Fred Emney

Template:Use British English Template:Infobox person Frederick Arthur Round Emney (12 February 1900 – 25 December 1980) was an English character actor and comedian.<ref name=bfi>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Emney was born in Prescot, Lancashire,<ref name="birth">GRO Register of Births Mar 1900 Frederick Arthur R Emney 8b 725 PRESCOT</ref><ref name="census1901">1901 Census: RG13/500 f.123 p.3 Fred Arthur Emney aged 1 living in Camberwell, but born Liverpool, Lancashire</ref> the son of Blanche (née Round) and Fred Emney, a music hall entertainer.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> His great-uncle was the actor Arthur Williams. Emney junior grew up in London and was educated at Cranleigh School.<ref name=cranleigh/>

He made his film debut in 1935, having previously worked in music hall.<ref name=bfi/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He became a familiar figure to screen audiences, usually playing the "posh fat bloke", usually gruff and invariably wearing a monocle.<ref name=cranleigh>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the 1950s, he had his own television show which featured sketches and deft piano pieces often composed by him.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Some were released on record.<ref>Fred Emney an extended play released on UK Decca (DFE 6554) in 1958</ref> He had a short spell as straight man to puppets Pinky and Perky.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

His sister Joan Emney was an actress who sometimes appeared with him in the same stage productions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Fred Emney died in Bognor Regis, Sussex, on Christmas Day 1980.<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: DEC 1980 18 1714 CHICHESTER – Frederick Patrick R. Emney, DoB = 12 Feb 1900</ref>

Filmography

• A Man of Mayfair (1932) - (uncredited)
• Brewster's Millions (1935) - Freddy
• Come Out of the Pantry (1935) - Lord Axminster
• The Lilac Domino (1937) - Baron Ladislas de Gonda
• Let's Make a Night of It (1937) - Henry Boydell
• Jane Steps Out (1938) - General Wilton
• Hold My Hand (1938) - Lord Milchester
• Luck of the Navy (1938) - Cook
• Just like a Woman (1939) - Sir Charles Devoir
• Yes, Madam? (1939) - Sir Charles Drake-Drake
• She Couldn't Say No (1939) - Herbert
• The Middle Watch (1940) - Adm. Sir Reginald Hewett
• Just William (1940) - Mr. Brown
• Let the People Sing (1942) - Sir George Denberry-Baxter
• Fun at St. Fanny's (1955) - Dr. Jankers
• The Fast Lady (1962) - 1st Golfer
• A Home of Your Own (1964) - The Mayor
• Father Came Too! (1964) - Sir Francis Drake
• I've Gotta Horse (1965) - Lord Bentley
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) - Colonel
• San Ferry Ann (1965) - Gourmet
• Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) - Man in Soho
• The Sandwich Man (1966) - Sir Mervyn Moleskin
• Oliver! (1968) - Workhouse Chairman
• The Assassination Bureau (1969) - Elevator Victim (uncredited)
• Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969) - Earl of Ware
• The Italian Job (1969) - Birkinshaw
• The Magic Christian (1969) - Fitzgibbon
• Under the Table You Must Go (1969) - Himself (documentary)
• Doctor in Trouble (1970) - Father
• Up the Chastity Belt (1971) - Mortimer
• Mistress Pamela (1974) - Dr. Livesey
• The Amorous Milkman (1975) - Magistrate
• Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) - Sir Basil (final film role)

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