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Fred Gwynne was an American actor, writer, and illustrator best known for his roles in the television sitcoms The Munsters and Car 54, Where Are You?. He was born on July 10, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. Gwynne began his career as a stage actor, appearing in several Broadway productions. He made his film debut in the 1957 film The Strange One. He went on to appear in several films, including The Cotton Club (1984), My Cousin Vinny (1992), and Pet Sematary (1989). Gwynne was best known for his role as Herman Munster in the television sitcom The Munsters, which aired from 1964 to 1966. He also starred in the television series Car 54, Where Are You? from 1961 to 1963. Gwynne was also an accomplished writer and illustrator. He wrote and illustrated several children's books, including The King Who Rained (1970) and A Chocolate Moose for Dinner (1976). Gwynne died on July 2, 1993 at the age of 66. At the time of his death, his net worth was estimated to be around $3 million.

Popular As Frederick Hubbard Gwynne
Occupation actor,soundtrack,writer
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 10 July 1926
Birthday 10 July
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Date of death 2 July, 1993
Died Place Taneytown, Maryland, USA
Nationality United States

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Fred Gwynne Height, Weight & Measurements

At 67 years old, Fred Gwynne height is 6' 9" (2.06 m) .

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Who Is Fred Gwynne's Wife?

His wife is Deb Gwynne (9 March 1988 - 2 July 1993) ( his death), Foxy Gwynne (30 June 1952 - 1980) ( divorced) ( 5 children)

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Wife Deb Gwynne (9 March 1988 - 2 July 1993) ( his death), Foxy Gwynne (30 June 1952 - 1980) ( divorced) ( 5 children)
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Fred Gwynne Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Fred Gwynne worth at the age of 67 years old? Fred Gwynne’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Fred Gwynne's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

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2004

Herman Munster, Gwynne's character on The Munsters (1964), was ranked #19 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].

2003

Critic and cinema historian Mick LaSalle cited Gwynne's performance as Judge Chamberlain Haller in his August 2003 article "Role call of overlooked performances is long", writing: "Half of what made Joe Pesci funny in this comedy was the stream of reactions of Gwynne, as the Southern Judge, a Great Dane to Joe Pesci's yapping terrier.

1997

The animated show South Park (1997) has used Gwynne's likeness and vocal affectation in his role as Jud Crandall in Pet Sematary (1989) as a recurring character on the show. The character, an unnamed farmer, usually appears out of nowhere to warn others about ancient curses, mysterious deaths, and strange circumstances surrounding a particular location or topic. In South Park: Marjorine (2005), the character specifically warns a previously-unawares couple not to bury their supposedly dead son in an ancient Native American burial ground, much like in Pet Sematary. The farmer first appeared on the show in South Park: Butters' Very Own Episode (2001), and most recently in South Park: Tegridy Farms Halloween Special (2019).

1992

Gwynne also made a memorable turn as the judge who battles with the eponymous My Cousin Vinny (1992), his last film.

1984

Was originally under consideration for the part of Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster (1984) until a casting director referred to him as Herman Munster, instead of his real name. An offended Gwynne abruptly withdrew from consideration and George Gaynes wound up with the part.

1983

His last appearance on Broadway was in Anthony Shaffer's "Whodunnit", which opened at the Biltmore Theatre on December 30, 1983 and closed May 15, 1983 after 157 total performances.

1981

He and his second wife Deb, whom he married in 1981, lived in a renovated farmhouse in rural Taneytown, Maryland. His neighbors described him as a good friend and neighbor who kept his personal and professional lives separate.

1980

With time, his characterization of Herman Munster began to fade and he began establishing himself as a film character actor of note in the 1980s with well-reviewed appearances in The Cotton Club (1984), Ironweed (1987), Disorganized Crime (1989) and Pet Sematary (1989), in which his character, Jud Crandall, was based on author Stephen King, who himself is quite tall.

They had five children and divorced in 1980.

1978

Before saying goodbye to the Broadway stage in a hit, he had appeared on the Great White Way in two flops in 1978: "Angel", the musical version of Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward, Angel" (which lasted but five performances) and the Australian professional football club drama "Players" (which lasted 23 performances).

1977

Gwynne also was memorable as the elderly Klansman in the first two parts of "The Texas Trilogy" in 1977 season.

1975

On the radio, Gwynne appeared in 79 episodes of "The CBS Radio Mystery Theatre" between 1975 and 1982.

1974

His most distinguished performance on Broadway (and the favourite of all of his theatrical roles, was as Big Daddy in the 1974 Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Though not as cutting as Burl Ives had been in the original production, his Big Daddy was lyrical and powerful, so much so that he overpowered Keir Dullea in the role of "Brick". However, Elizabeth Ashley won a Tony Award for playing Maggie the Cat in the production, which gave Tennessee Williams his first big success in a decade, albeit in a revival.

1973

For the Joseph Papp Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival, he had appeared in Off-Broadway in "More Than You Deserve" in the 1973-1974 season and, in "Grand Magic", during the 1978-1979 season, for which he won an Obie Award.

1972

He appeared as the cab driver in the 1972 version, Harvey (1972), in which James Stewart reprised his role as Elwood P. Dodd, in which he was reunited with his Broadway co-star Helen Hayes.

1970

His movie and television appearances were sporadic throughout the 1970s as he worked on- and off-Broadway.

"Gwynne sang professionally, painted, sculpted, wrote & illustrated children's books, including: "The King Who Rained" (1970); "A Chocolate Moose for Dinner" (1976); "A Little Pigeon Toad" (1988) and "Pondlarker" (1990). He wrote 10 books in all and "The King Who Rained", "A Chocolate Moose for Dinner" and "A Little Pigeon Toad", which all were published by the prestigious house Simon & Schuster, are still in print. In the first part of his professional life, Gwynne lived a quiet life in suburban Bedford, New York and avoided the Hollywood and Broadway social scenes.

1969

One of the few visual productions to utilize his beautiful singing voice was The Littlest Angel (1969), a musical produced as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951).

1968

In 1968, he made a television series pilot for Screen Gems, "Guess What I Did Today?", co-starring Bridget Hanley, who later played Candy Pruit on Here Come the Brides (1968). The pilot, which was made for NBC, was not picked up by the network. Gwynne had trouble making producers forget his character Herman Munster and he started refusing to have anything to do with or even to speak of the show.

1965

He made guest appearances as Herman Munster, most notably on The Red Skelton Hour (1951), appearing on April 27, 1965, along with Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, a pop band from The Beatles' native Liverpool. Gwynne appeared in character as Herman Munster in a "Freddie the Freeloader" comedy sketch.

When "The Munsters" was canceled after the 1965-1966 season, Gwynne returned to the theatre to escape television typecasting, although he did return for a featured appearance in the televised version of Arsenic and Old Lace (1969), playing the psychotic Jonathan Brewster in an all-star cast, including with his "Mrs. McThing" co-star Helen Hayes, Lillian Gish, Bob Crane, Sue Lyon, Jack Gilford and David Wayne.

1964

Gwynne was cast as the Frankenstein's monster-like paterfamilias in The Munsters (1964), which also lasted two seasons. In addition to wearing heavy boots with four-inch lifts on them, Gwynne had to wear 40 - 50 lbs of padding and makeup for the role and he reportedly lost ten pounds in one day of filming under the hot lights.

1963

He had used his singing voice again to great effect in Meredith Wilson's musical "Here's Love", which opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 20, 1963 and played for 334 performances, closing on July 25, 1964. Exactly nine years from the "Here's Love" opening, he appeared at the Plymouth as "Abraham Lincoln" in the Broadway play "The Lincoln Mask", a flop that lasted but one week of eight performances.

1961

Fred Gwynne was an enormously talented character actor most famous for starring in the television situation comedies Car 54, Where Are You? (1961) (as Officer Francis Muldoon) and The Munsters (1964) (as the Frankenstein clone Herman Munster). He was very tall and had a resonant, baritone voice that he put to good use in Broadway musicals.

While appearing on Broadway as the pimp Polyte-Le-Mou in the Peter Brook-directed hit "Irma La Douce" (winner of the 1961 Tony Award for Best Musical), "Bilko" producer-writer Nat Hiken cast him in one of the lead roles in the situation comedy Car 54, Where Are You? (1961). The series, in which he revealed his wonderful flair for comedy, had Gwynne appearing as New York City police officer Francis Muldoon, who served in a patrol car in the Bronx with the dimwitted Officer Gunther Toody, played by co-star Joe E. Ross ("Oooh! Oooh!").

Car 54, Where Are You? (1961) lasted only two seasons, but it was so fondly remembered by Baby Boomers, it inspired a feature film version in 1994.

1960

He also served as Lamb Chop's doctor on another Baby Boomer classic, The Shari Lewis Show (1960). Another one of his "Car 54, Where Are You?" co-stars, Al Lewis, not only became a lifelong friend, he appeared as Gwynne's father-n-law in his next situation comedy.

1958

His first book, "The Best in Show", was published in 1958.

1956

From 1956 - 1963, he appeared on the television dramatic showcases Studio One in Hollywood (1948), The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956), Kraft Theatre (1947), The DuPont Show of the Month (1957), The DuPont Show of the Week (1961) and The United States Steel Hour (1953). But it was in situation comedies that he made his name and his fame.

1955

In 1955, he made a memorable guest appearance as Private Honigan on The Phil Silvers Show (1955). He played a soldier with an enormous appetite that Phil Silvers' Sgt. Bilko entered into a pie-eating contest, only to discover he could only eat like a trencherman when he was depressed. The spot led to him coming back as a guest in more episodes.

1954

Gwynne made his movie debut, unbilled, as one of Johnny Friendly's gang of thugs who menace Marlon Brando in Elia Kazan's classic On the Waterfront (1954).

1953

The play ran for 320 performances and closed on January 10, 1953.

He next appeared on Broadway in Burgess Meredith's staging of Nathaniel Benchley's comedy "The Frogs of Spring", which opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on October 21, 1953. The play flopped, closing on Halloween Day after but 15 performances. He did not appear on Broadway again for almost seven years.

1952

On February 20, 1952, he made his Broadway debut as the character "Stinker", in support of Helen Hayes, in the comic fantasy "Mrs. McThing".

He married his first wife Foxy in 1952.

1951

After graduating from Harvard with the class of 1951, Gwynne acted in Shakespeare with a Cambridge, Massachusetts repertory company before heading to New York City, where he supported himself as a musician and copywriter. His principal source of income for many years came from his work as a book illustrator and as a commercial artist.

1950

The play, written by "Harvey (1950)" author Mary Chase, had a cast featuring Ernest Borgnine, the future "Professor" Irwin Corey and Brandon De Wilde, the young son of the play's stage manager, Frederick DeWilde.

He appeared twice on television in Mary Chase's "Harvey" (1950), the first time in 1958 on the "Dupont Show of the Month" version broadcast by CBS, in which he appeared in support of Art Carney as Elwood P. Dodd. Others in the cast included Elizabeth Montgomery, Jack Weston and Larry Blyden.

1949

A member of the Hasty Pudding Club, he performed in the dining club's theatricals, appearing in the drag revues of 1949 and 1950.

1926

Born Frederick Hubbard Gwynne in New York City on July 10, 1926, the son of Dorothy (Ficken) and Frederick Walker Gwynne, a wealthy stockbroker and partner in the securities firm Gwynne Brothers. His grandfathers emigrated from Northern Ireland and England, respectively, and his grandmothers were native-born New Yorkers. Fred attended the exclusive prep school Groton, where he first appeared on stage in a student production of William Shakespeare's "Henry V". After serving in the United States Navy as a radioman during World War II, he went on to Harvard, where he majored in English and was on the staff of the "Harvard Lampoon". At Harvard, he studied drawing with artist R. S. Merryman and was active in dramatics.