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Frederick Karl Prinze Sr. (born Frederick Karl Pruetzel; June 22, 1954 – January 29, 1977) was an American stand-up comedian and actor, and the star of the NBC-TV sitcom Chico and the Man from 1974 until his death in 1977.
May 6, 2022 · Here's looking at some of the most significant moments from Freddie Prinze Sr.'s life, including his struggle to the top, his childhood, his battle with drugs and depression, his career goals, and more.
Jan 27, 2016 · LOS ANGELES – With a nurse pounding her fists on his chest and screaming, “Hang on,” comedian Freddie Prinze died yesterday of a self-inflicted bullet wound in the head after doctors had fought...
Freddie Prinze. Actor: Chico and the Man. Freddie Prinze was born Frederick Karl Pruetzel in New York City, New York, to a Puerto Rican mother, Aurea Elena Ruiz, and a German immigrant father, Edward Karl Pruetzel. Freddie grew up in the Washington Heights section of New York City.
- June 22, 1954
- January 29, 1977
- He Was German
- It Was Random
- He Took After The Old Man
- He Forgot About Her
- It Was A Nightmare
- It Wasn’T Safe
- He Wasn’T The Funniest
- He Snuck Around
- He Used Her Voice
- He Stunk It Up
Freddie Prinze became well-known as a Latin celebrity, but his name at birth may surprise you. When he was born—on June 22, 1954, in New York City—he was Frederick Karl Pruetzel. If that name sounds German to you, it’s because it is. While his mother—Maria de Gracia Graniela y Ramirez—was from Puerto Rico, his father was a German immigrant named Ed...
Prinze's introduction to performing was completely random. His mother enrolled him in ballet classes, but she didn’t do it for the dance lessons. She sent him to the classes for a startling reason: He was a little chubby. Mom thought that the classes would help her son lose weight. What she didn’t realize was that the classes would also begin her s...
Prinze’s father knew how to play the piano and also knew his way around a joke. His jokes must have been pretty good too, because at the age of four, Prinze took them as his own. He memorized his dad's jokes and repeated them to anyone who would listen. Prinze also followed his father by learning to play musical instruments: the piano, guitar, and ...
Prinze’s father was not always able to take care of his family, and it was because of a dark secret from his past. One afternoon, when Pruetzel was with his first wife, she left him in charge of their five-year-old daughter Alice. Pruetzel was so focused on the chore he was doing—painting the front steps—that he forgot about Alice. What happened ne...
When Prinze’s father realized he’d forgotten about taking care of his daughter, he ran around frantically trying to find her. When he got to their swimming pool, his worst nightmare had come true: Young Alice’s lifeless body was lying at the bottom of the pool. Pruetzel could never forgive himself, and he struggled to be a good father and husband f...
Prinze’s mother remembers how rough not only the neighborhood was, but even their building. She says on three separate occasions someone robbed her on the elevator. Prinze took his mother’s plight to heart and promised her he would drop everything and come directly home after school and protect his mother as she came home from work. Prinze was doin...
Prinze had a full-time job keeping his mother safe, but he also had to do things for his own safety. In order to survive in Washington Heights, Prinze had to join a gang. Prinze would later say that he wasn’t the funniest guy in his hood, because those guys ended up in prison. If Prinze didn’t have talent and a strong parent like his mother, he cou...
Prinze loved the ballet classes and he wanted more. He went behind his parents’ backs and switched high schools. He secretly started attending the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts—the one made famous by the movie and TV show Fame. Here, he did more ballet, but also added drama classes to the list. He quickly got a role in the school’s produ...
Prinze was over the moon about his first on-stage role, but he wanted to make the part his own. That’s when he got permission to make his character Puerto Rican. They changed the character’s name to Jose Perez—but there was an issue. Prinze, having been born in the US, didn’t actually have an accent. No problem, he just copied his mom’s voice, and ...
There are few places as disgusting as a boys’ washroom at a high school. This was, however, where Prinze got his first real taste of what it was like to be a performer. Prinze had a ball performing for the male-only student audience in the foul-smelling boys' restroom. He was still in high school, but now he was getting a “taste” of what some comed...
Jan 27, 2016 · Prinze, 22, the light-hearted youth who came off the New York streets only two years ago to capture overnight the great American dream of fame and fortune as the star of “Chico and the Man ...
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Dec 18, 2023 · A deep dive into the short yet impactful life of the trailblazing Latino comic whose son also went on to a career of much acclaim. Premiering on Tubi December 20th.
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