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Fred Jackman Jr.

Cinematographer, also actor · Died December 9, 1982, aged 69 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Fred Jackman Jr. was born on 8 January 1913 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Shannon (1961), Torpedo Boat (1942) and Minesweeper (1943). He was married to Nancy Kelly, Margaret Elizabeth Helsley and Dorothy Jane Scott. He died on 9 December 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
January 8, 1913
Died
December 9, 1982 (aged 69)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Cinematographer, also actor
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 76 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 16% in 30 days

What are Fred Jackman Jr.'s films like?

Across their 37 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 26th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 11th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
32%
Bonds
23%
Self
13%
Survival
13%
Power
10%
Society
8%
Ideas
2%
Justice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 37 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 19 · Serious 13 · Dark 5

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 26 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 15 · Charged 13 · Intense 9

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 22 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 3

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 24 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 35 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
26
Thrilling
13
Hopeful
12
Joyful
9
Romantic
6
Other
31

How their films linger

Fun18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy28
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Fred Jackman Jr.'s films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Fred Jackman Jr.'s titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

76 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page.

  • Reward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Cinematographer

  • The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Cinematographer

  • Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress(1977)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Spider-Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Cinematographer

  • Viva Knievel!(1977)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Cinematographer

  • Quincy, M.E. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Cinematographer

  • Time Travelers(1976)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Swiss Family Robinson(1975)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Hatfields and the McCoys(1975)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Going Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Cinematographer

  • In Name Only (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Cinematographer

  • Harum Scarum(1965)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • I Dream of Jeannie(1965)

    Show 6 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Get Yourself a College Girl(1964)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Triple Crossed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Cinematographer

  • Flying Saucer Daffy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Cinematographer

  • Life Begins At 17 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Cinematographer

  • The Case Against Brooklyn(1958)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Slaughter on 10th Avenue(1957)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Julie(1956)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Earth vs. the Flying Saucers(1956)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Blackjack Ketchum Desperado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • Uranium Boom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • Fury at Gunsight Pass(1956)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Hot Ice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • Wham-Bam-Slam! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • Apache Ambush (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • The Night Holds Terror(1955)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Chicago Syndicate(1955)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Creature with the Atom Brain(1955)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Cell 2455 Death Row (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Man with My Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Cinematographer

  • The Cariboo Trail(1950)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Fighting Man of the Plains(1949)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Canadian Pacific(1949)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Unknown Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Cinematographer

  • Coroner Creek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Cinematographer

  • Albuquerque(1948)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Prince of Thieves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Cinematographer

  • The Strawberry Roan(1948)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Gunfighters(1947)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Wild West(1946)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Swamp Fire(1946)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Big Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Cinematographer

  • They Made Me a Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Cinematographer

  • Tokyo Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Cinematographer

  • Midnight Manhunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Cinematographer

  • Scared Stiff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Cinematographer

  • High Powered(1945)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Dangerous Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Cinematographer

  • Double Exposure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Cinematographer

  • One Body Too Many(1944)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Gambler's Choice(1944)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Timber Queen(1944)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Tornado(1943)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Submarine Alert(1943)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Aerial Gunner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Cinematographer

  • Minesweeper(1943)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Price of Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Cinematographer

  • We Refuse to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Cinematographer

  • A Letter From Bataan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Cinematographer

  • Wildcat(1942)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • No Hands on the Clock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Cinematographer

  • Flying Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Cinematographer

  • Flying Blind(1941)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Phantom of Chinatown(1940)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Up in the Air(1940)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Wolf Call(1939)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Black Legion(1937)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Fugitive in the Sky(1936)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Two Against the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Special Effects

  • Moonlight on the Prairie(1935)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Doctor X(1932)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Devil Horse(1926)

    as Young Dave (as Master Fred Jackman)

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

Career shape

A full career of 71 titles from 1926 to 1980.

Highest rated

Albuquerque (1948)

Midcredits 72nd

Most popular right now

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 71: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting1 of 71: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleCinematography65 of 71: 65 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score42ndOther crew4 of 71: 4 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1920s1 · acting1930s4 · crew1940s31 · crew1950s20 · crew1960s4 · crew1970s10 · crew1980s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Fred Jackman Jr.'s films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 40; across their 37 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Approval · how many liked their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Reach · how many have seen their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th14

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 41 titles are Broadly Agreed.

  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed14
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · cinematographer

Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress (1977)

85th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

I Dream of Jeannie (1965)

Midcredits 75th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 53/100 in their films, across 25 reviewed titles; fans 61, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Fred Jackman Jr. work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fred Jackman Jr.'s MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; William C. Thomas shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers