Freddie Frinton

Freddie Frinton, born Frederick Bittiner Coo, was an English comedian and music hall and television actor who remains a household name in Germany and Scandinavia because of his performance in Dinner for One.

Frinton was born in. haiton Ave . Grimsby, Lincolnshire, the illegitimate child of a seamstress, Florence Elisabeth Coo, and was brought up by foster parents. He started working in a Grimsby fish processing plant, where he is said to have entertained his colleagues with parodies and jokes, but was ultimately sacked. He moved into music hall, where he enjoyed modest success and renamed himself Freddie Frinton.

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