Fred Ball
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Fred Ball in 1956
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| Born |
Frederick Henry Ball July 17, 1915 Jamestown, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 5, 2007 (aged 91) Cottonwood, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, Movie studio executive, and Talent manager |
| Years active | 1978–2000 |
| Spouse(s) | Zo Ball |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives |
Lucille Ball (sister) Lucie Arnaz (niece) Desi Arnaz, Jr. (nephew) |
Frederick Henry Ball (July 17, 1915 – February 5, 2007) was an American movie studio executive, actor, and brother of comedian Lucille Ball.
Fred Ball was born on July 17, 1915, to Henry Durrell Ball (September 25, 1887 – February 28, 1915) and Désirée "Dede" Evelyn Hunt (September 21, 1892 – July 20, 1977) in Jamestown, New York, U.S.A. He was named after his grandfather. He grew up in a Baptist family; his father was of Scottish descent and related to the first President of the United States, George Washington (whose mother was Mary Ball). His mother was of French, Irish and English descent. His genealogy can be traced back to the earliest settlers in the colonies, including Edmund Rice, a founder of Sudbury, Massachusetts. Another direct ancestor, William Sprague, left England on the ship Lyon's Whelp for Plymouth/Salem, Massachusetts. He helped found the city of Charlestown, Massachusetts.
His father was a telephone lineman for the Bell Telephone Company, and his mother was a concert pianist. His father contracted typhoid fever while DeDe Ball was pregnant with Fred, and died in February 1915. When Fred was a few years old, his mother met a Swedish Lutheran salesman named Edward (Ed) Peterson, and married him in 1918.
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