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Birthday
January 5, 1906
Day of Death
1962-02-13
(56 years old)
Place of Birth
North Carolina, USA
Also Known As
'Snowflake'
Snowflake
Snow Flake
Fred S. Toones
Fred Toones
'Snowflake' Toones
Snowflake Toones
Fred "Snowflake" Toones was a character actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1928 and 1951. He often worked under contract for Republic Pictures, appearing in about 40 of its films.
He played a bootblack or shoeshine man in at least six of his movies, and Toones actually ran the shoeshine stand at Republic Studios. He first appeared as a porter in 1932 in The Hurricane Express and was usually typecast as a porter - appearing in over 50 films in such a role. He also played a variety of other service-oriented or domestic worker roles such as stable grooms, janitors, elevator operators, valets, cooks, bellhops, doormen, butlers, and bartenders.
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
A Missouri Outlaw
as Snowflake (as Snowflake)
The Great Man's Lady
as Pogey
Death Valley Outlaws
as Snowflake (as Snowflake)
The Apache Kid
as Snowflake (as Snowflake)
Two Gun Sheriff
as Snowflake (as Snowflake)
Repent at Leisure
as Rufe
Sleepers West
as Waiter (uncredited)
Back in the Saddle
as Train Porter (uncredited)
Golden Hoofs
as Snowflake
1940
Texas Terrors
as Snowflake (as Snowflake)
Christmas in July
as Sam (uncredited)
Frontier Vengeance
as Snowflake (as Snowflake)
I Want a Divorce
as Porter
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
as Train Porter
The Tulsa Kid
as Snowflake - the Cook (as Snowflake)
Carolina Moon
as Sam (uncredited)
One Man's Law
as Snowflake (as Snowflake)
The Biscuit Eater
as Sermon
Gaucho Serenade
as New York City Pier Worker
Pardon My Berth Marks
as Train Porter
Seventeen
as Genesis
Remember the Night
as Rufus
1939
1938
1937
She Loved a Fireman
as Joe
Wild Horse Rodeo
as Snowflake
The Duke Comes Back
as Snowflake
Youth on Parole
as Redcap (uncredited)
Range Defenders
as Cook
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
as Sam
A Day at Santa Anita
as Cloudy (uncredited)
Gunsmoke Ranch
as Snowflake (unconfirmed)
A Star Is Born
as Witness (uncredited)
Way Out West
as Janitor
Fair Warning
as Porter
Off to the Races
as Ebbie
Smart Blonde
as Redcap Getting Tip (uncredited)
1936
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Snowflake (uncredited)
Aces Wild
as Snowflake
College Holiday
as Porter (uncredited)
Racing Blood
as Sad Sam
Come and Get It
as Snowflake (uncredited)
Born to Fight
as Snowflake
Frontier Justice
as Snowflake
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Horatius (uncredited)
The Green Pastures
as Zubo (uncredited)
Palm Springs
as Porter
The Lonely Trail
as Snowflake
Romance in the Air
as Janitor
The Peppery Salt
as Black Henchman
Florida Special
as Waiter (uncredited)
Desert Justice
as Snowflake - Bank Janitor
Big Brown Eyes
as Chalky (Uncredited)
Wildcat Saunders
as Snowflake - the Handyman (as Snowflake)
Hair-Trigger Casey
as Snowflake
The Lawless Nineties
as Moses
Black Gold
as Snowflake
Freshman Love
as Mose (uncredited)
1935
Riddle Ranch
as Snowflake
Valley of Wanted Men
as Snowflake
Hands Across the Table
as Snowflake (uncredited)
Alibi Ike
as Night Porter
$10 Raise
as Bootblack (uncredited)
Social Error
as Shadow
Love, Honor and Obey (the Law!)
as Phone operator (uncredited)
Stolen Harmony
as Henry (uncredited)
Go Into Your Dance
as Snowflake
A Night at the Ritz
as Porter (uncredited)
Mississippi
as Leadsman (uncredited)
Speed Limited
as Vegas Station Pullman Porter
1934
The Gay Bride
as 1st bootblack (uncredited)
You Bring the Ducks
as Snowflake
Imitation of Life
as Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Lady by Choice
as Mose (uncredited)
Death on the Diamond
as Porter (uncredited)
Something Simple
as Taxi Driver
Here Comes the Navy
as Cookie (uncredited)
Murder in the Private Car
as Titus
Here Comes the Groom
as Porter
Half a Sinner
as Snowflake
Twentieth Century
as George Washington Jones (uncredited)
Woman Haters
as Baggage Handler (uncredited)
Riptide
as Slick
Palooka
as Smokey (as Snowflake)
Sleepers East
as Porter (uncredited)
1933
King for a Night
as Masseur
Before Midnight
as 1st Taxi Driver
Only Yesterday
as Wall Street Bootblack (Uncredited)
Meet the Baron
as Stable Groom (uncredited)
Saturday's Millions
as Porter
Goodbye Again
as Train Porter (uncredited)
Deluge
as Townsman
The Mayor of Hell
as Mr. Hemingway (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Man in "Pettin' in the Park" Number (uncredited)
Central Airport
as Hotel Porter
The Mind Reader
as Black Man - Shill at Hair Tonic (uncredited)
Fast Workers
as Mike (Uncredited)
1932
Robbers' Roost
as Snowflake
A Strange Adventure
as Jeff
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Marine on Ship (uncredited)
The Cabin in the Cotton
as Ezzy Daniels (uncredited)
Out of Singapore
as Snowball, the Ship's Cook
American Madness
as Sam (uncredited)
The Hurricane Express
as Sam (uncredited)
The Arm of the Law
as Jackson
The County Fair
as Curfew
Single-Handed Sanders
as Snowflake
1931
1928
