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William Fruet (born January 1, 1933) is a Canadian film and television director, playwright and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with the drama Wedding in White (1972), based on a play he had also written. The film won Best Picture at the Canadian Film Awards in 1973
Cries in the Night, more popularly released as Funeral Home, is a 1980 Canadian slasher film directed by William Fruet and starring Lesleh Donaldson, Kay Hawtrey, Jack Van Evera, Alf Humphreys, and Harvey Atkin. The plot follows a teenager spending the summer at her grandmother's inn—formerly a funeral home—where guests begin to disappear.
Director. Writer. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. William Fruet was born on 1 January 1933 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for The House by the Lake (1976), The Egg Factory (2008) and Code Name: Eternity (2000). More at IMDbPro.
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Death Weekend (released in the US under the title The House by the Lake) is a 1976 Canadian horror/thriller film. It stars Brenda Vaccaro and Don Stroud and was one of the first films from Canadian director William Fruet. The low-budget production was shot in rural Canada and at a studio in Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada.
William Fruet. Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor. (b. January 1, 1933 Lethbridge, Alberta) A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, William Fruet trained as an actor, playwright and director. He moved to Toronto in 1952, intending to find acting work, but had to supplement his occasional roles in CBC productions by working as ...
William Fruet is known as an Director, Actor, Screenplay, Writer, Creator, Theatre Play, and Producer. Some of his work includes Goosebumps, Friday the 13th: The Series, The Outer Limits, Killer Party, The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The House by the Lake, The Ray Bradbury Theater, and Trapped.
Biography. Filmography. Biography. Read More. William Fruet directed a variety of films throughout his Hollywood career, showing his versatility as a director. Fruet worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "125 Rooms of Comfort" (1974), "Death Weekend" (1976) and "Rip-Off" (1971).
