Freddie Frinton

Freddie Frinton

Born: January 17, 1909
Died: October 16, 1968
in 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 Freddie Frinton.

During the Second World War he made a moderate breakthrough as a comedian. In 1945, Frinton first performed the sketch Dinner for One in Blackpool. As he had to pay a royalty every time he performed the sketch, he bought the rights to Dinner for One in the 1950s, which turned out to be a very prescient decision.

At the age of 55, Frinton became a belated success as the plumber husband in the popular television sitcom Meet the Wife, which ran for 40 episodes (the wife was played by Thora Hird). The series is mentioned in the Beatles song "Good Morning Good Morning" with the line "It's time for tea and Meet the Wife". In October 1968, at the age of 59, Freddie Frinton died suddenly from a heart attack in London. He is buried in City of Westminster Cemetery, Hanwell.

Movies for Freddie Frinton...

Glückwunsch, Miss Sophie – 50 Jahre „Dinner for one“: Das Erfolgsgeheimnis des Kultsketches
Title: Glückwunsch, Miss Sophie – 50 Jahre „Dinner for one“: Das Erfolgsgeheimnis des Kultsketches
Released: December 30, 2013
Type: Movie
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Freddie Frinton und sein Dinner for One
Title: Freddie Frinton und sein Dinner for One
Character: Freddie Frinton (James)
Released: December 31, 1988
Type: Movie
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Dinner for One
Title: Dinner for One
Character: James
Released: June 8, 1963
Type: Movie
A very old woman wants to have dinner with her friends. As they are all dead, the butler has to play the role of every guest.
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What a Whopper
Title: What a Whopper
Character: Gilbert Pinner
Released: October 17, 1961
Type: Movie
A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his friends make a fake monster and take photographs and then travel to Scotland to see if they can convince the locals.
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Make Mine Mink
Title: Make Mine Mink
Character: Drunk
Released: August 9, 1960
Type: Movie
In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.
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Forces' Sweetheart
Title: Forces' Sweetheart
Character: Aloysius Dimwitty
Released: November 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Wartime musical comedy.
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Trouble in the Air
Title: Trouble in the Air
Released: November 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A radio commentator is sent to a village to broadcast a bell-ringing team. Meanwhile a property speculator tries to buy a plot of land for less than it is worth.