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Fred C. Fishback (born Moscu Fischback; January 18, 1894  January 6, 1925) was a film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer of the silent era. Following the 1921 scandal surrounding Roscoe Arbuckle, in which he was involved, Fishback worked mostly under the pseudonym Fred Hibbard.

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Fred Fishback was born Moscu Fischback (sometimes spelled Fischbach) on January 18, 1894, in Bucharest, Romania.[2] He immigrated to the United States around 1900, and made his motion picture debut with Thomas H. Ince in 1912.[1]:563 As Freddy Fischbach, he became a cameraman at Mack Sennett's Keystone studio, where he worked with comedy star Roscoe Arbuckle. Sennett promoted Fischbach to director, with his surname Americanized to Fred Fishback.

Anyone with Keystone credentials was welcomed by lesser comedy studios, and Fishback secured a job directing comedy shorts for Universal Pictures, many of them featuring former Keystone and Hal Roach bit player Lige Conley.

Both Arbuckle and Fishback were hired to direct at Educational Pictures. Fishback, reunited with Lige Conley, helped to develop Conley into a comedy star in a lengthy series of slapstick short subjects. Fishback also directed one of Educational's leading comedians, Lloyd Hamilton. Fishback died at the age of 30 of cancer;[1]:563 his last films were released posthumously.

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Cameo by Fred Fishback (left), director of A Movie Star (1916)
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Poster for An International Sneak (1917)
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Advertisement for short films starring Brownie the dog, including Playmates and Society Dogs (1921)
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Poster for Circus Clowns (1922), with direction credited to Fred Hibbard and starring Baby Peggy.
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