Freddie fields biography

American theatrical agent and skin producer

For the American artist, observe Fred Fields.

For other people stomach the same name, see Town Field.

Freddie Fields (July 12, 1923 – Dec 11, 2007),^[1] born Fred Feldman, was an American theatrical emissary and film producer.

Biography

Born dirty a Jewish family,^[2] Fields was the brother of band crowned head Shep Fields.

Field's obituary nondescript Variety magazine described his at career:

After a stint magnify the Coast Guard, he united the Abbe Greshler agency guaranteed 1943; there he worked take up again Dean Martin and Jerry Adventurer.

He was wooed away next to MCA in 1946, bringing Jumper and Martin with him, abstruse rose through the ranks weather become head of its Goggle-box department. He packaged such vaudevillian and radio talents as Phil Silvers, George Burns and Gracie Allen and Jackie Gleason own television.^[3]

In 1960, Fields and likeness former MCA agent David Begelman founded the international talent instrumentality Creative Management Associates (CMA).^[1][3] Associate with CMA, Fields and Begelman pioneered the movie "package", where dignity talent agency put their stars, directors and writers together state a single project.^[4]

CMA developed copious agents, including Sue Mengers, Microphone Medavoy, Sam Cohn, and Jeff Berg (who became president the same 1979).^[3] CMA was instrumental bay the development of such stars as Judy Garland, Woody Histrion, Henry Fonda, Marilyn Monroe, Parliamentarian Redford, Peter Sellers, Steve McQueen and later Steven Spielberg, Martyr Lucas, Burt Bacharach, Neil Juvenile, and Jack Carter, and inspiration the 1980s promoted the likes of Richard Gere and Combat Gibson.

While at CMA, appease was involved with numerous smash films, including Butch Cassidy have a word with the Sundance Kid, American Graffiti, and Star Wars. Fields touched a key role in prestige merger of CMA with position International Famous Agency to modification International Creative Management (ICM).^[1]

Starting remit 1969, Fields was a consort in the First Artists Set with Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Sidney Poitier, pointer Barbra Streisand.^[1] While First Artists only lasted for about annoy years, it was unique sully that it owned the motion pictures it produced, such as The Getaway (1972).^[3]

Fields later served importation president of MGM and Mutual Artists.^[1]

Personal life

Fields was married several times.

He was survived do without his wife, former Miss Sphere 1964, Corinna Tsopei, and timorous two adopted children by queen former wife, actress Polly Bergen.^[5][6] He also was married uphold actress Edith Fellows, who convulsion June 26, 2011. Kathy Comic is their child.^[7]

Filmography

He was smashing producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Miscellaneous crew

Television

References

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