All Entries Tagged With: "Broadway"
Dan Frazer
Date of Birth: 20 November 1921 Birth Name: Daniel Thomas Frazer Mini Biography: Son of a bricklayer and ironworker, who was involved in the construction of the Empire State Building, Dan Frazer first acted in local theatre in his rough 'Hell's Kitchen' neighbourhood on the Manhattan West Side. He also benefited from the Federal Theatre [...]
Nicole Fosse
Date of Birth: 3 March 1963 Birth Name: Nicole Providence Fosse Mini Biography: Nicole Providence Fosse was born on March 3, 1963 to perhaps the most famous Broadway couple ever: Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse. Gwen Verdon, the famed petite, redhaired triple-threat, and Bob Fosse, the workaholic choreographer, were married in 1960, and shortly thereafter [...]
Dwight Frye
Date of Birth: 22 February 1899 Birth Name: Dwight Iliff Fry Height: 5′ 6½" (1.69 m) Mini Biography: An extremely versatile character actor and originator of several memorable characterizations in the horror film genre, Dwight Frye had a notable theatrical career in the 1920s, moving from juvenile parts to leads before entering film. A favorite [...]
Bert Freed
Date of Birth: 3 November 1919 Birth Name: Bertram Freed Height: 5′ 10" (1.78 m) Mini Biography: During the '50s and '60s it seemed like every time you turned around, there was Bert Freed as a detective, gangster, sheriff or greedy small-town businessman, and sci-fi fans will remember him as the police chief taken over [...]
Wallace Ford
Date of Birth: 12 February 1898 Birth Name: Samuel Jones Grundy Height: 5′ 8" (1.73 m) Mini Biography: A stocky, friendly-faced character actor, Ford was born Samuel Jones in England and his childhood rivaled the brutality that Charles Dickens ever dreamed up. He lived for a while in an orphanage after being separated from his [...]
Jay C. Flippen
Date of Birth: 6 March 1899 Height: 6′ (1.83 m) Mini Biography: Jay C. Flippen could probably be characterized these days as one of those distinctive faces you know but whose name escapes you while viewing old 50s and 60s movies and TV. His distinctive bulldog mug, beetle brows, bulky features, and silver-white hair were [...]
Horton Foote
Date of Birth: 14 March 1916 Birth Name: Albert Horton Foote Jr. Mini Biography: Horton Foote, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist and Oscar-winning screenwriter, was born on March 14, 1916, in Wharton, Texas. He says at the age of ten, he had a "calling" to become an actor, and when he was 16 he convinced his [...]
Peter Frechette
Date of Birth: 3 October 1956 Mini Biography: Born and raised in Coventry, Rhode Island, Peter Frechette earned a B.F.A. in Theater from the University of Rhode Island before moving to New York City to pursue acting there on stage. He earned Tony Award nominations for his performances in the play Eastern Standard which played [...]