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Frederick Applegate (born February 20, 1953)[1] is an American actor, singer and dancer.
Early life and education
[edit]Applegate grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey, and South Orange, New Jersey. He attended Columbia High School and was on the original Ultimate (Frisbee) team. He graduated from Northwestern University.[2]
Career
[edit]Stage
[edit]Applegate played Cogsworth in the national tour of Beauty and the Beast. He originated the roles of Inspector Kemp and The Blind Hermit in the Broadway musical Young Frankenstein (2007).[3] He originated the role of the Monsignor in the Broadway production of Sister Act (2011)[4] and the role of Father Jack O'Brien in The Last Ship, which premiered on Broadway in October 2014.[3]
Other Broadway credits include M. Dindon/M. Renaud in La Cage aux Folles (2010),[5] Max Bialystock in The Producers (replacement, 2003; in the West End production in 2005[6]) and as Franz Leibkind in the first national tour. He also played Max Detweiler in The Sound of Music. (1998).[3]
Applegate appeared Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center's Mitzi Newhouse Theater in the musical Happiness in 2009, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman.[7] Applegate played the role of "Panisse" in the Encores! staged concert of Fanny in February 2010.[8] He participated in a reading of a new musical, Presto Change-O in December 2014, directed by Marc Bruni, as a presentation of the Barrington Stage Company Musical Theatre Lab.[9] He appeared in the national tour of Anything Goes, as "Moonface Martin", which started in October 2012.[10]
Applegate has played the role of the Wizard in the Broadway production Wicked, [11][3] played the role of Constable Joe in the Broadway musical Tuck Everlasting, [12][3] and also played the role of Uncle Patrick Carney in the Broadway play The Ferryman.[13]
Applegate was a member of the resident acting company of the Guthrie Theatre for three years.[5]
In 2022, he played Arvide Abernathy in Guys and Dolls at the Kennedy Center.[14]
Voice, television and film
[edit]Applegate's voice can be recognized as the narrator of documentaries for PBS, National Geographic, Disney, Bravo, and A&E. In 2000, he narrated the AMC documentary The Unknown Peter Sellers. [15] He has guest starred in over 150 episodes of television including Seinfeld, Cosby, Growing Pains, FM, Malcolm in the Middle, ER, Murphy Brown, Newhart, Will & Grace and many others.[5] He portrayed the Pointy-Haired Boss in the 1997 live-action pitch pilot of Dilbert, which was not picked up for series.[16] His film credits include Georgia Rule,[17] Stuart Saves His Family (1995),[18] and The Producers.[19][1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Fred Applegate at the Internet Broadway Database
- ↑ Official website[dead link]; accessed September 18, 2015
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Fred Applegate Broadway" playbillvault.com, accessed September 18, 2015
- ↑ Hetrick, Adam. "Victoria Clark, Fred Applegate, Chester Gregory Will Be Part of Broadway's 'Sister Act'" Playbill, February 1, 2011
- 1 2 3 "Fred Applegate Joins Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'", nymetroparents.com, accessed September 18, 2015.
- ↑ Inverne, James. "Fred Applegate Named New Max for London Producers", Playbill, April 7, 2005
- ↑ Happiness Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, lortel.org, accessed September 18, 2015
- ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Encores! 'Fanny' Plays City Center Beginning Feb. 4", Playbill, February 4, 2010
- ↑ Gioia, Michael. "Kerry Butler, Jeremy Jordan, Judy McLane, Brad Oscar Say 'Presto Change-O' in Today's Musical Reading" Playbill, December 19, 2014
- ↑ Jones, Kenneth. "National Tour of 'Anything Goes' Has Fred Applegate, Erich Bergen, Alex Finke, Joyce Chittick On Board", Playbill, August 7, 2012.
- ↑ Lloyd Webber, Imogen. "Welcome New Ozians! Michele Lee & Fred Applegate Will Join Cast of Wicked on Broadway", Broadway.com, June 23, 2015.
- ↑ Gioia, Michael. "Carolee Carmello and Andrew Keenan-Bolger Will Return to Broadway as Mother and Son in 'Tuck Everlasting'", Playbill, September 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Fred Applegate". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ↑ Guys and Dolls cast
- ↑ Zad, Martie (April 23, 2000). "AMC Reveals Unknown Sellers". TV Tab. The Washington Post. p. Y4. ISSN 0190-8286.
- ↑ Mohr, John (6 February 2026). "I Watched The "Lost" Live-Action 'Dilbert' Pilot Episode, And It's Clear Why It Didn't Get Picked Up". Defector.com. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ↑ "'Georgia Rule' Cast and Overview", TCM.com, accessed September 18, 2015.
- ↑ "'Stuart Saves His Family' Cast and Overview", TCM.com, accessed September 18, 2015
- ↑ Fred Applegate at IMDb
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