Portrait of Gerald Fried

Sound

Gerald Fried

Career

Active from 1953 to 2020, with a break from 1989 to 2019, busiest in 1958 and 1979 with 9 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gerald Fried Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.3, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7
  • Coming of Age
    2.1, average 3.0
  • Wholesome
    2.5, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 6
  • Psychological Thriller 5
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Psychological Tension 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Film Noir 2
  • Caper 2
  • Greed 2
  • 1950s 2
  • Teenage Angst 2
  • Dark Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

68
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title ยท average score 35
Unbelievable!!!!!
Unbelievable!!!!! (2020)
GoodWatch score 35

Original Music Composer

1980s

14 titles ยท average score 62
Roots: The Gift
Roots: The Gift (1988)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

Australia's Animal Mysteries
Australia's Animal Mysteries (1984)

Original Music Composer

A Killer in the Family
A Killer in the Family (1983)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)

Music

Murder Is Easy
Murder Is Easy (1982)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)
GoodWatch score 46

Original Music Composer

Gauguin the Savage
Gauguin the Savage (1980)

Original Music Composer

The Wild and the Free
The Wild and the Free (1980)

Original Music Composer

The Silent Lovers
The Silent Lovers (1980)

Original Music Composer

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
GoodWatch score 62

Music

Flamingo Road
Flamingo Road (1980)

Music

1970s

19 titles ยท average score 56
Disaster on the Coastliner
Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)
GoodWatch score 48

Original Music Composer

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)
GoodWatch score 48

Original Music Composer

Cruise Into Terror
Cruise Into Terror (1978)
GoodWatch score 50

Original Music Composer

The Spell
The Spell (1977)
GoodWatch score 47

Original Music Composer

Sex and the Married Woman
Sex and the Married Woman (1977)

Original Music Composer

Survive!
Survive! (1976)
GoodWatch score 41

Original Music Composer

Vigilante Force
Vigilante Force (1976)
GoodWatch score 26

Original Music Composer

I Will Fight No More Forever
I Will Fight No More Forever (1975)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

The Baby
The Baby (1973)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

The Grissom Gang
The Grissom Gang (1971)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

Too Late the Hero
Too Late the Hero (1970)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

1960s

13 titles ยท average score 59
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

The Killing of Sister George
The Killing of Sister George (1968)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

Danger Has Two Faces
Danger Has Two Faces (1968)

Original Music Composer

The Karate Killers
The Karate Killers (1967)
GoodWatch score 41

Original Music Composer

One of Our Spies Is Missing
One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

One Spy Too Many
One Spy Too Many (1966)
GoodWatch score 49

Original Music Composer

Deathwatch
Deathwatch (1966)

Music, Original Music Composer

One Potato, Two Potato
One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
GoodWatch score 84

Original Music Composer

The Cabinet of Caligari
The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
GoodWatch score 50

Original Music Composer

The Second Time Around
The Second Time Around (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

Twenty Plus Two
Twenty Plus Two (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

A Cold Wind in August
A Cold Wind in August (1961)
GoodWatch score 52

Original Music Composer

1950s

21 titles ยท average score 58
Cast a Long Shadow
Cast a Long Shadow (1959)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

Terror in a Texas Town
Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Music Composer

I Bury the Living
I Bury the Living (1958)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

Machine-Gun Kelly
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
GoodWatch score 54

Original Music Composer

The Return of Dracula
The Return of Dracula (1958)
GoodWatch score 49

Original Music Composer

Curse of the Faceless Man
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
GoodWatch score 42

Original Music Composer

Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory (1957)
GoodWatch score 90

Original Music Composer

Dino
Dino (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

Original Music Composer, Conductor

The Vampire
The Vampire (1957)
GoodWatch score 50

Original Music Composer, Conductor

The Killing
The Killing (1956)
GoodWatch score 86

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Killer's Kiss
Killer's Kiss (1955)
GoodWatch score 72

Conductor, Original Music Composer

Fear and Desire
Fear and Desire (1953)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Music Composer