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Fred Willard
Born 18 September 1933 Died 15 May 2020, aged 86 Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA TMDB ↗
Frederick Charles Willard (born September 18, 1933 - May 15, 2020) was an American actor, comedian and voice over actor known for his improvisational comedy skills. He is known for his roles in the Christopher Guest mockumentary films This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration as well as television series D.C. Follies. He is an alumnus of The Second City comedy troupe. He received three Emmy nominations for his recurring role on the TV series Everybody Loves Raymond as Robert Barone's father-in-law, Hank MacDougall.
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29age in their first credit on record (1962)
59years on screen and counting
13credits in 2007, their busiest year
241dated credits on record
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Movie credits
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Age: 87 Captain Daddy
2021as Daddy (voice)
Age: 87 Lilly's Light: The Movie
2020as Moylin
Age: 86 Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
2020as The 'Just Hang On!' Man
Age: 84 Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like
2018as Smitty
Age: 83 Oh Damn
2017
Age: 82 Mascots
2016as Greg Gammons, Jr.
Age: 82 Max Rose
2016as Jim Clark
Age: 82 Here Comes Rusty
2016as Mak
Age: 82 Fifty Shades of Black
2016as Gary
Age: 82 Bachelors
2015as Uncle Ulysses
Age: 82 Show Boat
2015as Cap'n Andy Hawks
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Age: 81 Clint Howard Reboots Pippi Longstocking with Milla Jovovich and Fred Willard
2015as Harvey
Age: 81 Russell Madness
2015as TJ
Age: 81 All-Stars
2014as John Carson
Age: 80 Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014as Secretary of the Interior (voice)
Age: 80 Wish Wizard
2014as Hope Giver
Age: 80 The Yank
2014as Peter Murphy
Age: 80 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013as Ed Harken
Age: 80 The Birder
2013as Park President
Age: 79 Dealin' with Idiots
2013
Age: 78 The Magic of Belle Isle
2012as Al Kaiser
Age: 78 I, Martin Short, Goes Home
2012
Age: 78 12 Wishes of Christmas
2011as Jack Volara
Age: 77 Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
2011as Mr. Hubley (voice)
Age: 77 Accidentally in Love
2011as Dick Brocton
Age: 77 Your Love Never Fails
2011as Paul
Age: 77 Fred & Vinnie
2011as Movie Star
Age: 77 Expecting Mary
2010as Jerry Zee
Age: 76 Hermie & Friends: Antonio Meets His Match
2010as Angus
Age: 76 Holyman Undercover
2010as Richard
Age: 76 Lilly's Light
2010as Moylin
Age: 76 School Gyrls
2009as Mr Lockwood
Age: 75 Youth in Revolt
2009as Mr. Ferguson
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Age: 75 Scouts Honor
2009as Game Master
Age: 74 Harold
2008as Dr. Pratt
Age: 74 WALL·E
2008as Shelby Forthright, BnL CEO
Age: 73 Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen
2007as Boogey (voice)
Age: 73 I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007as Marty
Age: 73 Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
2007as The Boogey Man (voice)
Age: 73 Epic Movie
2007as Aslo
Age: 73 I'll Believe You
2007as Mr. Fratus
Age: 73 Fighting Words
2006as Longfellow
Age: 73 Re-Animated
2006as Milt Appleday
Age: 73 For Your Consideration
2006as Chuck
Age: 73 Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen
2006as Santa Claus / Dog Catcher (voice)
Age: 72 Monster House
2006as Dad (voice)
Age: 72 Ira & Abby
2006as Michael Willoughby
Age: 72 Church Ball
2006as Bishop Linderman
Age: 72 Date Movie
2006as Bernie Funkyerdoder
Age: 72 Chicken Little
2005as Melvin - Alien Dad (voice)
Age: 72 Love Wrecked
2005as Ben Taylor
Age: 71 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004as Ed Harken
Age: 71 The Nutcracker and the Mouseking
2004as Bubble (voice)
Age: 70 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
2004as Bucky Brandt
Age: 70 Nobody Knows Anything!
2004as Mr. McClintock
Age: 70 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004as Dr. Willoughby
Age: 70 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004as Ed Harken
Age: 70 Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
2004as Analyst
Age: 70 Killer Diller
2004as Ned
Age: 70 Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003as Professor Doornitz
Age: 69 American Wedding
2003as Harold Flaherty
Age: 69 A Mighty Wind
2003as Mike LaFontaine
Age: 68 The Year That Trembled
2002as Frank Woods
Age: 68 How High
2001as Philip Huntley
Age: 67 Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001as Senator Roger Dickey
Age: 67 When Billie Beat Bobby
2001as Howard Cosell
Age: 67 The Wedding Planner
2001as Basil St. Mosely
Age: 67 Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's
2001
Age: 67 Best in Show
2000as Buck Laughlin
Age: 66 The Pooch and the Pauper
2000as President
Age: 66 Dropping Out
2000as Paul Blanchard
Age: 66 Chump Change
2000as Steve's Manager
Age: 65 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999as Mission Commander
Age: 65 Idle Hands
1999as Dad
Age: 65 Can't Stop Dancing
1999as Chester
Age: 64 Permanent Midnight
1998as Craig Ziffer
Age: 64 Breast Men
1997as Talk Show Host
Age: 63 steve.oedekerk.com
1997
Age: 63 Waiting for Guffman
1997as Ron Albertson
Age: 62 Back to Back
1996as Loan Officer
Age: 62 Prehysteria! 3
1995
Age: 60 Sodbusters
1994as Clarence Gentry
Age: 60 Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994as Reginald Cobbles
Age: 59 A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992as Lt. Bob Hookstratten
Age: 58 High Strung
1992as Insurance Salesman
Age: 55 I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
1989as Man #2 at Party
Age: 54 Portrait of a White Marriage
1988as Hal Harrison
Age: 54 Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988as Finn Howard, Metropolis Deputy Mayor
Age: 54 Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
1987as Tom Osborne
Age: 53 Roxanne
1987as Mayor Deebs
Age: 52 The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986as Hal Harrison
Age: 51 The History of White People in America
1985as Hal Harrison
Age: 51 Moving Violations
1985as Terrence "Doc" Williams
Age: 51 Lots of Luck
1985as A.J. Foley
Age: 50 This Is Spinal Tap
1984as Lt. Hookstratten
Age: 50 Imps*
1983as Dad
Age: 48 National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982as President Robert Fogerty - 'Success Wanters'
Age: 47 The Perfect Woman
1981as King Kroger
Age: 47 First Family
1980as Presidential Assistant Feebleman
Age: 46 How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980as Robert
Age: 45 Americathon
1979as Vincent Vanderhoff
Age: 45 Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979as Jack LaRosa
Age: 44 Space Force
1978as Captain Thomas Woods
Age: 44 Escape from Bogen County
1977as Pearson
Age: 43 Cracking Up
1977
Age: 43 Fun with Dick and Jane
1977as Bob
Age: 43 Silver Streak
1976as Jerry Jarvis
Age: 43 Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976as Peter Linden
Age: 43 How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
1976as Lance Colson
Age: 42 Hustle
1975as Interrogator
Age: 40 Harrad Summer
1974as Gary Logan
Age: 39 The Harrad Experiment
1973as The Ace Trucking Company
Age: 36 Jenny
1970as Executive
Age: 35 Model Shop
1969as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Age: 34 Teenage Mother
1967as Coach
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TV credits
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Totally Obsessed
Age: 86 Space Force
2020as Fred Naird
Age: 86 The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth
2020
Age: 85 What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
2019
Age: 85 I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
2019as New Joe
Age: 84 9JKL
2017as Dick
Age: 82 Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016
Age: 81 Kevin from Work
2015as Roger Trousdale
Age: 81 The Odd Couple
2015as Fred Langford
Age: 81 Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
2014as Dan
Age: 80 TripTank
2014as 911 Call (voice)
Age: 80 Review
2014as Jack T. Walthall
Age: 80 The Birthday Boys
2013as Various
Age: 79 Drunk History
2013as Deep Throat
Age: 79 Family Tree
2013as Mike Morton
Age: 78 Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012as Merlin
Age: 78 New Girl
2011as Beezus
Age: 77 Franklin & Bash
2011as Wallace Clayton
Age: 77 G.I. Joe: Renegades
2010as Mayor Lockridge (voice)
Age: 77 Glory Daze
2010as Doctor
Age: 77 Raising Hope
2010as Mr. Swift
Age: 76 Hot in Cleveland
2010as Doctor Hill
Age: 76 Modern Family
2009as Frank Dunphy
Age: 75 Community
2009as Alter-Pierce
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Age: 75 In Gayle We Trust
2009as Pete
Age: 75 Tosh.0
2009
Age: 75 Castle
2009as Hank McPhee
Age: 74 Free Radio
2008as Dale Knutson
Age: 74 Transformers: Animated
2007as Swindle (voice)
Age: 74 Wizards of Waverly Place
2007as Mr. Stuffleby
Age: 74 Pushing Daisies
2007as The Great Herrmann
Age: 74 Chuck
2007as Craig Turner
Age: 74 Back to You
2007as Marsh McGinley
Age: 73 The Wedding Bells
2007
Age: 73 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007as Tragg
Age: 73 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007as Mancierge
Age: 72 The Boondocks
2005
Age: 71 The Closer
2005as Santa Jack
Age: 71 Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004as Garry Friendly (voice)
Age: 70 The Batman
2004as Ross (voice)
Age: 70 The Batman
2004as Announcer / Instructor (voice)
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Age: 70 Living in TV Land
2004
Age: 70 Best Week Ever
2004
Age: 70 A Minute with Stan Hooper
2003as Fred Hawkins
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Age: 70 Cold Pizza
2003
Age: 69 3-South
2002
Age: 68 Kim Possible
2002as Jack Hench (voice)
Age: 68 Watching Ellie
2002as Fred
Age: 68 Teamo Supremo
2002as (voice)
Age: 68 Maybe It's Me
2001as Jerry Stage
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Age: 68 Inside Schwartz
2001as Dick Newton
Age: 68 Undeclared
2001as Professor Duggan
Age: 67 The Legend of Tarzan
2001as Baruti (voice)
Age: 67 The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001as Boogey
Age: 67 The Downer Channel
2001
Age: 67 Dinner for Five
2001
Age: 67 The Fighting Fitzgeralds
2001
Age: 67 Bette
2000
Age: 67 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000as Pa (voice)
Age: 66 Girlfriends
2000as Dr. Percy Bales
Age: 66 Ladies Man
1999as Larry Little
Age: 65 Family Guy
1999as Dave Campbell (voice)
Age: 65 The Hughleys
1998as Richard Jacobson
Age: 65 The Hughleys
1998as Applegate
Age: 64 Hercules
1998as Vic (voice)
Age: 64 Oh Baby
1998
Age: 64 That '70s Show
1998as Charlie
Age: 64 Two Guys and a Girl
1998as Frank Farber
Age: 63 The Weird Al Show
1997as Award Show Host
Age: 63 Ally McBeal
1997as Dr. Harold Madison
Age: 63 City Guys
1997
Age: 63 Stargate SG-1
1997as Jacek
Age: 63 Just Shoot Me!
1997as Larry
Age: 63 King of the Hill
1997as Officer Brown (voice)
Age: 63 King of the Hill
1997as Ranger Bradley / Reclining Hippie (voice)
Age: 63 King of the Hill
1997as Chairman / Geiger (voice)
Age: 63 Hey Arnold!
1996
Age: 63 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996as Bobby Calzone
Age: 63 Clueless
1996as Joe Pasadine
Age: 62 Everybody Loves Raymond
1996as Hank MacDougall
Age: 62 Dexter's Laboratory
1996as F.R.E.D. (voice)
Age: 61 The Drew Carey Show
1995as Fred tuttle
Age: 61 The Wayans Bros.
1995as Dick Ferndale
Age: 61 Friends
1994as Mr. Lipson
Age: 60 Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Age: 60 Sister, Sister
1994as Mr. Mitushka
Age: 60 Diagnosis: Murder
1993as Harry Fellows
Age: 60 Dave's World
1993as Bud
Age: 59 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993as President Garner
Age: 59 Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993as Mr. Huffington
Age: 59 The Ben Stiller Show
1992
Age: 59 Mad About You
1992as Henry Vincent
Age: 58 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Age: 58 Step by Step
1991as Bert Lambert
Age: 57 Harry and the Hendersons
1991as Chick Fox
Age: 56 Dream On
1990as Fenton Harley
Age: 56 The Simpsons
1989as Wally Kogen (voice)
Age: 56 Family Matters
1989as Vice Principal Mallet
Age: 55 Murphy Brown
1988
Age: 55 Roseanne
1988
Age: 55 My Secret Identity
1988
Age: 53 D.C. Follies
1987
Age: 53 Married... with Children
1987as Stan
Age: 52 Fast Times
1986as Gus Pantelis
Age: 52 George Burns Comedy Week
1985
Age: 51 The Golden Girls
1985as Bob
Age: 51 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Lt. Phillips
Age: 49 Mama's Family
1983
Age: 48 Faerie Tale Theatre
1982as Paul
Age: 46 Salem's Lot
1979as Larry Crockett
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Age: 45 $weepstake$
1979as Don
Age: 44 America 2-Night
1978as Jerry Hubbard
Age: 44 We've Got Each Other
1977
Age: 44 The Love Boat
1977as Richard Henderson
Age: 44 The Love Boat
1977as Lou
Age: 43 Fernwood 2 Night
1977as Jerry Hubbard
Age: 43 Tabitha
1977No poster
Age: 43 Sirota's Court
1976
Age: 42 Good Heavens
1976
Age: 42 Laverne & Shirley
1976
Age: 42 Saturday Night Live
1975as Bear City Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 39 The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour
1973
Age: 38 The Bob Newhart Show
1972as John Emil Tobin
Age: 36 Love, American Style
1969as Douglas
Age: 32 Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
Age: 32 Get Smart
1965as Lundy
Age: 29 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Professor Koffka