Fred Duprez | |
Birth Date: | September 6, 1884 |
Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, US |
Death Date: | October 27, 1938 (aged 54) |
Death Place: | Shipboard, en route to UK |
Occupation: | Actor, comedian and writer |
Spouse: | Grace Hazard (1912; 191?) |
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 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]