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name: "Frederick Vroom"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frederick-vroom"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 November 1857"
died: "24 June 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:13:57.482932+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Frederick Vroom

Actor. Born 11 November 1857 in Clementsport, Nova Scotia, Canada. Died 24 June 1942.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 November 1857, Clementsport, Nova Scotia, Canada
- **Died:** 24 June 1942
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5498931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089162/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14421

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The General*](https://film.one/film/the-general.md) (91)

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## Biography

Frederick Vroom (11 November 1857 – 24 June 1942) was a Canadian actor of the silent film era. He was born in Clementsport, Nova Scotia, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack.

Vroom appeared in more than 70 films between 1912 and 1939, mostly in supporting roles and bit parts. He played featured roles in Buster Keaton's *The Navigator* (1924) as John O'Brien and *The General* (1926) as A Southern General. He also appeared in *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* (1939) as Paine's Friend (uncredited).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The General* (1926), Fi1m 91, as A Southern General — [page](https://film.one/film/the-general.md)

## Also known for

- *The Navigator* (1924), John O'Brien

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