Fred Niblo
| Fred Niblo | |
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Fred Niblo, 1926
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| Born |
Frederick Liedtke January 6, 1874 York, Nebraska, United States |
| Died | November 11, 1948 (aged 74) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California, United States |
| Occupation | Film director, actor |
| Years active | 1916–1932 |
| Spouse(s) |
Josephine Cohan (m. 1901–1916) (her death); 1 son Enid Bennett (m. 1918–1948) (his death); 3 children |
Fred Niblo (January 6, 1874 – November 11, 1948) was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer.
He was born Frederick Liedtke (several sources give "Frederico Nobile", apparently erroneously) in York, Nebraska, to a French mother and a father who had served as a captain in the American Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Using the stage name, Fred Niblo, Liedtke began his show business career performing in vaudeville and in live theater. After more than twenty years doing live performing as a monologist, during which he traveled extensively around the globe, he worked in Australia from 1912 through 1915, where he turned to the burgeoning motion picture industry and made his first two films.
On June 2, 1901, Niblo married Broadway actress Josephine Cohan, the older sister of George M. Cohan. He managed the Four Cohans in their two big successes, The Governor's Son and Running for Office. From 1904–05, Fred resumed his stage career, appearing as Walter Lee Leonard in The Rogers Brothers in Paris and then returned to vaudeville.
Josephine died young in 1916, the year he began acting and directing motion pictures. While in Australia, he met actress Enid Bennett, whom he would later marry. As a Hollywood director, he is most remembered for several notable films beginning with his 1920 work The Mark of Zorro which starred Douglas Fairbanks. The following year he teamed up with Fairbanks again in The Three Musketeers and then directed Rudolph Valentino in Blood and Sand.
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