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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 (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]

Partial filmography

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

^ "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

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Fred Duprez at IMDb

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