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Fred Bluett

{{Short description|Australian radio actor}}

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{{infobox person

| name = Fred Bluett

|image= File:Fred Bluett.png

| birth_name = Frederick George Bluett

| birth_place = Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

| birth_date = 20 January 1876

| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|12|3|1876|1|20|df=y}}

| death_place =Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia

| occupation = Vaudevillian, radio actor

| known_for = Works with the company of Fuller Circuit, Tivoli New Minstrel, J.C. Williamson

}}

Frederick George Bluett (20 January 1876, Middlesex, London – 3 December 1942, Double Bay, New South Wales) was a London born vaudevillian and radio actor.

Biography

Bluett was the son of comedian and stage actor Frederick William Bluett, and his grandfather had also been a stage performer. Fred came to Australia as a fifteen year old in 1891 and remained in the region for the rest of his life. Not long after arriving in Australia Bluett left for New Zealand, spending almost a decade working for the Fullers on their Dominion circuit. He returned to Australia in 1902 under contract to Harry Rickards and over the next three decades cemented his reputation as one of the region's premier comedians.

Bluett's children Augustus Frederick "Gus" Bluett (born 23 April 1902, Prahran, Victoria – 14 March 1936) and radio performer Kitty (born 1916), to dressmaker wife Catherine McKechnie, whom he married in April 1901, also became well-known comedians in their own right. His other daughter was Belle (born 1909).[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bluett-frederick-george-fred-12806 Fred Bluett] at Australian Dictionary of BiographyClay Djubal. [http://ozvta.com/practitioners-b/ Fred Bluett] at Australian Variety Theatre Archive. Retrieved 27 January 2018

Bluett died of coronary vascular disease on 3 December 1942.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128314071 |title=Fred Bluett Dies |newspaper=The News |volume=39 |issue=6,039 |location=South Australia |date=4 December 1942 |accessdate=22 March 2024 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Selected credits

References

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External links

  • [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bluett-frederick-george-fred-12806 Fred Bluett] at Australian Dictionary of Biography
  • {{IMDb name|0089589}}
  • [http://ozvta.com/practitioners-b/ Fred Bluett] Biography at Australian Variety Theatre Archive

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Category:Australian male radio actors

Category:1942 deaths

Category:1876 births

Category:Male actors from London

Category:British emigrants to the Colony of New South Wales

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