Fred Coe (December 13, 1914 - April 29, 1979) was a television producer and director most famous for the The Philco Television Playhouse in 1948-1955 and Playhouse 90 from 1957 to 1959. Playhouse 90 is the name of a ninety-minute long dramatic television series that ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961. ...
He was born in Alligator, Mississippi, attend high school in Nashville, Tennessee before studying at the Yale Drama School. Alligator is a town located in Bolivar County, Mississippi. ... Nickname: Music City Official website: http://www. ... Yale School of Drama traces its roots to the Yale Dramatic Association, the second oldest college theatre association in the country, founded in 1900. ...
A prolific television, theater, and film producer and director, FredCoe is closely identified with the "golden age" of live television.
Coe was noted for using unknown writers and directors who were able to create works tailored for the new medium: the writers included Paddy Chayefsky, Tad Mosel, Horton Foote, Gore Vidal, J.P. Miller, and Robert Alan Arthur; and the directors, Delbert Mann, Arthur Penn, and Vincent Donehue.
Coe's legacy is a tradition of programming demonstrating television's unique aspects as a medium of dramatic expression.
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