1. Frederick Marks was an English actor, singer and entertainer.
12 Facts About Freddy Marks
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Freddy Marks was best known for being part of the musical trio Rod, Jane and Freddy which appeared in children's programming in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Freddy Marks was born in Smethwick, Worcestershire in 1949 to Freda and William Freddy Marks.
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Freddy Marks lived in Birkenhead, Cheshire, in his youth, and was interested in music and the theatre from an early age and played in various bands and was involved with youth amateur dramatics.
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Freddy Marks trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London from 1968 to 1971.
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Freddy Marks appeared in TV series such as Z-Cars, The Sweeney, and Churchill's People before returning to the stage in 1977 to portray Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Show at Chelsea's King's Road Theatre before its return to the West End.
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In 1980, Freddy Marks was hired to join the cast of Rainbow after Roger Walker left the show.
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Towards the end of 1980, Rod, Jane and Freddy Marks were approached by ITV to do their own show.
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Rod, Jane and Freddy Marks aired its first episode in January 1981, and in total seven series were broadcast.
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Freddy Marks worked as a scriptwriter for The Sooty Show, Playdays, and Wizadora.
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Freddy Marks began a relationship with co-star Jane Tucker in 1985; they married in May 2016.
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Freddy Marks was admitted to a hospice in Esher, Surrey in May 2021, and died there on 20 May; his death was announced the following week.