Fred Goodwins

{{Short description|English actor (1891–1923)}}

{{For|the former CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland|Fred Goodwin}}

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| name = Fred Goodwins

| birth_date = 26 February 1891

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = 22 August 1923 (aged 33)

| death_place = Hackney Downs, London, England

| occupation = Actor, film director, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1915-1921

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Fred Goodwins (26 February 1891 – 22 August 1923) was an English actor, film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 24 films between 1915 and 1921.He most notably worked with Charlie Chaplin during Chaplin's mutual period, and wrote a series of articles detailing the production process of the period which were published in the magazine Red letter in 1916, and later compiled in a book titled "Charlie Chaplin's Red Letter Days".