Fred Duprez


Fred Duprez 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. He was also a writer, and wrote the popular stage farce My Wife's Family, filmed three times: first in Britain, in 1931; next in Sweden in 1932; and finally 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 - George AndersonMeet My Sister - Hiram SowerbyMy Old Duchess - Jesse MartinWithout You - Baron Gustav von SteinmeyerLove, Life and Laughter - Sam GreenbaumDanny Boy - Leo NewmanDance Band - LewesNo Monkey Business - Theater ManagerDark World - SchwartzBall at Savoy - Not HerbertA Wife or Two - Sam HickleberryQueen of Hearts - ZulenbergGypsy Melody - Herbert P. MelonHearts of Humanity - ManagerYou Must Get Married - Cyrus P. HankinThe Big Noise - Henry HadleyReasonable Doubt Head over Heels - Norma's ManagerCafe Colette - BurnesKnights for a Day - CusterO-Kay for Sound - Hyman GoldbergerThe Pearls of the Crown - American All That Glitters - MortimerKathleen Mavourneen - Walter BryantHey! Hey! USA - Cyrus SchultzTake Off That Hat - BurroughsThe Mysterious Mr. Davis - Wilcox