Pip Freedman
Pip Freedman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Philip Maurice Freedman July 14, 1925 |
| Died | May 19, 2003 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian and Actor |
| Years active | 1950s-2002 |
| Known for | The Pip Freedman Show on Springbok Radio |
Pip Freedman (14 July 1925 – 19 May 2003) was a South African born radio comedian and film actor and was best known for his performances on SABC's Springbok Radio on the show, The Pip Freedman Show. His career, starting in the 1950s, spanned six decades until 2002.
Background
Career
He started his career at the Starlight Theatre at Sea Point, Cape Town. He would join the SABC in 1950's.[1] He was brought in by Cecile Whiteman and replaced Gabriel Bauman on the show, Snoektown Calling.[2] He would perform on the radio show Next Stop Makouvlei from 1969 until 1972, a live show produced by Pieter van der Bijl and which was turned into a movie of the same name. His own radio show was The Pip Freedman Show, broadcast on Springbok Radio from January 1968 until 1985 when the radio station closed for the last time. In the show he would take-off the mannerism, humour, and voices of the different ethnic races of the Western Cape without resorting to being coarse or disrespectful.[2]
Filmography
Films[3]
- The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
- Die Spook van Donkergat (1973)
- Next Stop Makouvlei (1972)
- Banana beach (1970)
References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedIOL01 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Pip cracks jokes - right to the end". IOL. 21 May 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ↑ "Pip Freedman". IMDb. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
External links
- Pip Freedman at IMDb