Fred Sammis was born on 9 September 1912 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was married to Sadie Fereira and Mary Ruth Townsend. He died on 31 December 2000 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
Brother of Edward Sammis, who was born 11 years to the day before Fred was. He took over as editor of Photoplay magazine from Edward's writing partner, Ernest Van Heyn.
