Harry L. Fraser

Known for: Directing
Born: March 31, 1889, San Francisco, California, USA
Died: April 8, 1974
Movies: 92

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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:

Best-Known Movies

6.2

Batman

1943

4.8

'Neath the Arizona Skies

1934

5.3

Captain America

1944

5.1

Randy Rides Alone

1934

2.9

I Accuse My Parents

1944

3.8

Chained for Life

1952

3.2

Jungle Man

1941

4.5

The White Gorilla

1945

4.7

The Reckoning

1932

3.9

The Savage Girl

1932

Filmography

1934	'Neath the Arizona Skies	Henchman in the Brush
1927	Soft Cushions	The Citizen (as Harry Jones)
1923	Luck	Phillip Rushford - Lawyer
1921	Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1917	The Mystery of the Double Cross
1916	The Iron Claw	The Laughing Mask

Directing, Writing & Producing

1952	Chained for Life	Director
1951	Abilene Trail	Screenplay
1949	Stallion Canyon	Director
1948	Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains	Screenplay
1946	The People's Choice	Director
1946	Son of the Guardsman	Screenplay
1946	Chick Carter, Detective	Screenplay
1946	Jungle Terror	Director
1946	Thunder Town	Director
1946	Ambush Trail	Screenplay, Director
1946	Six Gun Man	Writer, Director
1945	Navajo Kid	Director, Screenplay
1945	Flaming Bullets	Director, Screenplay
1945	Frontier Fugitives	Director
1945	Three in the Saddle	Director
1945	The White Gorilla	Director, Writer, Producer
1945	Enemy of the Law	Director, Screenplay
1944	The Whispering Skull	Screenplay
1944	Dead or Alive	Writer
1944	I Accuse My Parents	Screenplay
1944	Gunsmoke Mesa	Director
1944	Brand of the Devil	Director
1944	Outlaw Roundup	Director
1944	Captain America	Screenplay
1943	Batman	Writer
1942	The Valley of Vanishing Men	Screenplay
1941	Jungle Man	Director
1940	Lightning Strikes West	Director
1940	Phantom Rancher	Director
1940	One Big Mistake	Director
1939	Lure of the Wasteland	Director
1938	Songs and Saddles	Director, Screenplay
1938	Six Shootin' Sheriff	Director, Screenplay
1938	Spirit of Youth	Director
1937	Jungle Menace	Director
1937	Heroes of the Alamo	Director
1937	Galloping Dynamite	Director
1937	Dark Manhattan	Director
1936	Aces Wild	Director, Screenplay
1936	Fury Below	Director
1936	Cavalcade of the West	Director
1936	Romance Rides the Range	Director
1936	The Riding Avenger	Director
1936	Feud of the West	Director
1936	Wildcat Saunders	Director, Screenplay
1936	Hair-Trigger Casey	Director
1936	Ghost Town	Director, Screenplay
1935	The Last of the Clintons	Director, Screenplay
1935	Wild Mustang	Screenplay, Director
1935	Saddle Aces	Director, Screenplay
1935	Fighting Pioneers	Director, Writer
1935	Rustler's Paradise	Screenplay, Director
1935	Social Error	Director
1935	Wagon Trail	Screenplay, Director
1935	The Pecos Kid	Director
1935	The Reckless Buckaroo	Director
1934	'Neath the Arizona Skies	Director
1934	Fighting Thru	Screenplay, Director
1934	The Tonto Kid	Director, Screenplay
1934	The Drifter	Director
1934	Randy Rides Alone	Writer, Producer, Director
1934	Gunfire	Screenplay, Director
1933	The Wolf Dog	Director
1933	The Fighting Parson	Director
1933	Rainbow Ranch	Director
1933	The Fugitive	Director, Screenplay
1933	Diamond Trail	Director
1932	The Savage Girl	Director
1932	The Man from Arizona	Director
1932	Broadway to Cheyenne	Director
1932	Honor of the Mounted	Director, Screenplay
1932	Law of the North	Director
1932	Texas Pioneers	Director, Screenplay
1932	Mason of the Mounted	Director, Screenplay
1932	Vanishing Men	Director
1932	The Reckoning	Director
1932	Without Honor	Screenplay
1932	Ghost City	Director
1931	Land of Wanted Men	Screenplay, Director
1931	Oklahoma Jim	Director
1931	The Montana Kid	Director
1930	Wings of Adventure	Screenplay
1930	The Lone Defender	Screenplay
1929	Cross Country Run	Director
1926	General Custer at the Little Big Horn	Director
1925	The Wildcat	Director, Producer

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