---
name: "Fred Guiol"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-guiol"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 February 1898"
died: "23 May 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T03:10:11.494404+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 Guiol

Producer. Born 17 February 1898 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 23 May 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 February 1898, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 23 May 1964
- **Active:** 1942–1956
- **Also known as:**  Fred L. Guiol , Fred M. Guiol, Frederick Lawrence Guiol
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 writing, 2 producing, 1 crew
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 78 (2), 1950s 78 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Guiol, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3086842, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0347451/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18740

## Biography

Fred Guiol (1898–1964) was an American film director and screenwriter. He worked at the Hal Roach Studios for many years, first as a property man and later as a director. There he directed several of Laurel and Hardy's earliest short films in 1927.

Guiol collaborated with director George Stevens on a number of projects. He wrote the screenplay for *Gunga Din* (1939) and, with Ivan Moffat, adapted Edna Ferber's novel for the film *Giant* (1956), earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also served as associate or second unit director on *A Place in the Sun* (1951) and *Shane* (1953).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (1)

- *Giant* (1956), Fi1m 74, Screenplay, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md)

### Produced (2) — the average rests on these

- *The More the Merrier* (1943), Fi1m 82, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-more-the-merrier.md)
- *The Talk of the Town* (1942), Fi1m 75, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-talk-of-the-town.md)

### Crew (1)

- *A Place in the Sun* (1951), Fi1m 81, Other — [page](https://film.one/film/a-place-in-the-sun.md)

## Complete filmography (84)

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

- *Giant* (1956), Screenplay, Second Unit Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md)
- *Mr. Walkie Talkie* (1952), Director
- *Something to Live For* (1952), as Other
- *As You Were* (1951), Director
- *A Place in the Sun* (1951), as Other — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/a-place-in-the-sun.md)
- *Here Comes Trouble* (1948), Director, Producer
- *Abroad with Two Yanks* (1944), Writer
- *Yanks Ahoy* (1943), Producer
- *Prairie Chickens* (1943), Associate Producer
- *The More the Merrier* (1943), Associate Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-more-the-merrier.md)
- *Taxi, Mister* (1943), Associate Producer
- *The McGuerins from Brooklyn* (1942), Associate Producer
- *Fall In* (1942), Producer
- *The Talk of the Town* (1942), Associate Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-talk-of-the-town.md)
- *About Face* (1942), Producer
- *Dudes Are Pretty People* (1942), Associate Producer
- *Hay Foot* (1942), Director, Producer
- *Miss Polly* (1941), Director
- *Niagara Falls* (1941), Producer
- *Tanks a Million* (1941), Director
- *Penny Serenade* (1941), Associate Producer
- *Vigil in the Night* (1940), Screenplay
- *Gunga Din* (1939), Screenplay
- *Mummy's Boys* (1936), Director
- *Silly Billies* (1936), Story, Director
- *The Rainmakers* (1935), Director, Story
- *A Quiet Fourth* (1935), Director
- *The Nitwits* (1935), Screenplay
- *Raised and Called* (1935), Director
- *Horse Heir* (1935), Director
- *Kentucky Kernels* (1934), Screenplay
- *Ocean Swells* (1934), Writer
- *Rough Necking* (1934), Story
- *What's Your Racket* (1934), Director
- *Walking Back Home* (1933), Story
- *What Fur* (1933), Story
- *Flirting in the Park* (1933), Story
- *The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble* (1933), Writer
- *Boys Will Be Boys* (1932), Writer
- *Disappearing Enemies* (1931), Director
- *Breakfast in Bed* (1930), Director
- *Hold the Baby* (1930), Director
- *Traffic Tangle* (1930), Director
- *Live and Learn* (1930), Director
- *Rich Uncles* (1930), Writer, Director
- *The Fighting Parson* (1930), Director
- *The Head Guy* (1930), Director
- *Skirt Shy* (1929), Director
- *Feed 'em and Weep* (1928), Director
- *The Boy Friend* (1928), Director
- *The Fight Pest* (1928), Director
- *Limousine Love* (1928), Director
- *Aching Youth* (1928), Director
- *The Family Group* (1928), Director
- *Pass the Gravy* (1928), Director
- *Fighting Fathers* (1927), Director
- *Do Detectives Think?* (1927), Director
- *The Second 100 Years* (1927), Director
- *Sugar Daddies* (1927), Director
- *With Love and Hisses* (1927), Director
- *Why Girls Love Sailors* (1927), Director
- *Love 'Em and Weep* (1927), Director, Writer
- *Slipping Wives* (1927), Director
- *Duck Soup* (1927), Director
- *Two-Time Mama* (1927), Director
- *45 Minutes from Hollywood* (1926), Director
- *Get 'Em Young* (1926), Director
- *Along Came Auntie* (1926), Director
- *Don Key (Son of Burro)* (1926), Director
- *Say It with Babies* (1926), Director
- *Long Pants* (1926), Director
- *Flaming Flappers* (1925), Director
- *Tell It to a Policeman* (1925), Director
- *Sure-Mike!* (1925), Director
- *The Haunted Honeymoon* (1925), Director
- *Papa Be Good!* (1925), Director
- *The Goofy Age* (1924), Director
- *Meet the Missus* (1924), Director
- *The Battling Orioles* (1924), Director
- *Don't Park There* (1924), Director
- *The Great Outdoors* (1923), Director
- *Heavy Seas* (1923), Director
- *Just Neighbors* (1919), Director of Photography
- *Home Work*, Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1957: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Giant*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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