Fred Duprez (September 6, 1884 – October 27, 1938) was an American actor, comedian and singer who performed in vaudeville, phonograph record and film. He made phonograph recordings in the US and the UK in the 1900s, 1910s, and 1920s. Most of the films he appeared in were British.[1] He was also a writer, and wrote the popular stage farce My Wife's Family,[2] filmed three times: first in Britain, in 1931;[3] next in Sweden in 1932; and finally in Finland, in 1933.[4]
Fred Duprez | |
|---|---|
 Caricature by George Cooke, 1916: Copyright, V & A Museum | |
| Born | September 6, 1884 Detroit, Michigan, US |
| Died | October 27, 1938 (aged 54) Shipboard, en route to UK |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian and writer |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Hazard (m. 1912; div. 191?) Florence Isabel Matthews
(m. 1916) |
Fred Duprez was born in Detroit, Michigan. He died from a heart attack on board a ship en route to England.[5] He was the father of the actress, June Duprez.[6]
Partial filmography
edit- Heads We Go (1933) - George Anderson
- Meet My Sister (1933) - Hiram Sowerby
- My Old Duchess (1934) - Jesse Martin
- Without You (1934) - Baron Gustav von Steinmeyer
- Love, Life and Laughter (1934) - Sam Greenbaum
- Danny Boy (1934) - Leo Newman
- Dance Band (1935) - Lewes
- No Monkey Business (1935) - Theater Manager
- Dark World (1935) - Schwartz
- Ball at Savoy (1936) - Not Herbert
- A Wife or Two (1936) - Sam Hickleberry
- Queen of Hearts (1936) - Zulenberg
- Gypsy Melody (1936) - Herbert P. Melon
- Hearts of Humanity (1936) - Manager
- You Must Get Married (1936) - Cyrus P. Hankin
- The Big Noise (1936) - Henry Hadley
- Reasonable Doubt (1936)
- Head over Heels (1937) - Norma's Manager
- Cafe Colette (1937) - Burnes
- Knights for a Day (1937) - Custer
- O-Kay for Sound (1937) - Hyman Goldberger
- The Pearls of the Crown (1937) - American (uncredited)
- All That Glitters (1937) - Mortimer
- Kathleen Mavourneen (1938) - Walter Bryant
- Hey! Hey! USA (1938) - Cyrus Schultz
- Take Off That Hat (1938) - Burroughs
- The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1939) - Wilcox (final film role)
References
edit- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | DUPREZ, Fred". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. April 16, 2009. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ "My Wife's Family". 1941.
- ^ BFI
- ^ "VOI MEITÄ! ANOPPI TULEE (1933) | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ "FRED DUPREZ, ACTOR, IS STRICKEN AT SEA; Comedian, Long on English Stage, Formerly a Favorite Here". The New York Times. October 30, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ Full Movie Review.com
External links
edit- Fred Duprez at IMDb
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