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

• Internet Movie Database
• New York Times Obituary (2001)