Otto Fries

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Born
October 28, 1887
Died
September 15, 1938

Fries started his career as a stage comic, entering films in the early 1910s. By the mid-1910s, Fries was with Keystone and played in films with Bronco Billy Anderson and Stan Laurel. He later went to work for Roach Films in supporting roles for Laurel & Hardy and Charley Chase and also played with…

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Biography

Fries started his career as a stage comic, entering films in the early 1910s. By the mid-1910s, Fries was with Keystone and played in films with Bronco Billy Anderson and Stan Laurel. He later went to work for Roach Films in supporting roles for Laurel & Hardy and Charley Chase and also played with James Finlayson. With the advent of sound, Fries played in a number of German-language films as well as playing numerous bit parts in A-list films until the time of his death.

Actor

The Mad Miss MantonThe Mad Miss Manton(1938)as Homicide Detective
Boy Meets GirlBoy Meets Girl(1938)as Olaf
Alexander's Ragtime BandAlexander's Ragtime Band(1938)as Trio Member
The Devil's PartyThe Devil's Party(1938)as Detective
Go Chase YourselfGo Chase Yourself(1938)as Rube Wardell - Ventriloquist

Soundtrack

Alexander's Ragtime BandAlexander's Ragtime Band(1938)
High C'sHigh C's(1930)

Archive Footage

The Laurel and Hardy ShowThe Laurel and Hardy Show(1986)as Dentist (1986)
Our Gang: Inside the Clubhouse(1984)as Plainclothesman
The Best of Laurel and HardyThe Best of Laurel and Hardy(1968)as Dentist
The Little RascalsThe Little Rascals(1955)as Specks' Father (1955), Orphan Asylum Agent, Plainclothesman, Blacksmith, Detective, Drunk
Hollywood BoundHollywood Bound(1947)as Edited from: Spirit of 1976
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Otto Fries, Albert T. Gillespie, and Vera Steadman in The Surf Girl (1916)Bebe Daniels, Otto Fries, Harold Lloyd, and Gene Marsh in Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (1916)Oliver Hardy, Otto Fries, and Stan Laurel in Pardon Us (1931)Dot Farley and Otto Fries in The Paperhangers' Revenge (1918)Bud Duncan, Otto Fries, and Kewpie Morgan in The Paperhangers' Revenge (1918)Dot Farley and Otto Fries in The Paperhangers' Revenge (1918)

Credit Score: Otto Fries

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Trio Member
Tue Aug 16 1938
#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1Alexander's Ragtime Band5.0019386.8162503
2Romance in the Dark5.0019387.70080
3The Story of Louis Pasteur3.0019367.2343546
4The Merry Widow3.0019347.1113572
5Every Day's a Holiday2.5019376.101628
6The Trail of the Lonesome Pine2.5019366.8011538
7Expensive Husbands2.3819375.000162
8Sons o' Guns2.3819365.800306
9The Mystery Man2.3819355.600318
10Surrender2.3819275.90069