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Fred "Snowflake" Toones was a character actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1928 and 1951. He often worked under contract for Republic Pictures, appearing in about 40 of its films. He played a bootblack or shoeshine man in at least six of his movies, and Toones actually ran the shoeshine stand at Republic Studios. He first appeared as a porter in 1932 in The Hurricane Express and was usually typecast as a porter - appearing in over 50 films in such a role. He also played a variety of other service-oriented or domestic worker roles such as stable grooms, janitors, elevator operators, valets, cooks, bellhops, doormen, butlers, and bartenders. Like other actors of the time, i.e. Anna May Wong and Franklin Pangborn, Toones is a prime example of racial and social stereotyping in the Hollywood film industry. His standard characterization was that of a middle-aged "colored" man with a high-pitched voice and childlike mannerisms. "Snowflake" was the stage name Toones was best known by, and he used this name as his credit as early as his third film, 1931's Shanghaied Love. Likewise, in Shanghaied Love and over 35 other films, "Snowflake" was also Toones' character name. He acted in films such as Mississippi (1935), Hawk of the Wilderness (1938), and Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939) with Bruce Bennett and in many "B" westerns such as The Lawless Nineties (1936) with John Wayne. He also appeared in dozens of two-reelers such as Columbia's Woman Haters (1934) with the Th
Фильмы и сериалы
- Мистер Смит едет в Вашингтон (1939), роль
- Потерянный уик-энд (1945), роль
- Звезда родилась (1937), роль
- Я – беглый каторжник (1932), роль
- Путь с Запада (1937), роль
- Приключения в Палм-Бич (1942), роль
- Золотоискатели 1933-го года (1933), роль
- Запомни ночь (1940), роль
- Додж-сити (1939), роль
- Двадцатый век (1934), роль
- Christmas in July (1940), роль
- Имитация жизни (1934), роль
- American Madness (1932), роль
- Иди и бери (1936), роль
- Мэр ада (1933), роль
- Big Brown Eyes (1936), роль
- Женоненавистники (1934), роль
- В дело вступает флот (1934), роль
- Тени к югу (1932), роль
- Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936), роль