Frederick Freeman Proctor | |
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Born | |
Died | September 4, 1929 | (aged 78)
Known for | Vaudeville |
Parent(s) | Alpheus Proctor Lucy Ann Tufts |
Relatives | John William Merrow, nephew |
Frederick Freeman Proctor (March 17, 1851 – September 4, 1929), aka F. F. Proctor, was a vaudeville impresario who pioneered the method of continuous vaudeville. He opened the Twenty-third Street Theatre in New York City.[1]
Frederick Francis Proctor, prominent for more than half a century in New York theatricals and dean of vaudeville managers, died at his home in Larchmont, New York, yesterday, at the age of 78 years, after an illness of several months. Death was due to congestion of the lungs.