Biography
Fred Freiberger (February 19, 1915 – March 2, 2003) was an American film and television writer and television producer, whose career spanned four decades and work on such films as The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and TV series including Ben Casey (1963–64), The Wild Wild West (1965), Star Trek (1968–69) and Space: 1999 (1976–77).
Freiberger was the producer of the third and final season of science-fiction series Star Trek, between 1968 and 1969. His screenwriting credits include 13 films made between 1946 and 1958. He appeared as himself in the short documentary Funny Old Guys, which aired as part of the HBO series Still Kicking, Still Laughing in 2003, a few months after his death in March.
Freiberger died on March 2, 2003, at his Bel-Air home, according to his son, Ben. No cause of death was given.
Filmography
all 46
Writer 38
TV Shows 28
Movies 18
Producer 3
self 1
Inside Star Trek: The Real Story (1998)
Cosmic Princess (1982)
Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979)
Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
Space: 1999 (1975)
S.W.A.T. (1975)
Petrocelli (1974)
Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
Lost in Space (1973)
Emergency! (1972)
Monty Nash (1971)
The Violent Ones (1967)
Star Trek (1966)
The Wild Wild West (1965)
Laredo (1965)
The Fugitive (1963)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Ben Casey (1961)
Cain's Hundred (1961)
Hong Kong (1960)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
Bonanza (1959)
Black Saddle (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Texas John Slaughter (1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
Crash Landing (1958)
Blood Arrow (1958)
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Beginning of the End (1957)
The Weapon (1956)
Massacre (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Cheyenne (1955)
The Big Bluff (1955)
The Black Pirates (1954)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
Garden of Evil (1954)
The Big Chase (1954)
War Paint (1953)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Egypt by Three (1953)
Stork Bites Man (1947)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1915-02-19
Deathday2003-03-02 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsCharles Woodgrove
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