Actor. He was a British comedic actor in music halls and television during the 20th century. Born Frederick Bittiner Coo in Grimsby, he had a childhood in a foster home. Leaving formal schooling at age 14, his first job was in a fish processing plant, but he was fired for spending too much time entertaining his co-workers. He then changed his name to Freddie Frinton, after the seaside resort of that name, and started to have a modest success in the variety halls. After World War II, he played small roles in half-a-dozen British film comedies, but did not become particularly well-known until the 1963 television series "Meet the Wife," in which he played a master plumber, and Thora Hird played the wife. In the last verse of the lyrics of the song "Good Morning, Good Morning," which was immortalized on the Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" collection, the television show is mentioned: It's time for tea and "Meet the Wife." During this time, he appeared as a guest performer on several variety television shows. He appeared on the 1963 German television show as a drunken butler in a sketch known as "Dinner for One," which has become something of a cult in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, as it is shown there every New Year's Eve. Frinton is credited as being one of the three writers of "Dinner for One" and the short film has received several European awards for best comedy. In 1968 he appeared in the pilot of the television series "Thicker Than Water." Freddie Frinton died of a sudden heart attack three weeks before he was scheduled to film a remake of "Dinner for One" for British television. Although most of his films have not been released for British television, the original version of "Dinner for One" was release in the United Kingdom on New Year's Eve 2018. He may have played the role of a drunken butler, yet he never drank alcohol. "Dinner for One" was the last of the seven films that he made. Frinton was married twice, divorced once and had five children.