Fred M. Wilcox

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fred McLeod Wilcox  (22 December 1907 – 23 September 1964) was an American motion picture director. He worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for many years, directed the science fiction classic Forbidden Planet (1956) as well as the classic family film Lassie Come Home which was enshrined on the National Film Prese