Fred Duprez

Fred Duprez
Caricature by George Cooke, 1916: Copyright, V & A Museum
BornSeptember 6, 1884
Detroit, Michigan, US
DiedOctober 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
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(m. 1916)​

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]

Duprez performs a baseball skit with Bob Roberts in 1909

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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "My Wife's Family". 1941.
  3. ^ BFI
  4. ^ "VOI MEITÄ! ANOPPI TULEE (1933) | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Full Movie Review.com