Fred Gwynne
American actor and writer (1926-1993) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 66
Frederick Hubbard Gwynne was an American actor, artist, and author, who is widely known for his roles in the 1960s television sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? and The Munsters, as well as his later film roles in The Cotton Club (1984), Pet Sematary (1989), and My Cousin Vinny (1992).
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Shadows and FogFilm, Hacker's Follower1989
Disorganized CrimeFilm, Max Green1986
Off BeatFilm, The Commissioner1985
Kane & AbelSeries, Davis LeRoy1984
The Cotton ClubFilm, Frenchy Demange1982
American PlayhouseSeries, Charles Dickens
The Mysterious StrangerFilm, 1982Balthasar Hoffman1980
SimonFilm, Maj. Gen. Korey1977
Captains CourageousFilm, Long Jack1972
HarveyFilm, Cab Driver1971
Dames at SeaFilm, Hennesy1966
Hollywood SquaresSeries
AntkeeperFilm, 1966Narrator1964
The MunstersSeries, Herman Munster1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1961
Car 54, Where Are You?Series, Francis Muldoon1956
The Steve Allen ShowSeries1955
The Phil Silvers ShowSeries1954
On the WaterfrontFilm, Slim (uncredited)1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Cab Driver1948
Studio OneSeries, Little Dude1926Born10 July 1926People around Fred
Bernardo Bertolucci Directed La Luna (1989), directed Luna (1979)
Jill Clayburgh Also in La Luna, Luna and Lincoln
James Rebhorn Also in My Cousin Vinny and Kane & Abel
Austin Pendleton Also in Off Beat, Simon and My Cousin Vinny
Dick Shawn Also in Water (1985 film) and Dames at Sea
Dick Clement Directed Water (1985 film) (1986)- Joe Connelly Produced The Munsters
George Harrison Produced Water (1985 film) (1986)
Helen Hayes Also in Arsenic and Old Lace and Harvey
Woody Allen Directed Shadows and Fog (1991)
Francis Ford Coppola Directed The Cotton Club (1985)
Ennio Morricone Wrote La Luna and So Fine
Roberto Benigni Also in La Luna and Luna
Elia Kazan Directed On the Waterfront (1954)
Tom Waits Also in The Cotton Club and Ironweed
Madeline Kahn Also in Harvey and Simon
Adrian Lyne Directed Fatal Attraction (1988)
Herbert Ross Directed The Secret of My Success (1987)
Jonathan Lynn Directed My Cousin Vinny (1992)
William Kennedy Wrote The Cotton Club and Ironweed
William Hootkins Also in Water (1985 film) and Water
Sherry Lansing Produced Fatal Attraction (1988)- Robert Scheerer Directed Arsenic and Old Lace
- Stanley R. Jaffe Produced Fatal Attraction (1987)
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On the Waterfront 1954
My Cousin Vinny 1992
Waking Sleeping Beauty 2009
Fatal Attraction 1987
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead 2015
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