17 Facts About Fred Halsted

Fred Halsted's films have been shown the Netherlands Film Museum and in competition at The Deauville Film Festival.

Fred Halsted believed that the erotic is transgressive and sacramental, that it is inherently violent and involves acts of violation.

Fred Halsted's father, Milton William Halsted, worked in construction, and his mother, Lillian Halsted, was a Doukhobor and did agricultural work.

Fred Halsted studied botany at Cal State LA, and subsequently worked as a gardener and was in the nursery plant business; he owned a wholesale nursery in El Monte, California.

Fred Halsted later said he looked back on his years as a gardener as the happiest days of his life.

Fred Halsted never held a regular job nor had a Social Security number.

Fred Halsted was a good friend of Kenneth Anger, and he loved Scorpio Rising.

Fred Halsted, taking a walk in the forest, sees a naked blond, who offers to give him head.

The action is not one continuous scene; it is punctuated by Fred Halsted driving through Griffith Park, a gay cruising spot featured in John Rechy's City of Night.

Random footage was shot, which Fred Halsted was capable of sorting out and putting in a sequence.

Fred Halsted starts servicing the mechanic, and is forced to put on the woman's discarded panties.

Fred Halsted never forgave DeSimone for reducing his compensation because a "double penis" had been used.

Fred Halsted chose to use 35 mm film, hoping the movie would get shown in art houses, but the film only puzzled or offended the theater managers.

The use of the more expensive film meant Fred Halsted was not able to shoot much transitional material, leading to a choppy effect.

Fred Halsted had an important role in El Paso Wrecking Corp.

Fred Halsted had a cameo role in the 1979 movie Dribble.

Fred Halsted died in 1989 of an intentional overdose of sleeping pills.