{{Short description|Irish actor (1943–2017)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Scott Fredericks | image = File:Scott_Fredericks.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Scott Fredericks as Maximillian Stael in "Image of the Fendahl" (1977) | birth_name = Frederick Wehrly | birth_date = 15 March 1943 | birth_place = [[Strandhill]], [[County Sligo]], [[Ireland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|11|06|1943|3|15}} | death_place = [[Sligo University Hospital]], The Mall, Rathquarter, Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland | occupation = Actor | children = 2 }}
'''Scott Fredericks''' (born '''Frederick Wehrly'''; 15 March 1943<ref name="irishequity">{{cite web |title=Scott Fredericks |url=https://irishequity.ie/scott-fredericks/ |website=irishequity.ie |publisher=Irish Equity |access-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112011343/https://irishequity.ie/scott-fredericks/ |archive-date=12 November 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> – 6 November 2017<ref name="obituary">Obituary: {{cite web |title=SCOTT, Fredericks: Death |url=https://notices.irishtimes.com/death/scott-fredericks/51544056 |website=irishtimes.com |publisher=Irish Times |access-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214103028/https://notices.irishtimes.com/death/scott-fredericks/51544056 |archive-date=14 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/obituary-scott-fredericks/ |title=Obituary: Irish actor and broadcaster Scott Fredericks |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=14 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214124950/https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2017/obituary-scott-fredericks/ |url-status=live }}</ref>) was an Irish actor best known for his roles on British television.
==Early life== Fredericks was born in [[Strandhill]], [[County Sligo]] to Edward Wehrly (d. 2001), a jewellery businessman ([https://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Company/Wehrly-Bros-Limited-54388 Wehrly Bros Limited]) of German descent, and Ann (née Shaw).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://notices.irishtimes.com/death/wehrly-ann/17805860|title=WEHRLY, Ann : Death notice - Irish Times Family Notices|website=notices.irishtimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/wellknown-sligo-businessman-dies-27548889.html|title=Well-known Sligo businessman dies |website=Independent.ie|date=16 March 2001 |accessdate=14 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="sligochampion">{{cite news |title=He danced to his own tune |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/he-danced-to-his-own-tune-36314538.html |access-date=14 December 2022 |work=[[The Sligo Champion]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126143136/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/he-danced-to-his-own-tune-36314538.html |archive-date=26 November 2017 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>
He left Sligo when he won a scholarship to train at [[RADA]] in London, and later adopted the name Scott Fredericks.<ref name="irishequity"/>
==Career== Scott Fredericks began his acting career with stage roles at the [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]] Repertory. He later worked with director [[Peter Brook]] and appeared in [[West End theatre]] productions of ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' (as [[Mark Antony]]) and in ''[[Becket]]'' (as [[Henry II of England]]).<ref name="irishequity"/>
After appearing in the television soap opera [[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]], Scott Fredericks went on to appear in a number of British television programmes in the 1960s, 70s and 1980s, including ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Sutherland's Law]]'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Blake's 7]]'' (episode "Weapon"<ref name="Muir">{{cite book |last1=Muir |first1=John Kenneth |title=A History and Critical Analysis of Blake's 7, the 1978-1981 British Television Space Adventure |date=15 September 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0493-0 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GoWNAwAAQBAJ&dq=Scott+Fredericks+actor&pg=PA82 |access-date=14 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref>), and ''[[Triangle (1981 TV series)|Triangle]]''. He made two appearances in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'', in the serials ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' (as Boaz) and ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'' (as Max Stael).<ref name="irishequity"/><ref name="Lentz">{{cite book |last1=Lentz III |first1=Harris M. |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017 |date=3 May 2018 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3318-3 |page=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMpZDwAAQBAJ&dq=Scott+Fredericks+actor&pg=PT145 |access-date=14 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref> He also appeared in a 1981 episode of the ITV television police drama, ''[[Cribb]]'' ("The Hand That Rocks the Cradle") playing [[Prince Henry of Battenberg]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Telotte |first1=Leigh Ehlers |title=Victoria, Queen of the Screen: From Silent Cinema to New Media |date=30 June 2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-7904-4 |page=113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3ntDwAAQBAJ&dq=Scott+Fredericks+actor&pg=PA230 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="sligochampion"/>
Fredericks also appeared in such feature films as ''[[Dad's Army (1971 film)|Dad's Army]]'' (1971), ''[[See No Evil (1971 film)|See No Evil]]'' (1971) and ''[[Cal (1984 film)|Cal]]'' (1984). Whilst working in cinema productions, he once played a game of [[billiards]] with [[Fred Astaire]].<ref name="sligochampion"/> More recently, he appeared as a regular character in the Irish [[soap opera|soap]] ''[[Fair City]]'', as well as spending his time as a radio producer and director in his native Ireland.<ref name="irishequity" />
Fredericks's stage career included leading roles in the [[Gate Theatre]], Dublin, a long run of ''Peg o’ My Heart'' by [[J. Hartley Manners]], and in stage adaptations of ''[[Cal (novel)|Cal]]'' and ''[[Caught in a Free State]]'' with the newly created [[Irish Theatre Company]]. For his solo stage show ''Yeats Remembers'' Fredericks was awarded the J.J. Finnegan Evening Herald Award in 1980.<ref name="irishequity" />
===Filmography=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1970|| ''[[The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer]]'' || TV Crewman on TV || Uncredited |- |1971|| ''[[Dad's Army (1971 film)|Dad's Army]]'' || Nazi Photographer || |- |1971|| ''[[See No Evil (1971 film)|See No Evil]]'' || Steve's Man || |- |1974|| ''[[From Beyond the Grave]]'' || Man at Seance || (segment 1 "The Gate Crasher"), Uncredited |- |1976|| ''The Deadly Females'' || Mark || |- |1984|| ''[[Cal (1984 film)|Cal]]'' || Soldier at Farm || |}
==Death== Fredericks suffered from smoking-related illnesses and toward the end of his life had undergone a [[lung lobectomy]] and suffered from an [[aneurysm]].<ref name="sligochampion"/> Fredericks died in 2017 at [[Sligo University Hospital]] in Ireland. His funeral was held at [[Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo]] and he was buried in [[Sligo Cemetery]]. Fredericks was survived by his two sons.<ref name="obituary"/>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0292868|name=Scott Fredericks}} *{{TardisDataCore}}
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