Fred applegate biography
- Fred Applegate was.
- Frederick Applegate (born February 20, 1953) is an American actor, singer and dancer.
- Frederick Applegate is an American actor, singer and dancer.
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Fred Applegate
Frederick Romaine Applegate, who won one of three decisions pitching for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1904, was born on May 9, 1879. His father, James, emigrated from England to America in 1871. James settled in Williamsport, Pennsylvania’s timber-industry hub, where he worked as a grocer. In April 1878 he married New York native Mary Williams.1 The newlyweds moved to Tarport, a village just east of Bradford, Pennsylvania, where James opened a grocery.2 Fred arrived a year later.3 The family had returned by 1883, settling south of the Susquehanna River, an area soon incorporated as South Williamsport.4 Eight years later a second son, James, arrived.
Fred Applegate’s baseball career first gained attention in 1894, as he pitched for the Burlingame Juniors.5 Locals nicknamed him Snitz, after the Pennsylvania Dutch treat of dried apples.6 Williamsport possessed a thriving baseball scene and, in the years ahead, Applegate honed his skills alongside Jimmy Sebring, Bucky Veil and Johnny Lush. A genial sort, who eventually gained a reputation as “a real humorist,” Appl
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On Broadway, Fred was part of the American cast of The Ferryman directed by Sam Mendes, played the Wizard in Wicked (twice), and Tuck Everlasting, The Last Ship, Sister Act, La Cage..., Young Frankenstein, The Producers (in NYC and London),Sound of Music; appeared in NY in Fanny (Encores!); Happiness (Lincoln Center). He premiered The 2nd Mrs. Wilson at the Long Wharf Theater. National Tours: Anything Goes,The Producers, and Beauty and the Beast. Regional: Mark Taper (4 productions), Geffen, Old Globe, St. Louis Rep, The MUNY, Guthrie Theater (13 productions). Television series: Newhart, FM, Life... and Stuff, Woops!, and 9to5; recurring: Cosby, Night Court, Growing Pains; and Crashing,Billions, Person of Interest, and many more... Married to Cherie Sprosty, a Catholic liturgist; children: Ben, Meredith and Ethan.www.fredapplegate.com
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Broadway: Wicked, Tuck Everlasting, The Last Ship, La Cage aux Folles, Sister Act, Young Frankenstein, The Producers (also London), Sound of Music. National tours: Wicked, Anything Goes, The Producers, Beauty and the Beast. Regional: Old Globe, Alliance, Long Wharf, Mark Taper, Geffen, St. Louis Rep, Guthrie (Resident Artist, 13 productions). TV: Crashing, Billions, Mrs. Maisel, Person of Interest... over 100 more. Married to Cherie Sprosty, Liturgy Director at Cabrini Shrine. Proud father of Ben, Meredith and Ethan.
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