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name: "Joseph Fretwell III"
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roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "19 September 1915"
died: "5 November 1992"
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updated: "2026-09-16T10:10:22.376093+00:00"
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# Joseph Fretwell III

Costume designer. Born 19 September 1915 in Anderson, South Carolina, USA. Died 5 November 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 19 September 1915, Anderson, South Carolina, USA
- **Died:** 5 November 1992

## Biography

Joseph Fretwell III (1915–1992) was an American costume designer. He was born on 19 September 1915 in Anderson, South Carolina, and died there on 5 November 1992.

He began working in theatre in the 1940s, with Broadway credits including costume design on *The Rat Race* (1949) and *The Traitor* (1949), and assistant roles on several other productions. From the 1960s he designed costumes for numerous New York-based television series, including 49 episodes of *N.Y.P.D.* (1967–1969) and *Coronet Blue* (1967).

His feature film work includes *The French Connection* (1971), *Across 110th Street* (1972) and *The Exorcist* (1973).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The French Connection* (1971), Fi1m 85, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-connection.md)

## Also known for

- *Across 110th Street* (1972), Costume Design

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