Frederick de Cordova

Fred De Cordova

Born October 27, 1910· New York City, New York

† Died September 15, 2001

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Born in New York City to parents who ran a theatrical enterprise, de Cordova earned a liberal-arts degree at Northwestern before completing legal studies at Harvard, after which he spent a decade with the Shubert organization, progressing from performer to dialogue director for the 1943 Ziegfeld Follies. Transitioning to film, he directed twenty-three pictures for studios such as Warner Brothers a…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources