---
name: "Fritz Manes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fritz-manes"
fi1m_id: "fritz-manes"
imdb_id: "nm0541991"
tmdb_id: 56192
wikidata_id: "Q3087941"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "22 April 1932"
died: "27 September 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:41:39.131615+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."
---

# Fritz Manes

## Identity

Fritz Manes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fritz-manes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fritz-manes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0541991
- **TMDB ID:** 56192
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3087941
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3087941, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541991/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56192

Producer. Born 22 April 1932 in Oakland, California, USA. Died 27 September 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 22 April 1932, Oakland, California, USA
- **Died:** 27 September 2011
- **Active:** 1979–1985
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 4 acting, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (1), 1980s 61 (5)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3087941, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541991/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56192

## Biography

Fritz Manes was an American film producer. He worked primarily with Clint Eastwood’s Malpaso Productions from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, serving in roles including associate producer, producer and executive producer on more than a dozen films.

Born in Oakland, California, Manes met Eastwood at school and later joined Malpaso in 1973. His producing credits include *Any Which Way You Can* (1980), *Tightrope* (1984) and *City Heat* (1984); he was executive producer on *Firefox* (1982), *Sudden Impact* (1983), *Pale Rider* (1985) and *Heartbreak Ridge* (1986). He also took on unit production manager duties and occasional small acting or stunt roles.

Manes and Eastwood had a falling out during *Heartbreak Ridge*. After leaving Malpaso he formed his own company, Sundancer, and served on the California Film Commission. He died in 2011.

*Sources: catalog.afi.com, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (4)

- *Pale Rider* (1985), Fi1m 77, as Stage Rider — [page](https://film.one/film/pale-rider.md)
- *Tightrope* (1984), Fi1m 66, as Valdes — [page](https://film.one/film/tightrope.md)
- *Firefox* (1982), Fi1m 47, as Captain — [page](https://film.one/film/firefox.md)
- *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979), Fi1m 82, as Guard — [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-alcatraz.md)

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

- *Sudden Impact* (1983), Fi1m 65, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sudden-impact.md)
- *Any Which Way You Can* (1980), Fi1m 50, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/any-which-way-you-can.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Heartbreak Ridge* (1986), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Ratboy* (1986), Producer
- *Pale Rider* (1985), as Stage Rider · Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/pale-rider.md)
- *City Heat* (1984), Producer
- *Tightrope* (1984), as Valdes · Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/tightrope.md)
- *Sudden Impact* (1983), Executive Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/sudden-impact.md)
- *Honkytonk Man* (1982), Executive Producer
- *Firefox* (1982), as Captain · Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/firefox.md)
- *Any Which Way You Can* (1980), Producer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/any-which-way-you-can.md)
- *Bronco Billy* (1980), Associate Producer, Second Assistant Director
- *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979), as Guard · Associate Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-alcatraz.md)
- *Every Which Way but Loose* (1978), as Bartender at Zanzabar · Associate Producer
- *The Gauntlet* (1977), Associate Producer
- *The Enforcer* (1976), as Detective #1
- *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976), Producer's Assistant

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