Hugo Fregonese

Hugo Fregonese (born April 8, 1908 in Mendoza , † January 17, 1987 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine film director .

Life

Fregonese worked as a sports journalist in Buenos Aires and came to the United States in 1935 , where he studied at Columbia University . In Los Angeles he worked as a consultant for film productions with a Latin American background. From 1938 he lived again in Buenos Aires. He worked as a film editor , assistant director and short film director for Argentinian film productions .

Fregonese directed numerous Hollywood B-Westerns from 1944 to 1975 . In Germany he made the Karl May film Old Shatterhand and The Death Rays of Dr. Mabuse .

His marriage to actress Faith Domergue had two children.

Filmography (selection)

• 1945: Caravan to Hell ( Pampa bárbara )
• 1949: Demon Money ( Apenas un delincuente )
• 1950: Without Law ( Saddle Tramp )
• 1950: Drums of Death ( Apache Drums )
• 1951: The character of the traitor ( Mark of the Renegade )
• 1952: The Day of Retribution ( Untamed Frontier )
• 1952: Boccaccio's great love ( Decameron Nights )
• 1953: Wilde Glut ( Blowing Wild )
• 1953: The mysterious lodger ( Man in the Attic )
• 1954: Black Friday ( Black Tuesday )
• 1954: Under Two Flags ( The Raid )
• 1956: The Fool and the Dancer ( I girovaghi )
• 1958: The Tiger's Paw ( Harry Black )
• 1963: Operation Baalbeck ( Un Aereo per Baalbeck )
• 1964: The death rays of Dr. Mabuse
• 1964: Old Shatterhand
• 1965: The Cursed of the Pampas ( Pampa salvaje )
• 1970: Dracula chases Frankenstein ( Los monstruos del terror )

production

• 1968: Ringo, look for a place to die (Joe… cercati un posto per morire!) (Also screenwriter co-author)

Web links

• Hugo Fregonese in the Internet Movie Database (English)