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Who are they? Help recognizing any of these signatures

Hello all. I've recently seen a collection of signatures from an autograph book. It was brought to my attention because it included Freddie Mercury. Freddie was definitely fake, but I have no idea about the others as I don't even know who they are. The Freddie has been discussed by a few of us in the Queen collecting circle and although nobody really believes it to be genuine, it would be odd to see a fake Freddie floating around a book along side a genuine movie star's signature. Attached are some photos. Please let me know your thoughts.

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Permalink Reply by Fran on January 8, 2017 at 2:58pm

I don't even think it's Freddie Mercury. It begings by F... but the name is not Freddie. Freddie's F is very common in other names, even in other Freddies. The other names... who knows!

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on January 8, 2017 at 3:06pm

It was an attempt at a Freddie, as somebody wrote "Queen" on the back of the paper in the left hand corner.

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Permalink Reply by Fran on January 8, 2017 at 9:51pm

Ah okay. You didn't say anything about that "Queen" on the back. Anyways that's made by a teen

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on January 8, 2017 at 3:37pm

I will always defer to you guys on Freddie, but #2 image is producer & actor John McCallum

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on January 8, 2017 at 3:44pm

Thank you very much, Pete

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on January 8, 2017 at 4:13pm

A quick google search and the top signature in image 3 is Anne Crawford who died in 1956. I am stumped on the other signature but It sure looks like a Herbert "somethingorother"

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on January 8, 2017 at 4:48pm

Thank you again, Pete. Very odd that a fake Freddie is floating around an autograph book alongside genuine movie actors from a different era. Im told the Anne is signed on the back of another signature on that paper. I asked if there was anything signed on the back of Freddie, and that's a no. Only a small "Qeen" (what we guess is meant to say "Queen") on the top left hand corner. I'm guessing a forger wouldn't want to sign the back of a genuine signature with a fake Freddie Mercury, leaving it unsigned on the back. This is assuming of course that they're all from the same autograph book. From the photos I've seen, they are all ripped out of an autograph book. Would make much more sense to think the Freddie was from a different book entirely.