Dean Fredericks
{{Short description|American actor (1924–1999)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Dean Fredericks
| image = Dean Fredericks in The Phantom Planet.jpg
| caption = Fredericks in The Phantom Planet (1961)
| birth_name = Frederick Joseph Foote
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|01|21}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|06|30|1924|01|21}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1952–1965
| spouse = Myda Fredericks{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/372569793/|title=Ex-Gi Finds a New Slant on Army Fliers|work=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=November 16, 1958|access-date=October 15, 2021|page=80|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}
}}
Frederick Joseph Foote (January 21, 1924 – June 30, 1999) was an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the title role in the television series Steve Canyon.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uY5FDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA114|title=The Lone Ranger on Radio, Film and Television|pages=114–115|publisher=McFarland|first=Ed|last=Andreychuk|date=January 13, 2018|isbn=9781476629711|via=Google Books}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82155205/to-convoy-seek-canyon-at/|title=To Convoy: Seek Canyon At Richards-Gebaur|work=The Kansas City Star|location=Kansas City, Missouri|date=May 21, 1959|access-date=October 15, 2021|page=16|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
Early life
Born in Los Angeles, California.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/318029021/|title=Steve Canyon Hits The Air|work=Tampa Bay Times|location=St. Petersburg, Florida|date=September 7, 1958|access-date=October 15, 2021|page=171|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} Fredericks served in World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart medal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fandango.com/people/dean-fredericks-223802/biography|title=Dean Fredericks Biography|first=Bruce|last=Elder|work=Fandango|access-date=October 15, 2021}} He began his acting career in 1952 with an appearance in the television series The Living Bible. Fredericks continued appearing on film and television in the mid-1950s under the stage name Norman Fredric.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1EGgzAEACAAJ|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999|pages=79–80|publisher=McFarland|first=Harris|last=Lentz|date=July 2000|isbn=9780786409198|via=Google Books}}
Career
In 1955 Fredericks starred in the television series Jungle Jim in the role of Kaseem. In 1958 he starred in the title role of the short-lived television series Steve Canyon,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/447838176/|title=Actor Dean Fredericks 'Humanizes' TV Steve Canyon|work=Latrobe Bulletin|location=Latrobe, Pennsylvania|date=September 15, 1958|access-date=October 15, 2021|page=5|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/599123157/|title=Best TV Bets For the Week|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|date=September 7, 1958|access-date=October 15, 2021|page=93|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} changing his name to Dean Fredericks. He also starred in the role of Captain Frank Chapman in the 1961 film The Phantom Planet. He also played Rance in The Rifleman Season 5, Episode 22, "Requiem at Mission Springs". He retired from acting in 1965.
Death
Fredericks died in June 1999 of cancer in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 75.
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0292841}}
- {{TCMDb name|942548%7C37223}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/norman_fredric/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:Male actors from Los Angeles
Category:Deaths from cancer in California
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:Western (genre) television actors
Category:Male Western (genre) film actors