Fred Ott

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Biography

American scientist and film actor

  • Primary profession
  • Assistant_director
  • Nationality
  • United States
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 29 March 1860
  • Place of birth
  • New Jersey
  • Death age
  • 74
  • Place of death
  • West Orange· New Jersey

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Was one of two brothers that worked at the Edison Lab in West Orange, New Jersey that often assisted W. K. L. Dickson and William Heise in the earliest film production in the United States.

Claimed to be the very first motion picture actor in America. His "act" consisted of jumping up and down and sneezing.

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