Fritz Williams

Frederick (Fritz) Williams, Jr. (August 23, 1865 – April 1, 1930) was an American actor and Shepherd (president) of The Lambs from 1928 to 1930.^[1]

Fritz Williams
Fritz Williams c. 1901
Shepherd of The Lambs
In office 1928–1930
Preceded by	Thomas A. Wise
Succeeded by	Frank Crumit
Personal details
Born	(1865-08-23)August 23, 1865 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	April 1, 1930(1930-04-01) (aged 64) Manhattan, New York City
Resting place	Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx
Spouse	Katherine Florence
Parent	Fred Williams (father)
Occupation	actor, comedian

He made his stage debut when he was six months old. William Warren carried him onstage at the Boston Museum in Seeing Warren. Williams made his professional debut in 1879 in Gilbert and Sullivan's musical H.M.S. Pinafore.^[2] His New York debut was at Wallack's Theatre in 1884 in A Scrap of Paper.^[3]

He started his regular acting career at the old Lyceum Theatre on Park Avenue South with Helen Dauvray in One of Our Girls in a small dramatic part. This caught the eye of fellow Lambs member Dion Boucicault, who went on to engage Williams for the next three years.^[2]

Williams worked steadily in New York playhouses from 1884 to 1930.

Williams died on April 1, 1930, in The Lambs clubhouse in Manhattan, New York.^[3] He and his wife, Katherine Florence, are interred in the Lakeside Section of Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx.

Selected stage performances

• An American Duchess (1893)
• On and Off (1898)
• Fiddle-dee-dee (1900–1901)
• Hoity Toity (1901–1902)
• Before and After (1905–1906)
• The Summer Widowers (1910)
• The King (1917–1918)
• Too Many Husbands (1919–1920)
• Rain (1924)
• Spread Eagle (1927)
• Before You're 25 (1929)
• Berkeley Square (1929–1930)