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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.

Combining amazing skill with amusing slapstick, Trenkler dashes madly round the ice, tears toward the audience, stops dead on his heels a half-inch south of the pit. Amid much that is pleasant, Icetime suffers from too little display of skill and too much display of scenery.

— Time, July 3, 1944[1]

Trenkler died at age 88 in California.[2]

Television

Films

Broadway

  • Howdy Mr. Ice (1949)
  • Icetime (1946–1947)
  • It Happens on Ice (1941–1942)

References

  1. ^ "The Theater: New Show in Manhattan". Time. July 1, 1946.
  2. ^ Anderson, Jack (June 3, 2001). "Freddie Trenkler, 88, Ice Skater Whose Specialty Was Comedy". The New York Times. (subscription required)
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