Freddie Frinton (born Frederick Bittiner Coo;[1][2] 17 January 1909 – 16 October 1968)[3] was an English comedian, and music hall and television actor. He is primarily remembered today as a household name in several Central European countries for his 1963 television comedic sketch entitled Dinner for One, a perennial national television broadcast New Year's Eve favourite there, whilst being largely forgotten in his home country.
^According to the NDR, and the General Record Office (Births, Marriages, Deaths) Frinton's birth name was Coo.
^General Register Office: Register of Births – Mar 1909 7a [5_]77 Grimsby – Frederick Bittiner Coo
^General Register Office: Register of Deaths – Dec 1968 5a 202 Brent, Frederick Frinton aged 54 (59?)
FreddieFrinton (born Frederick Bittiner Coo; 17 January 1909 – 16 October 1968) was an English comedian, and music hall and television actor. He is primarily...
black-and-white videotape recording, performed in English by British comedians FreddieFrinton and May Warden. The sketch begins with an introduction in German, followed...
Miss Sophie in the 1963 comedy sketch Dinner for One together with FreddieFrinton. She had non-speaking roles in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange...
with the BBC sitcom Meet the Wife (1964–66) starring Thora Hird and FreddieFrinton. It was originally a one-off Comedy Playhouse pilot called "The Bed"...
which he portrayed an inebriated man, a concept earlier popularised by FreddieFrinton and Jimmy James. Besides practising theatrical performance from childhood...
Bed" Exists TR35 28 December 1963 (1963-12-28) Starring Thora Hird, FreddieFrinton and Brian Oulton. 29 13 "The Mate Market" Exists TR16 3 January 1964 (1964-01-03)...
1998) Annette Frier (born 1974) Leon Frierson (born 1986) Don Friesen FreddieFrinton (1909–1968) Rebecca Front (born 1964) David Frost (1939–2013) Nick...
Greenford. Pop singer Elyar Fox was brought up in Greenford. Comedian FreddieFrinton (1909–1968), who remains a household name in Germany and Scandinavia...
'Charlie' Pinner Terence Longdon as Vernon Clive Dunn as Mr. Slate FreddieFrinton as Gilbert Pinner Marie-France as Marie Charles Hawtrey as Arnold Spike...
1948 British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring FreddieFrinton, Jimmy Edwards, and Bill Owen. It was made at Highbury Studios as a...
Bewes and James Bolam, Marriage Lines (as 1963), Meet the Wife with FreddieFrinton and Thora Hird, Terry Scott and Hugh Lloyd and Andy Stewart, with the...
ITV regions. 8 July – The English comedy sketch Dinner for One with FreddieFrinton, having been shown live on Peter Frankenfeld's show GutenAbend in 1962...
Crime Forces' Sweetheart Maclean Rogers Hy Hazell, Harry Secombe, FreddieFrinton Comedy Four Sided Triangle Terence Fisher Barbara Payton, Stephen Murray...
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not live. July 8 – The English comedy sketch Dinner for One with FreddieFrinton, having been shown live on Peter Frankenfeld's show GutenAbend in 1962...
rights which were – allegedly[by whom?] – sold to English comedian FreddieFrinton (who played the role of James the butler in the 1963 television adaptation...
Melodrama Screenplay by Dylan Thomas Trouble in the Air Charles Saunders FreddieFrinton, Jimmy Edwards Comedy Uneasy Terms Vernon Sewell Michael Rennie, Moira...
O'Neil) Spike Milligan as Spike Donnelly Bill Kerr as Digger Graves FreddieFrinton as drunk Vicki Page as Sheila Gilroy Joe Linnane as policeman Hazel...
Spolinski's shop assistant FreddieFrinton as drunk Michael Balfour as doorman Noel Purcell as burglar Kenneth Williams as Hon. Freddie Warrington Dorinda Stevens...
Dietrich [de], Heinz Bennent Crime drama Dinner for One Heinz Dunkhase [de] FreddieFrinton, May Warden Comedy Short film The Doctor's Dilemma [de] Kurt Wilhelm [de]...
premiere on Sky Arts of English comedy sketch Dinner for One with FreddieFrinton, recorded in English in 1963 by Norddeutscher Rundfunk before an audience...
Corbett, Dennis Price, Hermione Baddeley, Fred Emney, Cardew Robinson, FreddieFrinton, Ted Ray, Dora Bryan, Rachel Roberts, Tommy Trinder, Brian Rix, Vera...