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| Freddy Jolly | |
| Continuity: | Universal Monsters |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Type: | Grave robber |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Llanwelly Village, Wales |
| Status: | Dead |
| Born: | 1887 [1] |
| Died: | 1943 |
| First: | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man |
| Actor: | Cyril Delevanti |
Frederick "Freddy" Jolly is a fictional grave robber and a minor character featured in the "Universal Monsters" film series produced by Universal Pictures. Played by actor Cyril Delevanti, he appeared in the 1943 film Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.
Biography[]
Freddy Jolly was an elderly grave robber who lived in Llanwelly Village in Wales in the 1940s. Along with a younger cohort, he broke into the Talbot Family Crypt in search of valuables. After scanning some of the memorial plaques, they settled upon opening the casket of Larry Talbot. Upon lifting the cover, they found Talbot's corpse covered in wolfsbane. Freddy recalled an eerie poem relating to this particular plant:
Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms and the Autumn moon is bright.
Perhaps if Freddy had been a bit more attentive, he would have noticed the light of the full moon pouring in through a small window. The moonlight resurrected Larry Talbot, who was a werewolf and he took hold of Freddy's arm. Jolly's colleague ran out of the crypt to escape the terror, but poor Freddy Jolly was never seen again.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Freddy Jolly was created by director Roy William Neill and screenwriter Curt Siodmak.
See also[]
External Links[]
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man at AMG
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man at IMDB
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man at Wikipedia
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man at Themoviedb.org
References[]
- ↑ Date approximated based upon the age of actor Cyril Delevanti.