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American vaudeville performer (1899?1961)
Fred Sanborn
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Born
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1899-11-23
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November 23, 1899
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Died
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(1961-03-09)
(aged 61)
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Occupation(s)
| Actor, comedian, musician
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Years active
| 1930?1950
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Fred C. Sanborn
(November 23, 1899 – March 9, 1961) was an American
vaudeville
performer,
actor
, and
musician
. He was most notable as a member of
Ted Healy
's comedy troupe
Ted Healy and his Southern Gentlemen
(a group which included the trio that became the famous
Three Stooges
).
Sanborn was frequently featured in the group's early vaudeville acts, as well as their 1929 Broadway show,
A Night in Venice
(the first of Sanborn's three Broadway musicals/revues). However, after starring with Healy,
Moe Howard
,
Larry Fine
, and
Shemp Howard
in the
Rube Goldberg
film
Soup to Nuts
?for which Sanborn also wrote a song?he left the group, preferring to concentrate on his music rather than become known as a "Healyite".
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Sanborn's character was somewhat similar to
Charlie Chaplin
's Tramp character; a small man with a lopsided walk who rather than speaking, whispers in other characters' ears while waggling his thick eyebrows. He appeared in films sporadically throughout the 1930s-1940s- two with Olsen and Johnson- often in small, unspeaking comedy roles; a rare exception was his final film, the 1945 musical comedy
Night Club Girl
, in which he acts as an emcee and does have several lines.
His live act usually incorporated playing of a xylophone
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and pantomime.
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His wife often assisted in his show by preparing and performing off-stage gags to which he would react on stage.
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His last TV performance was as a comedian on
The Ed Wynn Show
in 1950.
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