Director
Harry L. Fraser
March 31, 1889 · San Francisco, California, USA
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:
Often works with
Earl Dwire
6 titles together
'Neath the Arizona Skies, Randy Rides Alone, Six Shootin' Sheriff
Charles King
5 titles together
The White Gorilla, Dead or Alive, Thunder Town
John Elliott
4 titles together
Broadway to Cheyenne, Phantom Rancher, Wagon Trail
Steve Clark
4 titles together
Cavalcade of the West, Phantom Rancher, Thunder Town
Yakima Canutt
3 titles together
'Neath the Arizona Skies, Randy Rides Alone, The Wolf Dog
George 'Gabby' Hayes
3 titles together
'Neath the Arizona Skies, Randy Rides Alone, Broadway to Cheyenne
Full filmography · 80
Chained for Life
Director
1952
Stallion Canyon
Director
1949The People's Choice
Director
1946
Jungle Terror
Director
1946
Thunder Town
Director
1946
Ambush Trail
Director
1946
Six Gun Man
Director and Writer
1946
Navajo Kid
Director
1945
Flaming Bullets
Director
1945
Frontier Fugitives
Director
1945
Three in the Saddle
Director
1945
The White Gorilla
Writer and Director
1945