J. Fred Zimmerman Jr.

(no relation of the film director Fred Zinnemann) John Frederick Zimmerman Jr. (27 August 1871 – 12 December 1948) was an American theater manager and stage producer.

Zimmerman married the actress Ethel Jackson in 1902 at St. James Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.

His wife was Grace Rankin, a member of the Miss Innocence company of Anna Held.

[4] In 1919 John Golden arranged a meeting with his fellow producers Fred Zimmerman, Archibald Selwyn, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Winchell Smith and L. Lawrence Weber with the goal of cooperating on common issues such as censorship and ticket speculation.

[6] J. Fred Zimmerman Jr. died in 1948 and was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.