American actor (1887–1938)
Otto Fries
Born Otto Hugo Fries
(1887-10-28 ) October 28, 1887Died September 15, 1938(1938-09-15) (aged 50) Occupation Actor Years active 1920–1938 Spouse Vivian Marshall (1914–1938, his death) Children 2, includingSherwood M. Fries [ 1]
Otto Hugo Fries (October 28, 1887 – September 15, 1938) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1920 and 1938.[ 2]
Fries was born inSt. Louis, Missouri and died in 1938 inLos Angeles , California at age 50. He was the father ofNational Football League playerSherwood Fries .
Fries became a dapper-looking supporting comic with a varied background in medicine shows andvaudeville . He easily transitioned to film in the early 1910s. By 1915, he was with theKeystone Cops and entered a lifelong friendship withStan Laurel , which led to appearances in that star comedian's early films forBronco Billy Anderson . Not surprisingly, Fries later landed atHal Roach Studios, where he supported not onlyLaurel & Hardy and Charley Chase but also such lesser stars as Max Davidson and James Finlayson.
Lloyd Hamilton , Otto Fries, andMarvel Rea inThe Simp (1920)Sound proved no hindrance and Fries would appear in many of Roach's German-language talkies, as well as characters in many of theOur Gang shorts. Often cast as inebriates, detectives, and bartenders (with a memorable turn as a Blacksmith matching wits with a delinquent 9-year-old in Roach'sReadin' and Writin' Marx Brothers 'Monkey Business
Partial filmography [ edit ] The Weak-End Party The Handy Man Wet Paint Hotel Imperial The Broncho Twister The Second Hundred Years The Missing Link Call of the Cuckoo Surrender Leave 'Em Laughing From Soup to Nuts Riley the Cop The Younger Generation Railroadin' The First Seven Years Little Daddy Bargain Day Pardon Us Monkey Business On the Loose Readin' and Writin' Free Eats Choo-Choo! The Night of June 13 The Kid from Borneo Corruption Footlight Parade Saturday's Millions Hips, Hips, Hooray! The Cat and the Fiddle Riptide Stamboul Quest She Was a Lady The Merry Widow Broadway Bill Music in the Air The Best Man Wins (1935) - Policeman (uncredited)The Mystery Man George White's 1935 Scandals The Arizonian Here Comes the Band Anna Karenina A Night at the Opera Mary Burns, Fugitive Ah, Wilderness! Next Time We Love Timothy's Quest The Trail of the Lonesome Pine The Story of Louis Pasteur Small Town Girl The King Steps Out Sons o' Guns Human Cargo Pepper Star for a Night Love on the Run Born to Dance Charlie Chan at the Opera Banjo on My Knee When You're in Love Espionage The Hit Parade Pick a Star Parnell Slave Ship Love in a Bungalow The Prisoner of Zenda Bulldog Drummond Comes Back Life Begins with Love A Girl with Ideas Under Suspicion (1937)High Flyers Expensive Husbands Prescription for Romance Every Day's a Holiday Arsène Lupin Returns Romance in the Dark Test Pilot Go Chase Yourself The Devil's Party Alexander's Ragtime Band The Lone Wolf in Paris Boy Meets Girl The Mad Miss Manton ^ US Federal Census 1930, California, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, ED 841, Sheet 9A, Lines 12-16 ^ "Otto Fries" .
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