Fred Conyngham
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Fred Conyngham was an actor who was born in Sydney
, New South Wales
, Australia
on 8 June 1901.
He was the son of George Conyngham, the actor, manager. He began his career as a specialty dancer. He left musical comedy for drama then discovering he possessed a good tenor voice he had it trained and returned to musical comedy as a leading man. He toured the world and on his return was given a part in the film Indiscretions of Eve (1932), which started his film career off.
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
on 8 June 1901.
He was the son of George Conyngham, the actor, manager. He began his career as a specialty dancer. He left musical comedy for drama then discovering he possessed a good tenor voice he had it trained and returned to musical comedy as a leading man. He toured the world and on his return was given a part in the film Indiscretions of Eve (1932), which started his film career off.
Partial Filmography
- Key To Harmony (1935)
- School For Stars (1935)
- Chick (1936)
- Wake Up Famous (1937)
- Sam Small Leaves TownSam Small Leaves TownSam Small Leaves Town is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Alfred J. Goulding and starring Stanley Holloway, June Clyde and Fred Conyngham. In order to win a bet a famous actor leaves London and goes to work incognito in a holiday camp...
(1937) - When You Come HomeWhen You Come HomeWhen You Come Home is a 1948 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Frank Randle, Leslie Sarony and Leslie Holmes. When the music hall where he works is threatened with closure, a handyman organises an effort to save it...
(1948)