Y. Frank Freeman

Young Frank Freeman (14 December 1890 – 5 February 1969) was studio head at Paramount Pictures from 1938 to 1959. In addition to his work with Paramount, he also worked in the fields of banking, real estate, higher education, and athletics. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1910.

Career He set up a telephone company in Ocilla, Georgia but sold out in 1912 to take over his father's business.

He was president of the Association of Motion Picture Producers from 1940 to 1944 and chairman in 1947–48. He was also chairman of the Motion Picture Research Council and three term campaign chairman and president of the Motion Picture Permanent Charities Committee and also a fundraiser for the Motion Picture Relief Fund.

He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960.

He died at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles and was buried at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta.

Personal life In 1913, Freeman married Margaret Harris, daughter of a Fitzgerald, Georgia property owner. Their son, Y. Frank Freeman Jr. (1916-1962), was a movie producer at Paramount during the 1950s but died in 1962.