Fred Duprez (September 6, 1884 – October 27, 1938) was an American actor, comedian and singer who performed on 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. He was also a writer, and wrote the popular stage farce My Wife’s Family, filmed three times in Britain, firstly in 1931; once in Sweden in 1932; and once in Finland, in 1933.
Fred Duprez was born in Detroit, Michigan. He died from a heart attack on board a ship en route to England. He was the father of the actress, June Duprez.
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)
External Links
Actor Fred Duprez – Wikipedia
