Fred Aldrich (December 23, 1904 - January 25, 1979) was an American
character actor of both film and television. He would break into the
film industry in 1939, appearing in two films that year in small
roles: My Son Is Guilty, and the notable, Confessions of a Nazi Spy,
which starred Edward G. Robinson and George Sanders. In the course of
his thirty-year career he would appear in over 170 films, in small and
bit roles. With the advent of television, Aldrich would work in that
medium as well, making his first small screen appearance on I Love
Lucy, on which he would appear multiple times over the life of the
series.Over the course of his film career he would appear in such
notable films as: Kitty Foyle (1940), starring Ginger Rogers and
Dennis Morgan; 1945's The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring George
Sanders; Tycoon (1947), starring John Wayne and Laraine Day; A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, with Bing Crosby and Rhonda
Fleming; Young Man with a Horn, starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall,
and Doris Day; the Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn vehicle, Pat
and Mike (1952); again with Paul Newman in 1956's Somebody Up There
Likes Me; The Last Angry Man, starring Paul Muni; with Rock Hudson and
Doris Day in Lover Come Back (1961); the spy spoof, Our Man Flint
(1966), starring James Coburn; and 1967's A Big Hand for the Little
Lady, starring Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, and Jason Robards.His
television credits include appearances on such shows as The Rifleman,
Have Gun - Will Travel, Bat Masterson, The Untouchables, Gunsmoke,
Rawhide, and Perry Mason. Aldrich died on January 25, 1979.
character actor of both film and television. He would break into the
film industry in 1939, appearing in two films that year in small
roles: My Son Is Guilty, and the notable, Confessions of a Nazi Spy,
which starred Edward G. Robinson and George Sanders. In the course of
his thirty-year career he would appear in over 170 films, in small and
bit roles. With the advent of television, Aldrich would work in that
medium as well, making his first small screen appearance on I Love
Lucy, on which he would appear multiple times over the life of the
series.Over the course of his film career he would appear in such
notable films as: Kitty Foyle (1940), starring Ginger Rogers and
Dennis Morgan; 1945's The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring George
Sanders; Tycoon (1947), starring John Wayne and Laraine Day; A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, with Bing Crosby and Rhonda
Fleming; Young Man with a Horn, starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall,
and Doris Day; the Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn vehicle, Pat
and Mike (1952); again with Paul Newman in 1956's Somebody Up There
Likes Me; The Last Angry Man, starring Paul Muni; with Rock Hudson and
Doris Day in Lover Come Back (1961); the spy spoof, Our Man Flint
(1966), starring James Coburn; and 1967's A Big Hand for the Little
Lady, starring Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, and Jason Robards.His
television credits include appearances on such shows as The Rifleman,
Have Gun - Will Travel, Bat Masterson, The Untouchables, Gunsmoke,
Rawhide, and Perry Mason. Aldrich died on January 25, 1979.
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