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Fred Willard

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Sep 18, 1933 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)
2021Live at Mister Kelly'sSelf
2021Captain DaddyDaddy (voice)
2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight MadnessSelf
2020Have a Good Trip: Adventures in PsychedelicsThe 'Just Hang On!' Man
2020Kaufmania!Self
2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and CampSelf
2020Lilly's Light: The MovieMoylin
2020The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth
2020Space ForceFred Naird
2019The Very Very Best of the 70sSelf - Commentator
2019I Think You Should Leave with Tim RobinsonNew Joe
2019What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
2018Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of LikeSmitty
2017Every 40 YearsHimself
2017Oh Damn
20179JKLDick
2016Max RoseJim Clark
2016MascotsGreg Gammons, Jr.
2016Fifty Shades of BlackGary
2016Here Comes RustyMak
2016Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016The $100,000 PyramidSelf
2015BachelorsUncle Ulysses
2015Russell MadnessTJ
2015Show BoatCap'n Andy Hawks
2015Clint Howard Reboots Pippi Longstocking with Milla Jovovich and Fred WillardHarvey
2015The Odd CoupleFred Langford
2015Celebrity Family FeudSelf
2015Kevin from WorkRoger Trousdale
2014Planes: Fire & RescueSecretary of the Interior (voice)
2014Wish WizardHope Giver
2014The YankPeter Murphy
2014All-StarsJohn Carson
2014ReviewJack T. Walthall
2014TripTank911 Call (voice)
2014Tim and Eric's Bedtime StoriesDan
2014Last Week Tonight with John OliverSelf - Guest
2013The BirderPark President
2013Dealin' with Idiots
2013Anchorman 2: The Legend ContinuesEd Harken
2013Norm Macdonald LiveSelf
2013The Birthday BoysVarious
2013Hollywood Game NightSelf
2013Drunk HistoryDeep Throat
2013Family TreeMike Morton
2012The Magic of Belle IsleAl Kaiser
2012I, Martin Short, Goes Home
2012Inside ComedySelf
2012Trust Us with Your LifeHost
2012Comedy Bang! Bang!Merlin
201112 Wishes of ChristmasJack Volara
2011Fred & VinnieMovie Star
2011Your Love Never FailsPaul
2011Scooby-Doo! Legend of the PhantosaurMr. Hubley (voice)
2011Accidentally in LoveDick Brocton
2011New GirlBeezus
2011Franklin & BashWallace Clayton
2010Holyman UndercoverRichard
2010Hermie & Friends: Antonio Meets His MatchAngus
2010Expecting MaryJerry Zee
2010Lilly's LightMoylin
2010Raising HopeMr. Swift
2010Hot in ClevelandDoctor Hill
2010G.I. Joe: RenegadesMayor Lockridge (voice)
2010Glory DazeDoctor
2009Scouts HonorGame Master
2009Official RejectionSelf
2009School GyrlsMr Lockwood
2009Youth in RevoltMr. Ferguson
2009CastleHank McPhee
2009Tosh.0
2009CommunityAlter-Pierce
2009In Gayle We TrustPete
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf
2009Modern FamilyFrank Dunphy
2008WALL·EShelby Forthright, BnL CEO
2008HaroldDr. Pratt
2008Free RadioDale Knutson
2007Epic MovieAslo
2007I Could Never Be Your WomanMarty
2007Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey AdventureThe Boogey Man (voice)
2007I'll Believe YouMr. Fratus
2007Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider QueenBoogey (voice)
2007Fired!Self
2007Back to YouMarsh McGinley
2007The Wedding Bells
2007ChuckCraig Turner
2007Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!Tragg
2007Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!Mancierge
2007Head CaseSelf
2007Wizards of Waverly PlaceMr. Stuffleby
2007Transformers: AnimatedSwindle (voice)
2007Pushing DaisiesThe Great Herrmann
2007Thank God You're HereSelf
2006Date MovieBernie Funkyerdoder
2006Monster HouseDad (voice)
2006For Your ConsiderationChuck
2006Church BallBishop Linderman
2006Comedy Central Roast of William ShatnerSelf - Roaster
2006Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't HappenSanta Claus / Dog Catcher (voice)
2006Ira & AbbyMichael Willoughby
2006Fighting WordsLongfellow
2006Re-AnimatedMilt Appleday
2005Chicken LittleMelvin - Alien Dad (voice)
2005Love WreckedBen Taylor
2005The AristocratsSelf
2005The Boondocks
2005Hell's KitchenSelf - Restaurant Patron
2005The CloserSanta Jack
2004Harold & Kumar Go to White CastleDr. Willoughby
2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyEd Harken
200450 Ways to Leave Your LoverBucky Brandt
2004Killer DillerNed
2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost MovieEd Harken
2004Nobody Knows Anything!Mr. McClintock
2004Frasier: Analyzing the LaughterAnalyst
2004The Nutcracker and the MousekingBubble (voice)
2004Best Week Ever
2004The BatmanRoss (voice)
2004Tom Goes to the MayorGarry Friendly (voice)
2004Living in TV Land
2004The SoupSelf
2004The BatmanAnnouncer / Instructor (voice)
2003Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island AdventureProfessor Doornitz
2003American WeddingHarold Flaherty
2003A Mighty WindMike LaFontaine
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2003Cold Pizza
2003A Minute with Stan HooperFred Hawkins
2003Comedy Central RoastsSelf
2003The BacheloretteSelf - Commentator
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest Co-Host
2002The Year That TrembledFrank Woods
2002Watching EllieFred
20023-South
2002Kim PossibleJack Hench (voice)
2002Pet StarSelf - Judge
2002Teamo Supremo(voice)
2002The BachelorSelf - Commentator
2001The Wedding PlannerBasil St. Mosely
2001How HighPhilip Huntley
2001When Billie Beat BobbyHoward Cosell
2001Teddy Bears' PicnicSenator Roger Dickey
2001Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's
2001Maybe It's MeJerry Stage
2001Dinner for Five
2001The Legend of TarzanBaruti (voice)
2001The Downer Channel
2001The Fighting Fitzgeralds
2001The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyBoogey
2001Inside SchwartzDick Newton
2001UndeclaredProfessor Duggan
2000Best in ShowBuck Laughlin
2000The Pooch and the PauperPresident
2000Dropping OutPaul Blanchard
2000Chump ChangeSteve's Manager
2000GirlfriendsDr. Percy Bales
2000Bette
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandPa (voice)
1999Idle HandsDad
1999Can't Stop DancingChester
1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged MeMission Commander
1999Family GuyDave Campbell (voice)
1999Ladies ManLarry Little
1998Permanent MidnightCraig Ziffer
1998Two Guys and a GirlFrank Farber
1998The HughleysRichard Jacobson
1998HerculesVic (voice)
1998Oh Baby
1998That '70s ShowCharlie
1998Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist
1998The HughleysApplegate
1997Waiting for GuffmanRon Albertson
1997Breast MenTalk Show Host
1997steve.oedekerk.com
1997The Weird Al ShowAward Show Host
1997King of the HillOfficer Brown (voice)
1997City Guys
1997Stargate SG-1Jacek
1997Ally McBealDr. Harold Madison
1997Just Shoot Me!Larry
1997King of the HillRanger Bradley / Reclining Hippie (voice)
1997King of the HillChairman / Geiger (voice)
1996Back to BackLoan Officer
1996Hey Arnold!
1996Everybody Loves RaymondHank MacDougall
1996Sabrina, the Teenage WitchBobby Calzone
1996CluelessJoe Pasadine
1996Dexter's LaboratoryF.R.E.D. (voice)
1996Muppets TonightSelf
1995Prehysteria! 3
1995The Wayans Bros.Dick Ferndale
1995MADtvSelf - Special Guest / Gene St. John
1995The Drew Carey ShowFred tuttle
1994Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never DieReginald Cobbles
1994SodbustersClarence Gentry
1994FriendsMr. Lipson
1994Sister, SisterMr. Mitushka
1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1993Diagnosis: MurderHarry Fellows
1993Dave's WorldBud
1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanPresident Garner
1993Saved by the Bell: The New ClassMr. Huffington
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest
1992High StrungInsurance Salesman
1992Martin Mull: Talent Takes a HolidaySelf
1992A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-OutLt. Bob Hookstratten
1992The Ben Stiller Show
1992Mad About YouHenry Vincent
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1991Tom Arnold: The Naked TruthSelf
1991The 1984 Los Angeles Comedy Competition With Host Jay LenoSelf / Celebrity Judge
1991Step by StepBert Lambert
1991Harry and the HendersonsChick Fox
1990Dream OnFenton Harley
1989I, Martin Short, Goes HollywoodMan #2 at Party
1989The SimpsonsWally Kogen (voice)
1989Family MattersVice Principal Mallet
1988Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of SteelFinn Howard, Metropolis Deputy Mayor
1988Portrait of a White MarriageHal Harrison
1988My Secret Identity
1988Roseanne
1988Murphy Brown
1987RoxanneMayor Deebs
1987Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance HallTom Osborne
1987D.C. Follies
1987Married... with ChildrenStan
1986The History of White People in America: Volume IIHal Harrison
1986Fast TimesGus Pantelis
1985Moving ViolationsTerrence "Doc" Williams
1985Lots of LuckA.J. Foley
1985The History of White People in AmericaHal Harrison
1985George Burns Comedy Week
1985The Golden GirlsBob
1984This Is Spinal TapLt. Hookstratten
1984Murder, She WroteLt. Phillips
1983Imps*Dad
1983Mama's Family
1982National Lampoon's Movie MadnessPresident Robert Fogerty - 'Success Wanters'
1982Faerie Tale TheatrePaul
1982Madame's PlaceSelf
1981The Perfect WomanKing Kroger
1980First FamilyPresidential Assistant Feebleman
1980How to Beat the High Cost of LivingRobert
1979AmericathonVincent Vanderhoff
1979Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady TruckersJack LaRosa
1979Salem's LotLarry Crockett
1979Real PeopleCo-Host
1979$weepstake$Don
1978Space ForceCaptain Thomas Woods
1978America 2-NightJerry Hubbard
1977Fun with Dick and JaneBob
1977The People's Command Performance: '77Self - Ace Trucking Company
1977Cracking Up
1977Escape from Bogen CountyPearson
1977Fernwood 2 NightJerry Hubbard
1977Tabitha
1977We've Got Each Other
1977The Love BoatRichard Henderson
1977The Love BoatLou
1976Chesty Anderson U.S. NavyPeter Linden
1976Silver StreakJerry Jarvis
1976How to Break Up a Happy DivorceLance Colson
1976Laverne & Shirley
1976Good Heavens
1976Sirota's Court
1975HustleInterrogator
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1974Harrad SummerGary Logan
1973The Harrad ExperimentThe Ace Trucking Company
1973The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour
1972The Bob Newhart Show
1971Dynamite ChickenSelf - Ace Trucking Co.
1970JennyExecutive
1969Model ShopGas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1969Love, American StyleDouglas
1967Teenage MotherCoach
1966Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1965Get SmartLundy
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonProfessor Koffka
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
-Totally Obsessed
Crew
2020Space ForceThanks