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Frederick De Cordova

Frederick Timmins De Cordova directed 23 movies, one of the better known was Bedtime for Bonzo. His TV career began with directing The Jack Benny Program, on which he appeared several times as himself. Other programs he directed include The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The Bob Cummings Show, The George Gobel Program, December Bride, Leave It to Beaver, My Three Sons (103 episodes), and The Smothers Brothers Show. He directed and/or produced more than 500 TV series or segments. He joined The Tonight Show at age 60 and left the show at age 82 as executive producer when the final Carson show signed off in 1992.


Aliases
  • Fred de Cordova
  • Fred DeCordova
  • Fred deCordova
  • Frederick de Cordova
English
  • Born In New York City, New York, USA
  • Born October 27, 1910
  • Died September 15, 2001
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Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom

1992
as Frederick De Cordova

Director

Episode The Jack Benny Program
Season Premiere
1961
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Gracie Gets a Valet for George
1955
Episode The Doris Day Show
Doris Meets a Prince
1970
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Fires Don
1963
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Dennis Drives Jack to the Hospital
1963
Episode My Three Sons
Two O'Clock Feeding
1969
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
George and the Missing Five Dollars / Baby Pictures
1955
Episode My Three Sons
The Bride Went Home
1970
Episode The Jack Benny Program
The Story of the New Talent Show
1962
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Gracie Hires a Safecracker for Her Wall Safe
1955
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Gracie Wants the House Painted
1955
Episode My Three Sons
The Computer Picnic
1967
Episode My Three Sons
What Did You Do Today, Grandpa?
1969
Episode My Three Sons
One Week to Go
1969
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Shari Lewis Show
1962
Episode My Three Sons
Dodie's Tonsils
1970
Episode My Three Sons
The Power of Suggestion
1970
Episode To Rome with Love
pilot
1969
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack on Trial For Murder
1961
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Slogan Contest
1960
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Three Musketeers Sketch
1963
Episode My Three Sons
The Liberty Bell
1971
Episode My Three Sons
Came the Day
1969
Episode My Three Sons
Tea for Three
1968
Episode My Three Sons
Countdown to Marriage
1967
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Takes The Stewarts To a Play
1961
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Crazy Airport
1962
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Lawrence Welk Show
1962
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1961
Episode My Three Sons
You're Driving Me Crazy
1967
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Meets Max Bygraves
1963
Episode My Three Sons
The Love God
1971
Movie Column South 1953
Episode My Three Sons
A Horse for Uncle Charley
1968
Episode The Jack Benny Program
George Jessel/Amateur Show
1963
Episode My Three Sons
Chip on Wheels
1969
Episode My Three Sons
Mexican Honeymoon
1969
Episode My Three Sons
The Masculine Mystique
1968
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Plays Golf
1961
Episode The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Goes Back Into Pictures (Billy Wilder)
1962
Episode My Three Sons
The New Vice-President
1971
Episode My Three Sons
Teacher's Pet
1969
Episode My Three Sons
Who is Sylvia?
1970
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Harlow Gets a Date
1964
Episode My Three Sons
Back to Earth
1968
Episode My Three Sons
The Chaperones
1967
Episode My Three Sons
Honorable Expectant Grandfather
1969
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Answers Request Letters
1963
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Is Followed Home (Bobby Rydell)
1961
Episode My Three Sons
First Night Out
1968
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Peter Lorre/Joanie Sommers Show
1963
Episode My Three Sons
The Tire Thief
1968
Episode My Three Sons
The Other Woman
1969
Episode My Three Sons
Guest in the House
1970
Episode The Jack Benny Program
My Gang Comedy
1962
Episode My Three Sons
Dear Enemy
1968
Episode My Three Sons
Robbie's Honey
1971
Episode My Three Sons
Ernie Drives
1971
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Goes To The Cafeteria
1961
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack is a Violin Teacher
1962
Episode My Three Sons
Goodbye, Forever
1969
Episode My Three Sons
Cassanova O'Casey
1968
Episode My Three Sons
The First Meeting
1969
Episode My Three Sons
The O'Casey Scandal
1969
Episode My Three Sons
Charley's Cello
1970
Episode My Three Sons
The Great Pregnancy
1968
Episode My Three Sons
Dodie Goes Downtown
1971
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Writes a Song
1961
Episode My Three Sons
Rough on Dodie
1969
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Goes To The Vault
1961
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Spanish Sketch (Rita Moreno)
1963
Episode My Three Sons
The Chameleon
1967
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Robert Goulet Show
1963
Episode Burke's Law
Who Killed the Grand Piano?
1965
Episode My Three Sons
Ernie's Pen Pal
1969
Episode My Three Sons
The Recital
1971
Episode My Three Sons
The Honeymoon is Over
1970
Episode Ford Star Jubilee
Blithe Spirit
1956
Episode My Three Sons
Instant Co-Worker
1969
Episode My Three Sons
It's a Woman's World
1970
Episode The Smothers Brothers Show
Take A Tramp To Lunch This Week
1965
Episode My Three Sons
Wedding Bells
1967
Episode My Three Sons
Uncle Charley's Aunt
1968
Episode My Three Sons
Green-Eyed Robbie
1968
Episode My Three Sons
Debbie
1971
Episode My Three Sons
Baubles, Bangles, and Beatrice
1970
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Is Hypnotized
1961
Episode The Jack Benny Program
New Year's Eve
1961
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Riverboat Sketch (Carol Burnett)
1963
Movie Love and Learn 1947
Episode My Three Sons
The Return of Terrible Tom
1971
Episode My Three Sons
Designing Woman
1967
Episode My Three Sons
Expendable Katie
1968
Episode My Three Sons
Silver Threads
1969
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Connie Francis Show
1963
Episode My Three Sons
Dr. Osborne, M.D.
1968
Episode My Three Sons
Mister X
1970
Episode My Three Sons
After the Honeymoon
1971
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Takes in a Boarder
1962
Episode My Three Sons
Dodie's Dilemma
1970
Episode My Three Sons
Charley's Tea
1968
Episode My Three Sons
Ernie, the Transmitter
1969
Episode My Three Sons
Table for Eight
1970
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Don Breaks His Leg
1964
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Meets a Japanese Agent
1962
Episode My Three Sons
Ernie, the Bluebeard
1967
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party
1962
Episode My Three Sons
The New Room
1968
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Tall Cowboy Sketch (Clint Walker)
1963
Episode The Smothers Brothers Show
Pay The Man The $27.95
1965
Episode My Three Sons
Love Thy Neighbor
1970
Episode My Three Sons
The Standing-Still Tour
1968
Episode My Three Sons
Life Begins in Katie
1968
Episode My Three Sons
The Matchmakers
1969
Episode My Three Sons
A Ring for Barbara
1969
Episode My Three Sons
J.P. Douglas
1970
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Frankie Avalon Show
1963
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Goes To a Gym
1961
Episode My Three Sons
The Fountain of Youth
1969
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack and Bob Hope In Vaudeville
1962
Episode My Three Sons
The Grandfathers
1968
Episode The Jack Benny Program
How Jack Found Dennis
1964
Episode My Three Sons
Double Jealousy
1970
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Ghost Town Western
1962
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Johnny Carson Show
1963
Episode My Three Sons
The Heartbeat
1967
Episode My Three Sons
Ernie, the Jinx
1968
Episode My Three Sons
Three's a Crowd
1969
Episode My Three Sons
The Return of Albert
1970
Movie The Jack Benny Birthday Special 1969
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
No Fan Mail for George
1954
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Harry Morton Is Missing
1954
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Columbia Pictures Doing Burns and Allen Story
1954
Episode My Three Sons
Moving Day
1967
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Dolores DeMarco, George's Ex-Vaudeville Partner
1954
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Vanderlip Buys Black Negligee for His Wife
1954
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Phil Silvers Show
1962
Episode My Three Sons
The Cat-Burglars
1970
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Is Kidnapped
1963
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Main Street Shelter
1961
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Directs a Film
1963
Episode My Three Sons
My Wife, the Waitress
1967
Episode My Three Sons
The Baby Nurse
1968
Episode My Three Sons
The Elopement
1970
Episode My Three Sons
Honorable Guest
1968
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Burnses and Mortons Choosing Movie to Attend
1954
Episode My Three Sons
Ernie is Smitten
1969
Episode My Three Sons
You Can't Go Home
1970
Episode My Three Sons
The Littlest Rebel
1969
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Ed Sullivan Show
1963
Episode My Three Sons
The Aunt Who Came to Dinner
1967
Episode My Three Sons
The Honeymoon
1970
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Mortons Exchange Houses with the Gibsons from New York
1954
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
George Invites Critics to Watch First Show of Season
1954
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Julie London Show
1962
Episode My Three Sons
Big Ol' Katie
1968
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Gracie Gives a Baby Shower for Virginia Beasley
1954
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Renews His Drivers' License
1964
Episode My Three Sons
Liverpool Saga
1967
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack And The Crying Cab Driver
1962
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Robinson Crusoe Sketch
1963
Episode My Three Sons
The Perfect Separation
1968
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Air Force Sketch (Raymond Burr)
1962
Episode My Three Sons
Ernie and Zsa Zsa
1968
Episode The Doris Day Show
Today's World Catches the Measles
1970
Episode My Three Sons
Chip and Debbie
1969
Episode My Three Sons
My Four Women
1970
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Goes To The Rose Bowl
1957
Episode The Jack Benny Program
English Sketch
1961
Episode December Bride
The Other Woman
1957
Episode My Three Sons
My Three Grandsons
1968
Episode My Three Sons
Inspection of the Groom
1967
Episode My Three Sons
Two Weeks to Go
1969
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
George Gets Call from Unknown Victor
1954
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Referees a Wrestling Match
1962
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Takes a Boat to Hawaii
1963
Episode My Three Sons
Gossip, Incorporated
1968
Episode The Doris Day Show
Doris Hires a Millionaire (2)
1970
Episode The Bob Cummings Show
Calling Dr. Baxter
1955
Episode Conflict
Conflict: The Magic Brew
1956

Producer

Movie Johnny Carson - His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show' - The Final Show: America Says Farewell 1992
Movie The Jack Benny Birthday Special 1969

Crew

Movie The Jack Benny Birthday Special 1969

Guest Star

Episode The Larry Sanders Show
As My Career Lay Dying
1998
Episode ALF
Tonight, Tonight (1)
1988
Episode ALF
Tonight, Tonight (2)
1988
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Jack Benny: Comedy In Bloom
1992
Episode The Larry Sanders Show
Eight
1995
Episode My Three Sons
The Standing-Still Tour
1968
Episode The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Gracie Saves Blanche's Marriage
1954