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Father Time is the make-up man responsible for the physical changes that determine the parts the average actor is to play.

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Fred Allen
Age: 61 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 31
Died: 1956
Died: March 17
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
John Florence Sullivan
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