Fred Ott

Fred Ott in mid-sneeze

Frederick P. Ott (1860, New Jersey – 24 October, 1936, West Orange, New Jersey) was an employee of Thomas Edison's laboratory in the 1890s. His likeness appears in two of the earliest surviving motion pictures – Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (a.k.a. Fred Ott's Sneeze) and Fred Ott Holding a Bird – both from 1894.

In the former film, Ott takes a pinch of snuff, which causes him to sneeze.

Filmography

• Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)
• Fred Ott Holding a Bird (1894)

See also

• Fred Ott's Sneeze
• William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, 1860-1935, production.
• History of cinema
• Kinetoscope
• 1894 in film

External links

• Fred Ott at IMDb
• Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze, January 7, 1894, Library of Congress
• Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze at IMDb
• Fred Ott Holding a Bird at IMDb
• Ott - A Modern Day Remake of Fred Ott's Sneeze at Ironic Sans