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Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Alma mater. Northwestern University, Harvard Law School. Occupation (s) Director, producer. Frederick Timmins de Cordova (October 27, 1910 – September 15, 2001) was an American stage, motion picture and television director and producer. He is best known for his work on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson .
Frederick De Cordova. Producer: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. 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.
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Sep 18, 2001 · TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Fred De Cordova, who skipped lightly and most often anonymously among the pinnacles of American show business, most ...
Frederick De Cordova. Producer: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. 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 ...
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Sep 16, 2001 · By Richard Natale. Fred De Cordova, the fifth and longest lasting producer of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” and producer-director of such classic TV shows as “The Burns and Allen ...
In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Fred de Cordova (1910-2001) talks about his early life and experiences in New York City working for the Shubert Organization which led to him eventually moving to Hollywood and becoming a director. He describes directing several feature films including Bedtime for Bonzo starring future president Ronald ...
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Sep 17, 2001 · Fred de Cordova, a longtime producer of NBC’s “Tonight Show” when it was hosted by Johnny Carson, has died. He was 90. De Cordova died Saturday of natural causes at the Motion Picture and ...
