Charles Fredericks
Charles Fredericks (5 Sep 1918 in Columbus, Mississippi – 14 May 1970 in Sherman Oaks, California) was an American actor of stage, television, and film. He was particularly known for his highly prolific career in B-Western movies and television Westerns during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1957, Fredericks appeared as "Larkin", along with Chris Alcaide and Jay Novello, in the episode "Small Man" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston. In 1960, Fredericks played Marshal Ed Springer in the Colt .45 episode "The Gandy Dancers".[1] He also appeared as villains in the Maverick episodes "Trail West to Fury" and "The Maverick Line" starring James Garner.
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Died | May 14, 1970 51) Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County, California | (aged
Fredericks was also a talented Baryton-Martin and starred as Gaylord Ravenal in the 1946 Broadway revival of Show Boat and as Captain Nicholas Gregorovitch in the original 1947 production of Music in My Heart. In more recent years, moviegoers have seen him as the singing King in the "Just You Wait" sequence of the film My Fair Lady (1964).
Partial filmography
- Thunder Pass (1954) - McCurdy
- Port of Hell (1954)
- Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955) - Walt Payne
- Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955) - DeGroot
- Las Vegas Shakedown (1955) - Sheriff Charlie Woods
- Night Freight (1955) - Workman
- Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957) - Deputy Bear
- I Want to Live! (1958) - Sucker at Card Game (uncredited)
- Ice Palace (1960) - Bit Role (uncredited)
- A Fever in the Blood (1961) - Callahan Party Worker (uncredited)
- Tender Is the Night (1962) - Mr. Albert Charles McKisco
- Lad, A Dog (1962) - Sheriff
- The Cabinet of Caligari (1962) - Bob
- Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) - Mayor
- Black Gold (1962) - Oil Man (uncredited)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Court Clerk (uncredited)
- Dead Ringer (1964) - Tom Marshall (uncredited)
- A House Is Not a Home (1964) - Bert
- Kisses for My President (1964) - Blonde's Escort (uncredited)
- My Fair Lady (1964) - King George V in Fantasy Sequence (uncredited)
- The Great Race (1965) - Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
References
- "Colt .45". ctva.biz. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved December 22, 2012.