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Film & TV
Grimsby, England, UK
Frinton was born in Hainton Avenue, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, the illegitimate child of a seamstress, Florence Elisabeth Coo, and was brought up by foster parents. He started working in a Grimsby fish processing plant, where he is said to have entertained his colleagues with parodies and jokes, but was ultimately sacked. He moved into music hall, where he enjoyed modest success and renamed himself…
Known for
- Glückwunsch, Miss Sophie – 50 Jahre „Dinner for one“: Das Erfolgsgeheimnis des Kultsketches2013
- Freddie Frinton und sein Dinner for One — Freddie Frinton (James)1988
- Dinner for One — James1963
- Dinner for One — James1963
- What a Whopper — Gilbert Pinner1961
- Make Mine Mink — Drunk1960
- Stars in Your Eyes — Pub landlord1956
- Forces' Sweetheart — Aloysius Dimwitty1953
- Trouble in the Air1948
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1938-04-07
- Active to
- 2008-12-29
2008 universal fire victimbebopcool jazzfusionhard bopjazz
Discography
- Open Sesame1960
- Goin’ Up1961
- Hub Cap1961
- The Montgomery Brothers1961
- Hub-Tones1962
- Ready for Freddie1962
- The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard1963
- The Body & The Soul1963
- Breaking Point1964
- Doin’ the Thang!1964
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 3
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frederick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Grimsby
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- television
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- date of birth
- 1909-01-17
- date of death
- 1968-10-16
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- end of work period
- 1968-00-00
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