Fred R. Krug, a manufacturer, director and cinematographer who dealt with such nature-focused television programs as Animal World Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and The Magical World of Disneyhas actually passed away. He was 94.
Krug passed away June 4 of natural causes at his home in Solvang, California, his child, Vivian Krug-Cotton, informed The Hollywood Reporter
A leader in wildlife television documentaries and travel programs, the Swiss-born Krug dined with Picasso, dealt with The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl and danced with the Nicholas siblings.
He likewise teamed up with the similarity Gypsy Rose Lee, Louis Armstrong, Cornel Wilde, Jayne Mansfield, Dana Andrews, Jean Simmons, Agnes Moorehead, Art Linkletter and Tippi Hedren.
Krug's profession took him to the jungles of Peru, Ecuador and Brazil; to India, Zululand, South Africa and the Serengeti in Kenya; to the high nation of New Zealand; and to the mountains of Italy.
Friedrich Roy Krug was born upon Aug. 30, 1929, in Bern, Switzerland. He acquired his very first motion picture cam at age 10 on layaway in a photography store and began making brief movies where he resided in Basel, Switzerland.
He ended up being a professional photographer and author for a regional paper at 16, covered the home entertainment and art scene in Europe and equated and composed a German variation of the Bram Stoker unique Dracula
Krug pertained to Los Angeles and organized a conference with Peter Ballbusch, a fellow Swiss local who was operating at MGM as a montage director. Ballbusch assisted Krug get operate in Hollywood.
After a stint in the U.S. Army, for whom he served in intelligence, ran a base radio station and scheduled celeb home entertainment, Krug went back to L.A. to resume his profession in home entertainment.
He functioned as the phase supervisor for Jack LaLanne's legendary physical fitness program and was a cinematographer and film-videotape director at KCOP-TV in L.A.
Krug's enthusiasm of animals, mainly big felines, led him to Bill Burrud Productions, where he dealt with Animal World and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdomearly primetime reveals about wildlife.
For The Magical World of Disney in the 1970s, he ran a video camera and directed the installations “The Proud Bird From Shanghai,” “The Secret of Old Glory Mine” and “The Golden Dog.”
He added to such other television jobs as The American West The World of Reptiles The Great Apes Experiences of the Wilderness Family and Mountain Family RobinsonAnd he was an electronic camera operator on NBC's CHiPs from 1978-80.
Krug was backed for subscription into the DGA by Roy Disney and in 1987 worked as a coordinator and picket captain of the guild's only walkout, referred to as the “Five Minute Strike” for its brevity. He likewise belonged to the Producers Guild.
A passionate personal pilot, Krug was active in Rotary Clubs in Hollywood and, after his retirement, Santa Ynez.
In addition to his child, survivors include his partner of 68 years, Rosemary, and his son-in-law, Samuel.
