941

The Spider Returns

Story

Movie
1940

The Range Busters

Story

Movie
1940

Lightning Strikes West

Director

Movie
1940

Phantom Rancher

Director

Movie
1940

One Big Mistake

Director

Movie
1939

Lure of the Wasteland

Story

Movie
1938

Songs and Saddles

Director

Movie
1938

Six Shootin' Sheriff

Director

Movie
1938

Spirit of Youth

Director

Movie
1937

Jungle Menace

Director

Movie
1937

Heroes of the Alamo

Director

Movie
1937

Galloping Dynamite

Director

Movie
1937

Dark Manhattan

Director

Movie
1936

Aces Wild

Director

Movie
1936

Fury Below

Director

Movie
1936

Cavalcade of the West

Director

Movie
1936

Romance Rides the Range

Director

Movie
1936

The Riding Avenger

Director

Movie