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Fred Willard

Born 1933-09-18

Died 2020-05-15

📍 Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

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.

Filmography 272

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

as Self (archive footage)

Live at Mister Kelly's

Lilly's Light: The Movie

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

as The 'Just Hang On!' Man

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth

What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like

as Greg Gammons, Jr.

The $100,000 Pyramid

Here Comes Rusty

Join or Die with Craig Ferguson

Fifty Shades of Black

as Uncle Ulysses

as Cap'n Andy Hawks

Kevin from Work

as Roger Trousdale

Celebrity Family Feud

Russell Madness

as Fred Langford

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

Planes: Fire & Rescue

as Secretary of the Interior (voice)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as Self - Guest

as 911 Call (voice)

as Peter Murphy

as Jack T. Walthall

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

The Birthday Boys

as Park President

Dealin' with Idiots

Hollywood Game Night

Norm Macdonald Live

Trust Us with Your Life

The Magic of Belle Isle

Comedy Bang! Bang!

I, Martin Short, Goes Home

12 Wishes of Christmas

Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur

as Mr. Hubley (voice)

Franklin & Bash

as Wallace Clayton

Accidentally in Love

as Dick Brocton

Your Love Never Fails

G.I. Joe: Renegades

as Mayor Lockridge (voice)

Hot in Cleveland

Hermie & Friends: Antonio Meets His Match

Holyman Undercover

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Frank Dunphy

as Alter-Pierce

Youth in Revolt

as Mr. Ferguson

Official Rejection

as Shelby Forthright, BnL CEO

as Dale Knutson

Transformers: Animated

as Swindle (voice)

Wizards of Waverly Place

as Mr. Stuffleby

Pushing Daisies

as The Great Herrmann

as Craig Turner

as Marsh McGinley

Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen

as Boogey (voice)

I Could Never Be Your Woman

Thank God You're Here

The Wedding Bells

Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure

as The Boogey Man (voice)

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

I'll Believe You

as Milt Appleday

For Your Consideration

Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen

as Santa Claus / Dog Catcher (voice)

Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner

as Self - Roaster

as Michael Willoughby

as Bishop Linderman

as Bernie Funkyerdoder

as Melvin - Alien Dad (voice)

The Aristocrats

as Self - Restaurant Patron

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Tom Goes to the Mayor

as Garry Friendly (voice)

The Nutcracker and the Mouseking

as Bubble (voice)

as Ross (voice)

as Announcer / Instructor (voice)

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

as Bucky Brandt

Nobody Knows Anything!

as Mr. McClintock

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

as Dr. Willoughby

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

as Professor Doornitz

A Minute with Stan Hooper

as Fred Hawkins

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Comedy Central Roasts

American Wedding

as Harold Flaherty

as Mike LaFontaine

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest Co-Host

The Bachelorette

as Self - Commentator

as Self - Judge

as Jack Hench (voice)

as Self - Commentator

The Year That Trembled

as Philip Huntley

as Professor Duggan

The Legend of Tarzan

as Baruti (voice)

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

The Downer Channel

Dinner for Five

Teddy Bears' Picnic

as Senator Roger Dickey

When Billie Beat Bobby

as Howard Cosell

The Fighting Fitzgeralds

The Wedding Planner

as Basil St. Mosely

Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

as Buck Laughlin

as Dr. Percy Bales

The Pooch and the Pauper

as Paul Blanchard

as Steve's Manager

as Larry Little

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

as Mission Commander

as Dave Campbell (voice)

Can't Stop Dancing

as Richard Jacobson

Permanent Midnight

as Craig Ziffer

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

Two Guys and a Girl

as Frank Farber

as Talk Show Host

The Weird Al Show

as Award Show Host

as Dr. Harold Madison

steve.oedekerk.com

Waiting for Guffman

as Ron Albertson

King of the Hill

as Officer Brown (voice)

King of the Hill

as Ranger Bradley / Reclining Hippie (voice)

King of the Hill

as Chairman / Geiger (voice)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Bobby Calzone

as Joe Pasadine

Everybody Loves Raymond

as Hank MacDougall

as Loan Officer

Dexter's Laboratory

as F.R.E.D. (voice)

Muppets Tonight

as Self - Special Guest / Gene St. John

The Drew Carey Show

The Wayans Bros.

as Dick Ferndale

as Clarence Gentry

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

as Reginald Cobbles

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

as Mr. Mitushka

Diagnosis: Murder

as Harry Fellows

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as President Garner

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

as Mr. Huffington

Late Show with David Letterman

as Self - Guest

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out

as Lt. Bob Hookstratten

The Ben Stiller Show

as Henry Vincent

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as Insurance Salesman

Martin Mull: Talent Takes a Holiday

The 1984 Los Angeles Comedy Competition With Host Jay Leno

as Self / Celebrity Judge

as Bert Lambert

Harry and the Hendersons

as Fenton Harley

as Wally Kogen (voice)

as Vice Principal Mallet

I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood

as Man #2 at Party

My Secret Identity

Portrait of a White Marriage

as Hal Harrison

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

as Finn Howard, Metropolis Deputy Mayor

Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall

Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio

Married... with Children

as Gus Pantelis

The History of White People in America: Volume II

as Hal Harrison

George Burns Comedy Week

The Golden Girls

The History of White People in America

as Hal Harrison

Moving Violations

as Terrence "Doc" Williams

Murder, She Wrote

as Lt. Phillips

This Is Spinal Tap

as Lt. Hookstratten

Faerie Tale Theatre

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

as President Robert Fogerty - 'Success Wanters'

The Perfect Woman

as Presidential Assistant Feebleman

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

as Larry Crockett

as Vincent Vanderhoff

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

as Captain Thomas Woods

America 2-Night

as Jerry Hubbard

Escape from Bogen County

We've Got Each Other

as Richard Henderson

Fernwood 2 Night

as Jerry Hubbard

The People's Command Performance: '77

as Self - Ace Trucking Company

Fun with Dick and Jane

as Jerry Jarvis

Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy

as Peter Linden

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce

as Lance Colson

Laverne & Shirley

as Interrogator

Saturday Night Live

The Harrad Experiment

as The Ace Trucking Company

The Bob Newhart Show

Dynamite Chicken

as Self - Ace Trucking Co.

Love, American Style

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Professor Koffka

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson