For Emney's father, the comedian, see Fred Emney Sr.
Fred Emney
Born
Frederick Arthur Round Emney
(1900-02-12)12 February 1900
Prescot, Lancashire, England, UK
Died
25 December 1980(1980-12-25) (aged 80)
Bognor Regis, Sussex, England, UK
Occupation
Actor
Spouse
Hazel Wiles
Frederick Arthur Round Emney (12 February 1900 – 25 December 1980) was an English character actor and comedian.[1]
Emney was born in Prescot, Lancashire,[2][3] the son of Blanche (née Round) and Fred Emney, a music hall entertainer.[4] His great-uncle was the actor Arthur Williams. Emney junior grew up in London and was educated at Cranleigh School.[5]
He made his film debut in 1935, having previously worked in music hall.[1][6] He became a familiar figure to screen audiences, usually playing the "posh fat bloke", usually gruff and invariably wearing a monocle.[5] During the 1950s, he had his own television show which featured sketches and deft piano pieces often composed by him.[7] Some were released on record.[8] He had a short spell as straight man to puppets Pinky and Perky.[9]
His sister Joan Emney was an actress who sometimes appeared with him in the same stage productions.[10]
Fred Emney died in Bognor Regis, Sussex, on Christmas Day 1980.[11]
^ ab"Fred Emney". Archived from the original on 29 March 2016.
^GRO Register of Births Mar 1900 Frederick Arthur R Emney 8b 725 PRESCOT
^1901 Census: RG13/500 f.123 p.3 Fred Arthur Emney aged 1 living in Camberwell, but born Liverpool, Lancashire
son of Blanche (née Round) and FredEmney, a music hall entertainer. His great-uncle was the actor Arthur Williams. Emney junior grew up in London and was...
and he was the father of FredEmney, a comic character actor frequently seen on stage and screen in the mid-20th century. Emney was born in Islington, London...
Anna Quayle as Medea Ian Lavender as Derek Willie Rushton as Wilfred FredEmney as Sir Basil Julian Orchard as police cyclist Robin Stewart as Scott Veronica...
British silent slapstick comedy The Plank, as well as co-starring with FredEmney in a Texaco Havoline TV advertisement. He also made a posthumous appearance...
wife Clementina, with whom he had four children. Also on the bill were FredEmney and a young Julie Andrews. Bentine co-created The Goon Show radio show...
originated in the 1936 stage show Big Boy in which Hearne had appeared with FredEmney. A Mr Pastry film The Time of His Life, was subsequently released in 1955...
by Jack Raymond and starring Jack Buchanan, Fay Wray, James Carew and FredEmney. It is based on a 1916 novel of the same name by Alice Duer Miller, and...
socialite and lead singer of The Nordstrom Sisters (b. 1893) December 25 – FredEmney, English character actor and comedian (b. 1900) December 26 Edward Ajado...
human companions included Roger Moffat, Jimmy Thompson, Bryan Burdon and FredEmney. Their show included other puppets such as the Beakles (an avian parody...
Lorna Irene Handl as Miss Peach John Le Mesurier as the Prison Governor FredEmney as Birkinshaw John Clive as Garage manager Graham Payn as Keats Michael...
lift and pioneer of the early Skyscraper. Jennifer Ellison: Actress. FredEmney: Comedy actor. Brian Epstein: inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of...
Ebsen – Broadway Melody of 1936 Edythe Elliott – Show Them No Mercy! FredEmney – Brewster's Millions Henry Fonda – The Farmer Takes of Wife Joan Fontaine...
My Bluff) 16 November Imogen Hassall 38 actress 26 November Rachel Roberts 53 actress Hector Ross 66 actor 25 December FredEmney 78 actor and comedian...
Stark as Saterjee Graham Chapman as Roddy Jacki Piper as Girl in taxi FredEmney as Father Yuri Borienko as Sick Russian Gerald Sim as 1st Doctor Yutte...
Anglican bishop and anti-apartheid campaigner (born 1899) 25 December FredEmney, actor and comedian (born 1900) Quintin Riley, Arctic explorer (born 1905)...
Margo Bill Fraser as Gerald Roy Kinnear as sergeant Ray Barrett as John FredEmney as magistrate Patrick Holt as Tom Anthony Sharp as counsel Megs Jenkins...
south to Brighton. Also features Deryck Guyler as a ticket inspector, FredEmney as Lord Popham, Judith Furse as his wife, Lady Popham, Frank Williams...
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