Fred Gwynne

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-07-10 (67 years old)

Deathday

1993-07-02

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Fred Gwynne

Biography

An American actor. Gwynne was best known for his roles in the 1960s sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? and The Munsters, as well as his later roles in The Cotton Club, Pet Sematary and My Cousin Vinny.

Acting

1992

My Cousin Vinny

as Judge Chamberlain Haller

1981

The Munsters' Revenge

as Herman Munster

1989

Disorganized Crime

as Max Green

1979

Luna

as Douglas Winter

1986

1989

Pet Sematary

as Jud Crandall

1972

Harvey

as Cab Driver

1966

Munster, Go Home!

as Herman Munster

1986

Off Beat

as The Commissioner

1981

So Fine

as Chairman Lincoln

1953

Escape From Limbo

as Tallow Pot Thompson

1982

The Mysterious Stranger

as Balthasar Hoffman

1954

On the Waterfront

as Slim (uncredited)

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Herman Munster (archive footage)

1969

The Littlest Angel

as Patience, the Guardian Angel

1987

The Secret of My Success

as Donald Davenport

1980

Simon

as Maj. Gen. Korey

1991

Shadows and Fog

as Hacker's Follower

1971

Paradise Lost

as Mr. Pike

1992

Lincoln

as Edwin Stanton (voice)

2015

Auto-Tune the Munsters: A Rock Opera

as Herman Munster (archive footage)

1987

2015

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

1977

1966

Antkeeper

as Narrator

1984

The Cotton Club

as Frenchy Demange

1985

Water

as Spender

1986

Vanishing Act

as Father Macklin

1987

Ironweed

as Oscar Reo

1986

1971

Dames at Sea

as Hennesy

1969

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Jonathan Brewster

1979

Sanctuary of Fear

as Judge Potter

1987

The Ten-Year Lunch

as George S. Kaufman (voice)

1965

Salute to Stan Laurel

as Herman Munster

1987

Murder by the Book

as Victor Greville

1990

Earthday Birthday

as Fred the Moose (voice)

2008

2000

Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa

as Herman Munster (archive footage)

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