Talk:Freddie Prinze Jr./Archive 1

Creepy Picture!!!

Ok, just where the heck did that picture come from? Is it me, or is the woman in the background just creepy as heck?

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"this fall on ABC"

Fall of which year?

Jiawen 20:00, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Jewish Faith

I have given this some serious thought. Freddie Prinze Sr. had a Jewish father and Catholic mother, however he was baptised in the Catholic church and therefore, practiced the Catholic religion. He married an Irish-American Catholic with whom he had Freddie Prinze Jr. Jr. was baptised in the Catholic faith which he practiced. In conclusion, Freddie Prinze Jr. is not Jewish and therefore he should not be in the Categories "Jewish-Americans" and "Jewish American Actors". This not meant to offend anyone, it is only a fact related to religious faith. Tony the Marine 19:41, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually Category:Jewish Americans specify that relates to ethnicity and not religion. Somebody temporarily added "faith" but it was originally intended to be about ethnicity. --Vizcarra 23:01, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually Prinze. Sr wasn't Catholic - he went to a Lutheran school as a kind of compromise. Jr. is more Catholic - however I think his mother is reported to be Italian, despite having an Irish name (Cochrane). Anyway, the "Ethnicity-American" categories usually include people who are at least 1/4 of whichever group. So obviously if he's under Hispanic Americans he belongs under Jewish Americans, too. Vulturell 23:07, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

O.K., then he should also go under the category of Puerto Rican actors since he embraces his Puerto Rican Culture. As quoted by Latina Magazine Even after the journalist repeated his question, Freddie Prinze, Jr. wasn’t sure he’d heard right. Did this guy just ask him how it felt to be playing a Puerto Rican on TV?

“I said, ‘Excuse me brother, but I am Puerto Rican,’ ” said Prinze, still amused by the thought of a thirtysomething entertainment journalist who had never heard of his famous father. “He’s (insisting), ‘No, you’re a white guy!’ So I go, ‘You know what, I’m going to hang up the phone and let you do some research,’ and I did". You don't have to be born in Puerto Rico to be considered Puerto Rican. The majority of the people born in the United States with Puerto Rican ancesters consider themselves and are considered by Puerto Rico as Puerto Ricans or Boricuas. Therefore, I think that it is only fair to add him to this category too. Tony the Marine 01:07, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

I really think we should create a Puerto Rican-Americans category, and put him, Frankie Muniz, etc. into it. After all, we're not automatically putting any Jewish people under "Israeli actors", right? Tell me what you think. Personally I think such a category would be useful - we do have Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, etc. Vulturell 03:31, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Making a Puerto Rican-American Category wouldn't make any sense since Puerto Rico became an American territory after it was invaded during the Spanish-American and Puerto Ricans had American citizenship imposed upon them by the Jones Act (They didn't have a say in the matter). Another thing is that due to the discrimination that they faced by a society that never considered them "Americans" (and still don't) they embrace being called Puerto Ricans. The thing is that Puerto Ricans, even though they are American citizens, have refused to give up thier language, culture and traditions and preffer to be called Puerto Ricans first (or Boricuas) and Americans second. That's why you have people like Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Freddie Prinze Jr. and others who identify themselves as Puerto Ricans. I believe that the category "Puerto Rican Actors" is just fine. I know that I would feel offended by being called a Puerto Rican-American. Tony the Marine 03:45, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

• The day that Puerto Rico gains its independence, then a category Puerto Rican American would be fine. However, not now because we the Puerto Ricans consider ourselves as one. Antonio Martin 05:09, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Ok, I was actually unfamiliar with current status of Puerto Ricco. So if you want it this way for now, fine. Vulturell 05:45, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

His ancestry

I think may be more complicated then it appears. The only concrete thing is that his paternal grandmother was Puerto Rican. A lot of web sites say that Freddie Prinze (Sr.'s) father was a Hungarian Jew - but this website [1] disputes that (scroll down to June 24, 2002), and claims that he was most likely an ethnic German gentile - not even Hungarian. Freddie Prinze, Jr. seems to confirm that in this interview - says, in a direct quote, that his father was "half German and half Puerto Rican" [2] - instead of the usual "Hungarian" or "Hungarian Jewish". As for his mother's ancestry, IMDB says "Italian", but they're not a first hand source. "Kathy Cochran" does seem to be her birth name (i.e. not a re-marriage surname) and it's obviously not Italian. I went through all of these interviews [3] and there was no mention of his mother's ancestry at all. Also - his mother's name - is reported to be "Cochran" in most of the articles, and "Cochrane" in a few others. So basically, does anyone have a definitive, primary source (what I mean is an interview with Prinze, Jr. or something like that) where he himself mentions

• His mother's name
• His mother's ancestry
• His paternal Jewish heritage - or lack thereof? (yes, he's married to Sarah Michelle Gellar, who is Jewish, but that doesn't mean anything)

A lot of these web sources may look reliable, but they basically copy-and-paste each other. That's why a primary source is so important. Also, the linked interview with the Hispanic magazine mentions his paternal grandfather being a Hungarian Jew, but I think the author just used an on-line source for the info (heck, I think he probably used Wikipedia), and it didn't come straight from Freddie.

JackO'Lantern 01:20, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Here's another piece in the puzzle:

• This [4] review of "Down to You" mentions that "Second, and much less visibly, unless you're paying attention, Prinze is, as you know from his personal history as Freddie Prinze Sr.'s son, a Latino actor (actually, as he reminds interviewers, his father was half Puerto Rican and half Hungarian, and his mother is English, Irish, and Native American)." This seems to indicate that the reviewer read an interview where Prinze mentioned that maternal ancestry. JackO'Lantern 07:53, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

His father has said he is of Gypsy ancestry

When and where? Please offer a source to verify such a claim. Michael 07:33, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=6432

Birth Name

Freddie Prinze's real name was Frederick Karl Pruetzel. Did he legally change his name to "Freddie James Prinze"? Because that would be the only way his son's birth name could be "Freddie James Prinze, Jr." MrBlondNYC 09:52, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Yup, according to his birth certificate at Ancestry.com he was born "Freddie J Prinze", so his father must have changed it. I found another piece in the puzzle above, also at Ancestry.com - the obituary from a New Mexico paper for Prinze's maternal uncle - Prinze, Jr.'s mother's brother. It lists the name of Prinze Jr's maternal grandmother as "Patty Malquist" - which seems to rule out them being Italian. Mad Jack 19:41, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

But does it say "Jr."? MrBlondNYC 04:13, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

No, it doesn't say Jr. I'm not sure if birth certificates ever say "Jr" or not. Mad Jack 01:28, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Birthday

Happy Birthday, to you. Happy Birthday, to you. Happy Birthday, dear Freddie. Happy Birthday, to you! Happy 33rd Birthday to Freddie Prinze Jr. Which him a have birthday, for the last 33 years.