Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/28/1924
Place of Birth
Harlesden, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Frederick Cecil BartholomewFred BartholomewFrederick Llewellyn March
Freddie Bartholomew
Biography
Freddie Bartholomew was an English-American child actor. One of the most famous child actors of all time, he became very popular in 1930s Hollywood films. His most famous starring roles are in Captains Courageous and Little Lord Fauntleroy.
He was born in London and for the title role of David Copperfield, he emigrated to the United States in 1934, living there the rest of his life. He became an American citizen in 1943 following World War II military service.
Despite his great success and acclaim following David Copperfield, his childhood film stardom was marred by nearly constant legal ba...
Known For
Captains Courageous
as Harvey Cheyne
Anna Karenina
as Sergei
Listen, Darling
as Buzz Mitchell
Kidnapped
as David Balfour
Lord Jeff
as Geoffrey Braemer
Naval Academy
as Steve Kendall
Professional Soldier
as King Peter II
David Copperfield
as David Copperfield as a Boy
The Big Parade of Comedy
as David Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Claude Pierce
Lloyd's of London
as Young Jonathan Blake
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Cedric 'Ceddie' Erroll aka Lord Fauntleroy
Sepia Cinderella
Unknown Role
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Tom Brown's School Days
as East
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
Fascination
as Child
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)