Freddie Trenkler (January 9, 1913 - May 21, 2001) was a comic
ice skater.
He was born in
Austria. He dressed in rags and was known for his hilarious stumbles and falls on
Broadway,
television and
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
.
Trenkler died at age 88 in
California.
[ Anderson, Jack (June 3, 2001)]
"Freddie Trenkler, 88, Ice Skater Whose Specialty Was Comedy"
'' The New York Times''.
Television
*''
The Ed Sullivan Show'' (1957)
Films
*''
The Countess of Monte Cristo'' (1948)
Broadway
*
Howdy Mr. Ice Howdy Mr. Ice was one of a series of ice shows at the Center Theatre in Rockefeller Center, New York City, that was produced by Sonja Henie and Arthur M. Wirtz in the 1940s.
Other shows in the series include, It Happens on Ice, Stars on Ice, ...
(1949)
*Icetime (1946–1947)
*It Happens on Ice (1941–1942)
References
External links
Internet Movie Database
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1913 births
2001 deaths
Austrian male stage actors
Austrian male television actors
Austrian male film actors
Skaters
20th-century Austrian male actors
Austrian emigrants to the United States