---
name: "Fred C. Caruso"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-c-caruso"
fi1m_id: "fred-c-caruso"
imdb_id: "nm0142301"
tmdb_id: 11789
wikidata_id: "Q5494734"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-04T19:56:08.829808+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Fred C. Caruso

## Identity

Fred C. Caruso

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fred-c-caruso
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fred-c-caruso
- **IMDb ID:** nm0142301
- **TMDB ID:** 11789
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5494734
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_C._Caruso, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5494734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0142301/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11789

Producer. Born 1 January 1901 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, United States
- **Active:** 1969–1993
- **Also known as:** Fred Caruso 
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 85 (1), 1970s 90 (2), 1980s 76 (4), 1990s 42 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 72 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 5, Drama 4, Comedy 2, Mystery 2, Thriller 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $661m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_C._Caruso, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5494734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0142301/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11789

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Blue Velvet*](https://film.one/film/blue-velvet.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Fred C. Caruso is an American film producer and production manager. He has worked on numerous productions since the 1970s, often in associate or co-producer roles, and as unit production manager or executive in charge of production.

His credits include associate producer on *Network* (1976) and *Dressed to Kill* (1980), executive producer on *Blow Out* (1981), and producer and production manager on *Blue Velvet* (1986). He also served in production capacities on *The Godfather* (1972), *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), *Casualties of War* (1989) and *Super Mario Bros.* (1993). His work as co-producer on *The Bonfire of the Vanities* (1990) is discussed in Julie Salamon's book *The Devil's Candy*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Super Mario Bros.* (1993), Fi1m 42, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/super-mario-bros.md)
- *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), Fi1m 48, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop-ii.md)
- *Blue Velvet* (1986), Fi1m 88, Producer, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-velvet.md)
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Fi1m 81, Executive In Charge Of Production — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)
- *Blow Out* (1981), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/blow-out.md)
- *Network* (1976), Fi1m 86, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/network.md)
- *The Godfather* (1972), Fi1m 93, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)
- *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), Fi1m 85, Assistant Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Wetlands* (2017), Producer
- *The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959* (2016), Production Manager
- *Pizza with Bullets* (2012), Executive Producer, Production Manager
- *Point of Origin* (2002), Producer
- *Deuces Wild* (2002), Producer
- *The Skulls* (2000), Co-Producer
- *The Rat Pack* (1998), Producer
- *An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn* (1998), Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Steal Big Steal Little* (1995), Producer
- *Surviving the Game* (1994), Co-Producer
- *Super Mario Bros.* (1993), Co-Producer — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/super-mario-bros.md)
- *The Bonfire of the Vanities* (1990), Co-Producer
- *Casualties of War* (1989), Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *We're No Angels* (1989), Co-Producer
- *The Presidio* (1988), Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop-ii.md)
- *Blue Velvet* (1986), Producer, Production Manager — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-velvet.md)
- *Raw Deal* (1986), Production Manager
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Executive In Charge Of Production — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)
- *Fighting Back* (1982), Unit Production Manager, Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Blow Out* (1981), Executive Producer, Production Manager — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/blow-out.md)
- *Dressed to Kill* (1980), Associate Producer, Production Manager
- *The Wanderers* (1979), Unit Production Manager, Associate Producer
- *Winter Kills* (1979), Producer
- *Bad* (1977), Associate Producer
- *Network* (1976), Associate Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/network.md)
- *The Happy Hooker* (1975), Producer
- *Law and Disorder* (1974), Associate Producer
- *The Godfather* (1972), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)
- *Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?* (1971), Associate Producer, Production Manager
- *Husbands* (1970), Production Supervisor
- *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), Assistant Production Manager — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md)
- *The Thanksgiving Visitor* (1968), Production Manager

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