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Fred Howard Wright
Born
Frederick Howard Wright

(1896-09-30)September 30, 1896
San Diego, California, U.S.
DiedJuly 2, 1990(1990-07-02) (aged 93)
California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego
Occupation(s)Actor, songwriter
Years active1923–1977[1][2]
Spouse(s)Jean—or Laura—Henley
(m. 1919; div. ?)
Sylvia Jane Worley (m. 1925; div. ?)
Theofani Arminda Papadakis
(m. 1930; d. 1963)
Helen Louise Davis
(m. 1969; d. 1985)
Children2
Military career
Service / branchUnited States Army
Years of service1917–1920
RankSecond Lieutenant
Unit1st Cavalry Regiment
Battles / warsPancho Villa Expedition

Frederick Howard Wright (September 30, 1896 – July 2, 1990), credited variously as Fred Howard (for his writing, and for all stage and radio performances), Howard Wright (for his later film and TV work), and, more recently still, Fred Howard Wright, was an American songwriter, vaudeville performer, and character actor of theatre, radio, film and television,[3][4][5] best remembered as one half—along with fellow songwriter Nat Vincent—of the popular vaudeville, radio, recording, and songwriting duo, The Happy Chappies.[3]

Early life and career

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Born Frederick Howard Wright in San Diego, California on September 30, 1896,[6][7][5][4] Wright was the middle child of five, born to Lucy Simonds (née Wheeler) and William Sherman Wright.[8][9] He first performed in public at age 9, when, as a reward for having sold the most tickets to a high school operetta, he was tasked not merely with formally presenting the frieze purchased by proceeds from the production, but also asked to sing at the ceremony.[10] After attending the University of California, San Diego,[5] Wright joined the US Army, serving in 1st Cavalry Regiment, with whom he took part in the unsuccessful Pancho Villa Expedition.[11] Eventually rising to the rank of Second Lieutenant,[5] Wright received his discharge in 1920.[12]

Over the next decade, Wright—as Fred Howard—established himself as a successful stage performer, writer, producer, and director, specializing in musical comedy.[1][13][14][15][16][17] His singing was showcased in the trio, Harmony Three.[18]

By February 1929, Wright—who, as a solo act, had previously appeared in at least one revue also featuring his soon-to-be partner's recently formed duo[19]—had officially become one half of the Happy Chappies,[20] replacing pianist Nat Vincent's previous partner, tenor Harry Morton,[21] while also facilitating Wright's radio debut on San Francisco's KFRC.[20][5] They continued together—having reportedly co-authored "486 popular songs" as of December 1935[22]—at least as late as the summer of 1937.[23][24]

In April 1938, Wright appeared at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, in the Lambs Club's annual Spring Gambol, co-starring with Walter Woolf King and Gene Wolf in the brief operetta, Tempest in a Teapot, with words and music by Wright.

As a radio actor, some of Wright's more notable roles were C. Pemberton Tooley in Ma Perkins, Mr. Pringle—father of Oogie—in A Date with Judy, and Pa Buskirk on The Opie Cates Show[25]

From 1949 through 1952, Wright was the principal writer on The Ruggles, the Charlie Ruggles sitcom created by Irving Phillips.[26][27]

From Fred Howard to Howard Wright

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In March 1949, Wright—still billed as "Fred Howard"—made his TV debut, starring alongside K. T. Stevens, Marc Lawrence, in the Don Lee Television Workshop episode, "Shoes and Souls". One additional "Fred Howard" credit, for a 1951 appearance on Racket Squad, preceded the actor's unnoticed—and, accordingly, never explained—1953 professional transition to "Howard Wright"[a] on The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok.[31]

Among Wright's more notable television credits are two The Twilight Zone episodes, as "Judge Hardy" in the Season Three episode, "The Jungle (The Twilight Zone)" and an unnamed judge in the previous season's What's in the Box.[32] He also appeared on numerous episodes of the westerns, Bonanza and Death Valley Days.[33][34][35][36]

In his rave review of the 1956 Barry Shipman/William Witney western drama, Stranger at My Door, Variety's William Brogdon—as "Brog"—made a point of assigning every bit as much credit to the film's principal supporting players as to the stars.

The above mentioned players earn plaudits for characters compellingly performed and right along with them are Louis Jean Heydt, as the sheriff, Howard Wright, a doctor, Slim Pickens, horse trader and millwright, and Malcolm Atterbury, a circuit rider.[37]

Personal life and death

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In 1919 or 1920, Wright became the husband of Jean—elsewhere identified as Laura—Henley, with whom he had one child, a daughter, Jo Ann.[38][39][5] Wright was married to actress Sylvia Jane Worley from January 1925 until at least March 1927—when they sailed together from San Francisco to Honolulu[40][41]—and no later than October 1930, when Greek-born Theofani Arminda Pappadakis became the next Mrs. Wright, as she would remain until her death on March 4, 1963.[42][43][44] Their union produced one child, a daughter, Patsy Zo.[45] In 1969, Wright once again was wed, this time to Helen Louise Daves (née Young);[46] she died in 1985.[47]

Wright died on July 2, 1990, at age 93.

Selected filmography

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Films

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Soundtrack

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Acting

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All performances credited as "Howard Wright" unless otherwise indicated.

Television

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Soundtrack

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  • The Gene Autry Show
    • Season 1 Episode 6 "The Double Switch" (1950) – writer: "When the Bloom Is on the Sage" (uncredited)
    • Season 1 Episode 12 "The Poisoned Waterhole" (1950) – writer: "Mellow Mountain Moon" (uncredited)
    • Season 1 Episode 19 "Hot Lead" (1950) – writer: "The Strawberry Roan" (uncredited)
    • Season 4 Episode 10 "Outlaw of Blue Mesa" (1954) – writer: "When the Bloom Is on the Sage" (uncredited)
    • Season 5 Episode 2 "Stage to San Dimas" (1955) – writer: "Mellow Mountain Moon" (uncredited)
    • Season 5 Episode 8 "Go West, Young Lady" (1955) – writer: "When the Bloom Is on the Sage" (uncredited)
  • The Muppet Show (1979)
    • Season 4 Episode 9 "Beverly Sills" – writer: "When the Bloom Is on the Sage"

Acting

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All performances credited as "Howard Wright" unless otherwise indicated.

  • Don Lee Television Workshop (1949)
    • "Shoes and Souls" – Unknown role (as Fred Howard)
  • Racket Squad
    • "The Case of the Not-So-Old Masters" (1951) – Unknown role (as Fred Howard)
  • The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
    • "Wagon Wheel Trail" (1953) – Sam Varney
  • I Led Three Lives (1954)
    • Season 1 Episode 38 "Unexpected Trip" – Wyman
  • Stories of the Century
    • Season 1 Episode 25 "Ben Thompson" (1954) – Murdered passenger
    • Season 2 Episode 1 "Burt Alvord" (1955) – Sheriff Alvord
  • Death Valley Days
    • Season 3 Episode 3 "Halfway Girl" (1954) – Joe McLean
    • Season 7 Episode 12 "Old Gabe" (1958) – J. Groves
    • Season 7 Episode 22 "Price of a Passport" (1959) – Sylvester Pattie
    • Season 11 Episode 12 "The Private Mint of Clark, Gruber and Co." (1962) – Judge
    • Season 14 Episode 24 "The Four Dollar Suit" (1966) – Judge
    • Season 14 Episode 26 "Lady of the Plains" (1966) – Henry Otis
  • Celebrity Playhouse (1956)
    • Season 1 Episode 31 "No Escape" – Mr. Karnes
  • Ford Television Theatre (1956)
    • Season 4 Episode 34 "Sheila" – Mr. Kerrigan
  • Annie Oakley (1956)
    • "The Robin Hood Kid" – Martin Owen
  • The Joseph Cotten Show – On Trial (1956)
    • Season 1 Episode 3 "The Nevada Nightingale" – Al Wilson
  • The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)
    • Season 1 Episode 10 "The Counterfeiters of Dr. Fu Manchu" – Walter Stafford
  • Hey, Jeannie! (1957)
    • Season 1 Episode 19 "The Business Girl" – Lt. Gen. Jordan
    • Season 1 Episode 22 "Jeannie the WAC" – Lynch
  • The Web (1957)
    • Season 1 Episode 4 "Hurricane Coming" – Mr. Karnes[b]
  • The Twilight Zone
  • Bonanza
    • Season 3 Episode 5 – "The Burma Rarity" (1961) – Insurance man
    • Season 3 Episode 20 – "The Auld Sod" (1962) – Howie
    • Season 4 Episode 21 – "The Hayburner" (1964) – Sam Finney
    • Season 6 Episode 21 – "The Search" (1965) – Abe Jenkins
    • Season 7 Episode 8 – "The Meredith Smith" (1965) – Cal
    • Season 8 Episode 11 – "The Oath" (1966) – Sam

Notes

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  1. ^ While it is certainly Wright's relative obscurity, rather than any lack of candor on his part, that ensured the ongoing mystery regarding what prompted this decision, it is perhaps relevant to note that, beginning in the spring of 1951, there was a considerable amount of nationwide publicity regarding an altogether different—and reportedly 'Oscar'-winning—Fred Howard, that being the prize-winning rose, itself named after the famous, like-named rose breeder who had first brought it into existence.[28][29][30]
  2. ^ "Hurricane Coming" appears to be simply an unacknowledged and retitled rebroadcast of the previous year's "No Escape," the 31st episode of Celebrity Playhouse, which, according to TV historian Vincent Terrace, was itself a series composed entirely of repeats of Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars episodes.[49]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stock Chatter". The Billboard. April 7, 1923. p. 27. ProQuest 1438296276. The Superba Theater, San Diego, Cali., changed its policy on March 18 from a straight movie to half time pictures and a company of eight, to be known as the Superba Players, who will present tabloid versions of late stage successes. The initial performance was 'Thru the Garden Wall'. The plays are to be produced by Fritz Lew Fields with the following cast: Fred Howard, Will H. Locke, John DeWeese, Vernon Bushway, Mary Fladeland, Myrle Burch, and Madge Taylor
  2. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (2013). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-7864-6372-5.
  3. ^ a b Shelton, Robert; Goldblatt, Burt (1966). The Country Music Story: A Picture History of Country and Western Music. Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books. LCCN 65--25655. pp. 194-195. "A song writer and lyricist team that moved back and forth from Tin Pan Alley to Tin Pan Valley were Nat Vincent and Fred Howard, old-timers who call themselves the Happy Chappies. The pair have worked together since 1926. [...] After working on radio in Des Moines, the two split up for a time. Howard was a member of the cast of the “Ma Perkins” radio soap-opera for a dozen years. and Vincent was a divisional manager in California for Ralph Peer’s Southern Music, later directing the company's activities in Nashville. Howard, under the stage name Howard Wright, subsequently appeared in films and on TV."
  4. ^ a b Johnson, David E. (2001). From Day to Day : A Calendar of Notable Birthdays and Events. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press. p. 274. ISBN 081083944X "September 30 – Birthdays [...]1892 – George Bancroft, American stage and motion-picture actor; 1896 – Fred Howard Wright, American composer, author, and singer, noted for songs such as “The Strawberry Roan” and “My Pretty Quadroon”; 1905 – Michael Powell, English motion-picture director and screenwriter with a 50-year career".
  5. ^ a b c d e f Grunwald, Edgar A., ed. (1940). Variety Radio Directory. New York: Variety, Inc. p. 964. LCCN 37-19432. "Howard, Fred (Fred Howard Wright). Actor, singer. Born San Diego, Calif. Sept. 30, 1896: Ht. 5 ft. 10 in.; w. 135; brown hair and eyes; e. University of California; m. Theo Howard; two daughters, Jo Anne, 19, actress, and Patsy-Zo, 3. First commercial radio appearance in 1929 via KRFC, San Francisco. Previously actor in dramatic and musical stock, producer of musical comedies. Songwriter (When the Bloom Is on the Sage, My Pretty Quadroon, It's Time to Say Aloha, Rock Me to Sleep in My Rocky Mountain Home, and others); writer of column, Grandpa Reads the News in Des Moines Register and Tribune. Second Lt., First U.S. Cavalry."
  6. ^ "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVLT-ZS6 : Thu Mar 07 06:29:39 UTC 2024), Entry for William S Wright and Lucy W Wright, 1910.
  7. ^ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WQVS-5GW2 : Sat Apr 26 02:12:17 UTC 2025), Entry for Frederick Howard Wright, 30 Aug 1920.
  8. ^ "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M95Q-JV6 : Fri Jan 17 23:29:39 UTC 2025), Entry for William Wright and Lousie W Wright, 1900.
  9. ^ "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVLT-ZS6 : Thu Mar 07 06:29:39 UTC 2024), Entry for William S Wright and Lucy W Wright, 1910.
  10. ^ "Dial Lines". The Des Moines Register. August 29, 1936. p. 4. "When Fred Howard was 9 years old he made his first bow before the public. He sold the most tickets for a high school operetta and as a reward was honored by being allowed to present the frieze which the money from the operetta purchased. Fred, who is now one of the Happy Chappies, also sang on the show. Chappies now sing at 7:45 a. m. over KRNT."
  11. ^ "Baker Actor Tried to Catch Villa". The Oregon Daily Journal. April 19, 1925. Sec. 5, p. 4.
  12. ^ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WQVS-5GW2 : Sat Apr 26 02:12:17 UTC 2025), Entry for Frederick Howard Wright, 30 Aug 1920.
  13. ^ "Fred Howard Talented; Entertainer in Musical Comedy Never Fails to Amuse". The Oregonian. November 5, 1924. p. 15. "Howard is cast as a Parisian count direct from the Champ d'Elysees. Frivolous, gay and earnest as is the amazing heritage of the French, he enacts the temperamental role with rare discrimination. He froths, bubbles, and boils over in glee and amorous situations and romps away with a lion's share of the laughs with which Al Franks, director, has crammed the revue. Howard sings, too. As a member of the Harmony Three and the center man at that, he holds down the pivot point with sure-fire certainty."
  14. ^ H., R. G. (December 29, 1924). "Fred Howard Shines as Play Writer in Offering at Baker". The Oregon Daily Journal. p. 17.
  15. ^ "Fred Howard Puts Pep in Baker Revues". The Oregon Daily Journal. February 8, 1925. Sec. 5, p. 2. "FRED HOWARD, director at the Baker theatre, who is winning many admirers by the way he is handling famous musical comedies."
  16. ^ "Season Ends Tonight: Final Performance Sees Close of 38 Weeks of Revues". The Oregonian. May 22, 1925. p. 8. "The efforts of the company have been most favorably received by the Portland show-going public. Proof of this is seen in the unusual length of season, of which the present is the 38th week. Thirty-seven revues have been offered. The only repetition is the farewell show tonight. Individually and collectively the company, under Fred Howard's direction for the last 27 weeks, has attained standards seldom approached in the city before."
  17. ^ Banks, Charles Eugene (March 3, 1927). "Melody Players Coming to the States Theater". The Honolulu Advertiser. p. 4. "The men are Ben Dix, Richard Reid, Fred Howard, Walter Bunker, Jr., Walter Smith, and manager Eddie Mitchel."
  18. ^ Baer, Leone Cass (December 21, 1924). "The Stage: Harmony Three at The Baker". The Sunday Oregonian. Sec. 4, p. 4.
  19. ^ "State: Starts Today". The Times Standard. July 13, 1928. p. 2.
  20. ^ a b "Ex-Service Men to Have Hi-Jinks". The San Francisco Examiner. February 18, 1929. p. 9. "Former navy officers and sailors from all over San Francisco and the bay region will gather in Native Sons' hall here tonight for stag high jinks. The affair is being held as an Inaugural event for the membership drive for the C. C. Thomas Navy Post of the American Legion. [...] [E]ntertainers include dancers and singers from the Mandarin Cabaret and Nate Vincent and Fred Howard, the Happy Chappies of Radio KFRC."
  21. ^ Doyle, J. E. (February 24, 1930). "Pinza Talkie Stars on Radio; Around the Dial". The Oakland Post Enquirer. p. 8. "Harry Morton has signed with KFOX of Long Beach and his former partner of the Happy Chappies, Nat Vincent, is writing songs in Hollywood with Fred Howard."
  22. ^ Nicholson, Frank (December 1, 1935). "Duplication Is Song Writer's Headache". The Des Moines Register. Sec. 10, p. 4. "It is difficult for one to appreciate the complications of the song-smith trade until he delves into its intricacies with two veteran song writers such as Nat Vincent and Fred Howard, who have written and published 486 popular songs that range from "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" to "Strawberry Roan," and who are now staff artists on radio. Nat Vincent and Fred Howard, song writers, will be interviewed over KRNT at 9:40 this morning by the author of this article, and will demonstrate with music many of the song similarities mentioned in this story."
  23. ^ "New Acts: Happy Chappies (2)". Variety. January 14, 1931. p. 39. ProQuest 1529351618. This act was booked by the Palace straight picture house, because of its popularity hereabouts through nightly broadcasts over station KMPC. the boys, Fred Howard and Nat Vincent, are the only stage entertainment going with second-run film bill. They make no attempt to be other than radio singers. Act is more or less a personal appearance and well received.
  24. ^ "Airglances: Stars Tell How They Keep Cool". The Des Moines Register. July 3, 1937. p. 10. "Happy Chappies .... are singing a 'Stump Me' program over KSO at 9:15 P.M. [...] Fred Howard claims he curls up in his sponsor's product and sleeps."
  25. ^ Terrace, Vincent (). Radio's Golden Years : The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs, 1930-1960. New York: A. S. Barnes & Company. p. 167. ISBN 0-498-02393-1.
  26. ^ "News of Radio Writers". Writer's Digest. December 1949. p. 64. "Also on ABC’s video network, “Perchance To Dream,” an original short story by Michael Joyce, was adapted for the Boris Karloff show by David Shaw. The script for ABC’s new feature, The Ruggles, starring actor Charles Ruggles, is by Fred Howard." See also:
    • "Situation Comedy". Ross Reports on Television Programming. June 18, 1950. p. 10. "THE RUGGLES - from WJZ-TV to 6 sta E&MW Nets & 5 kine; 10-10 :30pm Sundays; on film; kine at KECA-TV Hollywood.; comedy series of family life with Charles Ruggles, Irene Tedrow, Tommy Bernard, Judy Nugent, Jimmy Hawkins & Margaret Kerry; SUSTAINING; PRODUCER - Robert Raisbeck; DIRECTOR - George Cahan; WRITER - Fred Howard".
    • Free the Kinescopes! (December 23, 2019). "The Ruggles: The Punishment (Oct. 4, 1951, ABC)". YouTube.
    • Free the Kinescopes! (December 23, 2019). "The Ruggles: Perfect Strangers (4-10-52, ABC)". YouTube.
  27. ^ "Howard Wright to Act". The Hollywood Reporter. January 5, 1954. p. 6. ProQuest 2338248595. Howard Wright, writer on the Charlie Ruggles TV show, has been set for a part in Panoramic's 'The Raid.'
  28. ^ "Three New Roses Receive All-American Award; Horticultural 'Oscars' for Beauty and Hardiness". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. May 27, 1951. pt. 4, p. 15. "WINNERS ... The flower world's most coveted prize, the All-America Rose award, has been captured by three floribunda of brilliant magnificent newcomers which will reign as the queens a hybrid tea of rich of rosedom in 1952. Pictured above, they are the Helen Traubel, a sparkling apricot pink hybrid tea; Vogue, a floribunda of brilliant cherry-coal, and Fred Howard, a hybrid tea of rich yellow pencilled with soft pink."
  29. ^ Langley, Rolly (June 11, 1951). "GARDEN: Fred Howard Slated for Top Rose Award". Redwood City Tribune. p. 9. "The Fred Howard is named after its originator, the late partner of Howard and Smith, of Montebello, Calif. Considered one of the great rose breeders of all time, Mr. Howard was not enthusiastic over this yellow rose which is taking top honors for 1952. This was not due to any weakness in the rose [...] He simply did not care for the yellow color in any flower."
  30. ^ Halliday, Dean, CPA (March 10, 1952). "Today's Garden Graph; Two New Hybrid Roses: Rose Fred Howard; Bud of Rose Helen Traubel". p. 3. "The Fred Howard rose is one of the last creations of the famous rosarian whose name it bears. It is rated one of the great yellow roses."
  31. ^ "TV Film Casting". The Hollywood Reporter. May 19, 1953. p. 9. ProQuest 2338277983. Sandy Sanders, Morgan Jones, Robert Carson and Howard Wright into 'Wild Bill Hickok' for Broidy Productions.
  32. ^ Zicree, Marc Scott (1982). The Twilight Zone Companion. Toronto: Bantam Books. pp. 237, 421. ISBN 0553014161.
  33. ^ Leiby, Bruce; Leiby, Linda (2001). A Reference Guide to Television's Bonanza: Episodes, Personnel and Broadcast History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 53, 59, 71, 95, 103, 116. ISBN 978-0-7864-2268-5.
  34. ^ "Talent Showsheet: Wednesday September 19". Ross Reports on Television. June 16, 1956. p. B. "'Halfway Girl: with Barbara Bestar, Steven Clark, Bill Kennedy, Howard Wright, Hank Patterson, Hal Smith, Harry Harvey, Glen Kilburn'"
  35. ^ "John Lupton for 'Valley'". The Hollywood Reporter. July 20, 1962. p. 9. ProQuest 2339778100. John Lupton has been set [...] for the lead in the 'Private Mint of Clark, Gruber & Co.' episode of 'Death Valley Days.' Others cast are Jerry Paris, Sue Randall, Alvy Moore, Mal Throne, Bernard Kates, Chet Stratton, Charles Fredericks, E. J. Andre, Howard Wright.
  36. ^ "TV Casting". The Hollywood Reporter. September 5, 1962. p. 8. ProQuest 2339661206. Harry Lauter, 'Death Valley Days,' 'Cheyenne,' 'Empire'; Howard Wright, 'Death Valley Days,' 'Saints and Sinners'; Nestor Paiva, 'Dennis the Menace'
  37. ^ Brog (April 18, 1956). "Film Reviews: Stranger at My Door". Variety. p. 6. ProQuest 962933338. The above mentioned players earn plaudits for characters compellingly performed and right along with them are Louis Jean Heydt, as the sheriff, Howard Wright, a doctor, Slim Pickens, horse trader and millwright, and Malcolm Atterbury, a circuit rider.
  38. ^ "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6HYL-86W2 : Sat Mar 09 08:44:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Jo Ann Henley Wright and F H Wright, 1 Oct 1920.
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  40. ^ "Director at Baker Theatre to Marry Member of Cast: Sylvia Varden, danseuse, and Fred Howard, director at the Baker Theatre, who were married today". The Oregon Daily Journal. January 28, 1935. p. 21. "A marriage license was issued early this morning to Fred Howard Wright, better known as Fred Howard, and Sylvia J. Worley, popularly known as Sylvia Varden. Wright is director and a member of the Harmony Three at the Baker theatre, and Miss Worley a featured dancer. Wright gave his age as 28; his bride as 25. Wright came to Portland at the first of the season from San Diego, Cal., where he was formerly a member of the Fritz Field Players. He has been directing the for several months, in addition to being author of some of the plays. [...] Arden and Mr. Howard were married at 9:30 by Judge Lewis P. Hewitt of the circuit court."
  41. ^ "Hawaii, Honolulu, Passenger Lists, 1900-1954", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR9-LLZS : Fri Apr 04 22:50:12 UTC 2025), Entry for Fred Wright, 1927.
  42. ^ "Intention to Marry". The Los Angeles Times. October 7, 1930. p. 20. "WILSON Ray W. Wilson, 21; Dorothy E. Geel, 19. WOOD COVER. William H. Wood, 25; Elizabeth H. Cover, 20. WRIGHT PAPPADAKIS. Frederick H. Wright, 34: Theo A. Pappadakis, 24."
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  44. ^ "Obituaries". Variety. March 13, 1963. p. 79. ProQuest 962747250. Wife, 56, of actor Howard Wright (Fred Howard) died March 4 in Glendale, Cal. Two daughters also survive.
  45. ^ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1953", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL9S-FZBD : Tue Jan 14 08:19:22 UTC 2025), Entry for Patsy Zo Wright and Fred Howard Wright, 29 Nov 1937.
  46. ^ "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6NY-QL9 : Tue Feb 25 02:41:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Helen L Daves and Frederic H Wright, 1969.
  47. ^ "California, Death Index, 1940-1997", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG1B-ZRM : Tue Feb 25 17:17:06 UTC 2025), Entry for Helen Y Wright and Young, 14 Dec 1985.
  48. ^ The Film Depot (April 7, 2025). "Crime Movie: The Chase (1966) English Full Movie | Watch Boldly!". YouTube. "Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please. It is my pleasure to acknowledge the gift to Rogers College from Mr. Theodore Crain, for $500,000 to endow a dormitory for women."
  49. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed., Volume 3. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 173. ISBN 9780786464777.
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