Otto Fries

Biography

Otto Fries was an American film actor who came to movies from medicine shows and vaudeville, moving into pictures in the early 1910s. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was with the Keystone Cops by 1915, and his friendship with Stan Laurel led to parts in Laurel's early films for Bronco Billy Anderson. He went on to Hal Roach Studios, where he supported Laurel and Hardy and Charley Chase along with Max Davidson and James Finlayson, and he handled the arrival of sound easily, appearing in Roach's German-language talkies and in Our Gang shorts. He was usually given small roles as bartenders, detectives and inebriates. One of his more notable appearances came in the Marx Brothers' Monkey Business. Altogether he was credited in more than 120 films released between 1920 and 1938, and he died in 1938.

50years old at death

Born October 28, 1887St. Louis
Died September 15, 1938Los Angeles
Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Also credited as Otto Hugo Fries

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 1 year1936 to 1937

Every film, newest first

1937Bulldog Drummond Comes BackIMDb rating 5.9
1937Expensive HusbandsIMDb rating 5.0
1936The Trail of the Lonesome PineIMDb rating 6.8

Genres

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A change of course
Fries started out in medicine shows and vaudeville before moving into film in the early 1910s, and by 1915 he was performing with the Keystone Cops.
Big break
Fries's friendship with Stan Laurel, begun during his Keystone Cops years, led to roles in Laurel's early films for Bronco Billy Anderson.
Languages
Fries appeared in many of Roach's German-language talkies after sound arrived, and he also played characters in many Our Gang shorts.

Otto Fries movies on Netflix

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back1937IMDb rating 5.9as Sanghil Wun - Pub Proprietor
Expensive Husbands1937IMDb rating 5.0as Franz, Buggy Driver
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine1936IMDb rating 6.8as Corsey

Worked with

Otto Fries made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Henry Fonda

Gino Corrado

J. Carrol Naish

Frank Baker

Robert Barrat

Fred MacMurrayHenry HathawayDirector, 1 film Louis KingDirector, 1 film Bobby ConnollyDirector, 1 film

Films together

Henry Fonda1 film together, 1936
Henry Fonda's page
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine1936IMDb rating 6.8Fries as CorseyFonda as Dave Tolliver
Gino Corrado1 film together, 1937
Gino Corrado's page
- Expensive Husbands1937IMDb rating 5.0Fries as Franz, Buggy DriverCorrado as Austrian Hotel Staff Member
J. Carrol Naish1 film together, 1937
J. Carrol Naish's page
- Bulldog Drummond Comes Back1937IMDb rating 5.9Fries as Sanghil Wun - Pub ProprietorNaish as Mikhail Valdin
Frank Baker1 film together, 1937
Frank Baker's page
- Bulldog Drummond Comes Back1937IMDb rating 5.9Fries as Sanghil Wun - Pub ProprietorBaker as Bobby
Robert Barrat1 film together, 1936
Robert Barrat's page
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine1936IMDb rating 6.8Fries as CorseyBarrat as Buck Falin
Fred MacMurray1 film together, 1936
Fred MacMurray's page
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine1936IMDb rating 6.8Fries as CorseyMacMurray as Jack Hale
Henry HathawayDirector, 1 film, 1936
All films by Henry Hathaway
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine1936IMDb rating 6.8Fries as Corsey
Louis KingDirector, 1 film, 1937
All films by Louis King
- Bulldog Drummond Comes Back1937IMDb rating 5.9Fries as Sanghil Wun - Pub Proprietor
Bobby ConnollyDirector, 1 film, 1937
All films by Bobby Connolly
- Expensive Husbands1937IMDb rating 5.0Fries as Franz, Buggy Driver

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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