Fred Coe
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About
Award-winning producer of stage and live television dramas. He created The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, which ran from 1948 until 1955.
Before Fame
He joined NBC as a production manager in 1945 and worked on the program Studio One.
Trivia
He put together Broadway productions of The Miracle Worker and A Thousand Clowns, which were both nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play.
Family Life
He was born in Alligator, Mississippi, and was married twice. He fathered four children.
Associated With
He helped launch the careers of future famous writers like Gore Vidal and Paddy Chayefsky.
