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About Fred Ridgeway
- Frederick Gerrard Ridgeway (16 October 1953 – 12 November 2012) was an Irish-born stage and television actor.
- He began his professional life pursuing a career as a money broker, but at the age of 42, he decided to take up professional acting.
- He performed in a variety of stage productions across the UK, including several Richard Bean plays and a number of Royal Shakespeare Company productions.
- His final role was as Charlie Clench in One Man, Two Guvnors, which toured the UK as well as appearing in Broadway theatre.
- Prior to its Broadway run, Ridgeway was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, from which he died in November 2012.
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