A graduate of Boston College, Fred F. Sears got his show-business start in regional theater, where he was an actor, director and producer. He started "little theater" groups and was a drama instructor at Southwestern University when Columbia Pictures hired him as a dialogue director. He also worked in front of the cameras, mostly as a sidekick in the studio's low-budget westerns. He made the leap to director on the studio's "Durango Kid" series of westerns starring 'Charles Starrett' . Fred Sears died of a heart attack on November 30, 1957, at the young age of 44. His last five films were released after his death.
Educated at Boston College.
