Freddie Trenkler

Freddie Trenkler (January 9, 1913 - 21 May 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 Magazine", July 3, 1944

Trenkler died at age 88 in California.

Television

*Toast of the Town: The Ed Sullivan Show (1957)

Movies

*"The Countess of Monte Cristo" (1948)

Broadway

*Howdy Mr. Ice (1949)
*Icetime (1946-47)
*It Happens on Ice (1941-42)

External links

* [http://university.imdb.com/name/nm0872115/ Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/03/obituaries/03TREN.html?ex=1149998400&en=c3579535d9c5f359&ei=5070 New York Times Obituary (2001)]