Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-07-10

Deathday

1993-07-02 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Frederick Hubbard Gwynne

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.

Known For

6.6%

Pet Sematary

Apr 21, 1989

7.5%

My Cousin Vinny

Mar 13, 1992

7.9%

On the Waterfront

Jun 22, 1954

6.8%

Fatal Attraction

Sep 18, 1987

6.5%

The Secret of My Success

Apr 10, 1987

8.0%

The Munsters

Sep 24, 1964

6.5%

The Cotton Club

Dec 14, 1984

6.7%

Shadows and Fog

Dec 5, 1991

6.3%

The Boy Who Could Fly

Aug 15, 1986

6.3%

Ironweed

Dec 18, 1987

7.2%

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Sep 5, 2009

6.3%

Luna

Aug 29, 1979

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Acting

2015		Auto-Tune the Munsters: A Rock Opera as Herman Munster (archive footage)
2015		Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty as Herman Munster (archive footage)

2008

The Munsters - Family Portrait as Herman Munster

2000

Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa as Herman Munster (archive footage)

1992		Lincoln as Edwin Stanton (voice)
1992		My Cousin Vinny as Judge Chamberlain Haller

1991

Shadows and Fog as Hacker's Follower

1990		Earthday Birthday as Fred the Moose (voice)
1990		Murder in Black and White as Brannigan

1989		Pet Sematary as Jud Crandall
1989		Disorganized Crime as Max Green

1987		Ironweed as Oscar Reo
1987		The Ten-Year Lunch as George S. Kaufman (voice)
1987		Fatal Attraction as Arthur
1987		The Secret of My Success as Donald Davenport
1987		Murder by the Book as Victor Greville

1986		The Christmas Star as Waters
1986		The Boy Who Could Fly as Uncle Hugo
1986		Vanishing Act as Father Macklin
1986		Off Beat as The Commissioner

1985		Kane & Abel as Davis LeRoy
1985		Water as Spender

1984

The Cotton Club as Frenchy Demange

1982		The Mysterious Stranger as Balthasar Hoffman
1982		Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine as Charles Dickens

1981		So Fine as Chairman Lincoln
1981		The Munsters' Revenge as Herman Munster

1980		The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg as Rev. Burgess
1980		Simon as Maj. Gen. Korey

1979		Luna as Douglas Winter
1979		Sanctuary of Fear as Judge Potter

1977

Captains Courageous as Long Jack

1976

Bound for Freedom

1972

Harvey as Cab Driver

1971		Dames at Sea as Hennesy
1971		Paradise Lost as Mr. Pike
1971		Great Performances as Pike

1969		The Littlest Angel as Patience, the Guardian Angel
1969		Arsenic and Old Lace as Jonathan Brewster

1966		Antkeeper as Narrator
1966		Munster, Go Home! as Herman Munster

1965		Salute to Stan Laurel as Herman Munster
1965		Marineland Carnival: The Munsters Visit Marineland as Herman Munster

1964

The Munsters as Herman Munster

1963

The Danny Kaye Show as Self

1962

The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1961

Car 54, Where Are You? as Officer Francis Muldoon

1957

Suspicion as Hughie

1956

The Steve Allen Show as Self

1955

The Phil Silvers Show

1954

On the Waterfront as Slim (uncredited)

1953		You Are There
1953		Escape From Limbo as Tallow Pot Thompson

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Cab Driver

1948

Studio One as Little Dude