Harry L. Fraser
Directing·March 31, 1889·† April 8, 1974 — 85 years old·San Francisco, California, USA
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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:
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1957The CyclopsAssistant Director1952Chained for LifeDirector1951Abilene TrailScreenplay1950Short GrassAssistant Director1949Stallion CanyonDirector1949StampedeAssistant Director1948Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the PlainsScreenplay1946The People's ChoiceDirector1946Son of the GuardsmanScreenplay1946Chick Carter, DetectiveScreenplay1946Jungle TerrorDirector1946Thunder TownDirector1946Ambush TrailScreenplay · Director1946Six Gun ManWriter · Director1945Navajo KidDirector · Screenplay1945Flaming BulletsDirector · Screenplay1945Frontier FugitivesDirector1945Three in the SaddleDirector1945The White GorillaDirector · Writer · Producer1945Enemy of the LawDirector · Screenplay1944The Whispering SkullScreenplay1944Dead or AliveWriter1944I Accuse My ParentsScreenplay1944Gunsmoke MesaDirector1944Brand of the DevilDirector1944Outlaw RoundupDirector1944Captain AmericaScreenplay1943BatmanWriter1943Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp GroundStory1942The Valley of Vanishing MenScreenplay1942The Old Chisholm TrailStory1941Jungle ManDirector1941The Spider ReturnsStory1940The Range BustersStory1940Lightning Strikes WestDirector1940Phantom RancherDirector1940One Big MistakeDirector1939Lure of the WastelandStory · Director1938Songs and SaddlesDirector · Screenplay1938Six Shootin' SheriffDirector · Screenplay · Story1938Spirit of YouthDirector1937Jungle MenaceDirector1937Heroes of the AlamoDirector1937Galloping DynamiteDirector1937Dark ManhattanDirector1936Aces WildDirector · Screenplay1936Fury BelowDirector1936Cavalcade of the WestDirector1936Romance Rides the RangeDirector1936The Riding AvengerDirector1936Feud of the WestDirector1936Wildcat SaundersDirector · Story · Screenplay1936Hair-Trigger CaseyDirector1936Ghost TownStory · Director · Screenplay1935The Last of the ClintonsDirector · Screenplay · Story1935Wild MustangScreenplay · Story · Director1935Saddle AcesDirector · Screenplay1935Fighting PioneersDirector · Writer1935Rustler's ParadiseStory · Screenplay · Director1935Social ErrorDirector1935Wagon TrailStory · Screenplay · Director1935The Pecos KidDirector1935The Reckless BuckarooDirector1934'Neath the Arizona SkiesHenchman in the Brush · Director1934Fighting ThruScreenplay · Director1934The Tonto KidDirector · Screenplay1934The DrifterDirector1934Randy Rides AloneWriter · Producer · Director1934GunfireScreenplay · Director1933The Wolf DogDirector1933Ranger's CodeAdaptation1933Galloping RomeoAdaptation1933The Fighting ParsonDirector · Story1933Rainbow RanchDirector · Story1933The FugitiveDirector · Story · Screenplay1933The Gallant FoolDialogue · Adaptation1933The Return of Casey JonesAdaptation1933Trailing NorthStory1933Diamond TrailDirector1933Breed of the BorderStory · Adaptation1933Sucker MoneyAssistant Director1932The Savage GirlDirector1932The Man from ArizonaDirector1932Broadway to CheyenneDirector · Story · Adaptation1932The Night RiderStory1932Honor of the MountedStory · Director · Screenplay1932Law of the NorthDirector · Story1932Texas PioneersStory · Director · Screenplay1932Mason of the MountedDirector · Screenplay · Story1932Vanishing MenDirector1932Border DevilsScenario Writer1932The ReckoningDirector1932Without HonorScreenplay · Assistant Director1932Ghost CityDirector · Story1931Land of Wanted MenStory · Screenplay · Director1931Oklahoma JimDirector · Story1931The Montana KidDirector · Story1930Wings of AdventureScreenplay1930The Lone DefenderScreenplay1929Cross Country RunDirector1927Soft CushionsThe Citizen (as Harry Jones)1927Perils of the JungleStory · Scenario Writer1927Cactus TrailsScenario Writer · Assistant Director1926The Silent TrailerStory1926General Custer at the Little Big HornDirector1925The WildcatDirector · Producer1923LuckPhillip Rushford - Lawyer1921Burn 'Em Up BarnesStory1917The Mystery of the Double Cross1916The Iron ClawThe Laughing Mask