Fred Wood Jackman Sr. (July 9, 1881 – August 27, 1959), was an American

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the c ...

and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

of the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

. He worked on 58 films as a cinematographer between 1916 and 1925. He also directed eleven films between 1919 and 1927, including two

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s for

Hal Roach Studios Hal Roach Studios was an American motion picture and television production studio. Known as ''The Laugh Factory to the World'', it was founded by producer Hal Roach and business partners Dan Linthicum and I.H. Nance as the Rolin Film Company on Ju ...

. He was born in

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and died in

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. His son, Fred Jackman Jr. was at one time married to

Nancy Kelly Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an American actress in film, theater and television. A child actress and model, she was a repertory cast member of CBS Radio's ''The March of Time'' and appeared in several films in the late 1 ...

, who had been a child actress in silent films. His brother Floyd Jackman (1885 - 1962) was a cinematographer who worked on numerous silent films, including some early

Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). Starting their career as a duo ...

shorts.

Partial filmography

* '' Love, Honor and Behave'' (1920) * ''

White Eagle White Eagle(s) may refer to: History and politics * Coat of arms of Poland, a white eagle * Crusade of Romanianism, or White Eagles, a 1930s far-right movement in Romania * Task Force White Eagle, a Polish military unit during the War in Afghanist ...

'' (1922) * '' The Timber Queen'' (1922) * ''

The Call of the Wild ''The Call of the Wild'' is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Bu ...

'' (1923) * '' The King of Wild Horses'' (1924) * '' Black Cyclone'' (1925) * ''

The Devil Horse ''The Devil Horse'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code movie serial starring Harry Carey, Frankie Darro and Noah Beery, Sr. that was distributed by Mascot Pictures. This is regarded as the best of the three serials Harry Carey made in the early 1930s, ...

'' (1926) * '' No Man's Law'' (1927)

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