- (1915 - 1916) Active on Broadway [credited as Walter Fredericks] in the following productions:
- (1915) Stage Play: Hobson's Choice. Written by Harold Brighouse. Princess Theatre (moved to The Comedy Theatre from 8 Nov 1915 to close): 2 Nov 1915- unknown (135 performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews, Harry J. Ashford, Olive Wilmot Davis, Harold De Becker, Agnes Dorntee, Robert Forsyth, Walter S. Fredericks (credited as Walter Fredericks) [final Broadway role], Marie Hudspeth, Whitford Kane, Barnett Parker, Molly Pearson, Viola Roache. Produced by F. Ray Comstock. Note: Filmed by Master Films [UK Production] as Hobson's Choice (1920) [no known US distribution], by British International Pictures [UK distribution by Wardour Films/no known US distribution] as Hobson's Choice (1931) [considered lost as of Jul 2014], by (most notably) London Film Productions [US distribution by United Artists/UK: British Lion Film Corp.] as Hobson's Choice (1954) (starring Charles Laughton). There have been several UK TV adaptations since 1960.
- (1915) Stage Play: Trilby (Revival). Written by Paul M. Potter. From the novel by George L. Du Maurier. Shubert Theatre: 3 Apr 1915- Jun 1915 (closing date unknown/73 performances). Cast: Leslie Austen, Cynthia Brooke, Virginia Fox Brooks, Rose Coghlan, Leo Ditrichstein (as "Zou Zou"), Annie Esmond, Walter S. Fredericks (credited as Walter Fredericks) [Broadway debut], Taylor Holmes (as "Gecko"), Cecil King, Wilton Lackaye (as "Svengali"), George MacFarlane, Frederick Macklyn, Burr McIntosh (as "Taffy"), Leslie Ryecroft, Brandon Tynan. Produced by Joseph Brooks and Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: Previously filmed by London Film Productions [UK distribution by Jury Films with no known US release] as Trilby (1914) [UK production], and by Equitable Motion Pictures Corporation [Distributed by World Film in original theatrical release, and released by Republic Distributing Corporation in 1920] as Trilby (1915) [starring Wilton Lackaye as "Svengali'], and by Richard Walton Tully Productions [distributed by Associated First National Pictures] as Trilby (1923) starring Arthur Edmund Carewe as "Svengali"). Other filmed versions: A short, Trilby and Little Billee (1896) was produced by The American Mutoscope Company acknowledging George L. Du Maurier. _Ella Lola, a la Trilby (1898)_ was produced by Edison Manufacturing Company in which dancer Ella Lola dances a routine based on the famous character of "Trilby", a short, The Adventures of Pimple: Trilby (1914) was produced in the UK by Folly Films [distributed by Phoenix Film Agency] that featured the same characters as the play, acknowledging George L. Du Maurier, but no playwright source credit was given.
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