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Fred Willard

Acting · Born 1933-09-18 · 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.

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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025 · Self (archive footage)

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

2020 · Fred Naird

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

2020 · The 'Just Hang On!' Man

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth

What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage

The Very Very Best of the 70s

The Very Very Best of the 70s

2019 · Self - Commentator

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

2019 · New Joe

2016 · Greg Gammons, Jr.

2016 · Jim Clark

The $100,000 Pyramid

Here Comes Rusty

Join or Die with Craig Ferguson

Fifty Shades of Black

2015 · Uncle Ulysses

Kevin from Work

2015 · Roger Trousdale

Celebrity Family Feud

Russell Madness

2015 · Fred Langford

2014 · John Carson

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

Planes: Fire & Rescue

2014 · Secretary of the Interior (voice)

2014 · Hope Giver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014 · Self - Guest

2014 · 911 Call (voice)

2014 · Peter Murphy

2014 · Jack T. Walthall

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

2013 · Ed Harken

The Birthday Boys

2013 · Various

2013 · Park President

Dealin' with Idiots

Hollywood Game Night

2013 · Deep Throat

2013 · Mike Morton

Norm Macdonald Live

Trust Us with Your Life

The Magic of Belle Isle

2012 · Al Kaiser

Comedy Bang! Bang!

I, Martin Short, Goes Home

2012 · Mason Macgillivray

12 Wishes of Christmas

2011 · Jack Volara

Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur

2011 · Mr. Hubley (voice)

Franklin & Bash

2011 · Wallace Clayton

Accidentally in Love

2011 · Dick Brocton

Your Love Never Fails

G.I. Joe: Renegades

2010 · Mayor Lockridge (voice)

2010 · Jerry Zee

2010 · Mr. Swift

Hot in Cleveland

2010 · Doctor Hill

Hermie & Friends: Antonio Meets His Match

Holyman Undercover

2010 · Richard

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009 · Frank Dunphy

2009 · Mr Lockwood

2009 · Alter-Pierce

In Gayle We Trust

In Gayle We Trust

Youth in Revolt

2009 · Mr. Ferguson

2009 · Game Master

Official Rejection

2009 · Hank McPhee

2008 · Dr. Pratt

2008 · Shelby Forthright, BnL CEO

2008 · Dale Knutson

Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures

2008 · Bus Driver Bob (voice)

Transformers: Animated

2007 · Swindle (voice)

Wizards of Waverly Place

2007 · Mr. Stuffleby

Pushing Daisies

2007 · The Great Herrmann

2007 · Craig Turner

2007 · Marsh McGinley

Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen

2007 · Boogey (voice)

I Could Never Be Your Woman

Thank God You're Here

The Wedding Bells

Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure

2007 · The Boogey Man (voice)

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

I'll Believe You

2007 · Mr. Fratus

2006 · Longfellow

2006 · Milt Appleday

For Your Consideration

Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen

2006 · Santa Claus / Dog Catcher (voice)

Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner

2006 · Self - Roaster

2006 · Dad (voice)

2006 · Michael Willoughby

2006 · Bishop Linderman

2006 · Bernie Funkyerdoder

2005 · Melvin - Alien Dad (voice)

2005 · Ben Taylor

The Aristocrats

2005 · Santa Jack

2005 · Self - Restaurant Patron

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004 · Ed Harken

Tom Goes to the Mayor

2004 · Garry Friendly (voice)

The Nutcracker and the Mouseking

2004 · Bubble (voice)

2004 · Ross (voice)

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

2004 · Bucky Brandt

Nobody Knows Anything!

2004 · Mr. McClintock

Living in TV Land

Living in TV Land

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

2004 · Dr. Willoughby

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004 · Ed Harken

Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter

2004 · Analyst

American Pie: Revealed

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

2003 · Professor Doornitz

A Minute with Stan Hooper

2003 · Fred Hawkins

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Comedy Central Roasts

American Wedding

2003 · Harold Flaherty

2003 · Mike LaFontaine

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Bachelorette

2003 · Self - Commentator

2002 · Self - Judge

2002 · Jack Hench (voice)

2002 · Self - Commentator

The Year That Trembled

2002 · Frank Woods

2002 · (voice)

2001 · Philip Huntley

2001 · Jerry Stage

Inside Schwartz

Inside Schwartz

2001 · Dick Newton

2001 · Professor Duggan

The Legend of Tarzan

2001 · Baruti (voice)

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

The Downer Channel

Dinner for Five

Teddy Bears' Picnic

2001 · Senator Roger Dickey

When Billie Beat Bobby

2001 · Howard Cosell

The Fighting Fitzgeralds

The Wedding Planner

2001 · Basil St. Mosely

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

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

2000 · Pa (voice)

2000 · Buck Laughlin

2000 · Dr. Percy Bales

The Pooch and the Pauper

2000 · President

2000 · Paul Blanchard

2000 · Steve's Manager

1999 · Larry Little

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

1999 · Mission Commander

1999 · Dave Campbell (voice)

Can't Stop Dancing

1999 · Chester

1998 · Richard Jacobson

Permanent Midnight

1998 · Craig Ziffer

Hollywood Squares

1998 · Self - Panelist

1998 · Vic (voice)

1998 · Charlie

Two Guys and a Girl

1998 · Frank Farber

1997 · Talk Show Host (uncredited)

The Weird Al Show

1997 · Award Show Host

1997 · Dr. Harold Madison

steve.oedekerk.com

Waiting for Guffman

1997 · Ron Albertson

King of the Hill

1997 · Officer Brown (voice)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996 · Bobby Calzone

1996 · Joe Pasadine

Everybody Loves Raymond

1996 · Hank MacDougall

1996 · Loan Officer

Dexter's Laboratory

1996 · F.R.E.D. (voice)

Muppets Tonight

1995 · Self - Special Guest / Gene St. John

The Drew Carey Show

1995 · Fred tuttle

The Wayans Bros.

1995 · Dick Ferndale

1994 · Mr. Lipson

1994 · Clarence Gentry

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

1994 · Reginald Cobbles

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1994 · Mr. Mitushka

Diagnosis: Murder

1993 · Harry Fellows

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Self - Guest

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993 · President Garner

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

1993 · Mr. Huffington

Late Show with David Letterman

1993 · Self - Guest

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

1992 · Lt. Bob Hookstratten

The Ben Stiller Show

1992 · Henry Vincent

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992 · Insurance Salesman

1991 · Bert Lambert

Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth

Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth

Harry and the Hendersons

1991 · Chick Fox

1990 · Fenton Harley

1989 · Wally Kogen (voice)

1989 · Vice Principal Mallet

I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood

1989 · Man #2 at Party

My Secret Identity

Portrait of a White Marriage

1988 · Hal Harrison

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

1988 · Finn Howard, Metropolis Deputy Mayor

Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall

1987 · Tom Osborne

Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio

1987 · Mayor Deebs

Married... with Children

1986 · Gus Pantelis

The History of White People in America: Volume II

1986 · Hal Harrison

George Burns Comedy Week

The Golden Girls

The History of White People in America

1985 · Hal Harrison

Moving Violations

1985 · Terrence "Doc" Williams

1985 · A.J. Foley

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Lt. Phillips

This Is Spinal Tap

1984 · Lt. Hookstratten

Faerie Tale Theatre

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

1982 · President Robert Fogerty - 'Success Wanters'

American Playhouse

1982 · Tom Osborne (segment 'Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall')

The Perfect Woman

1981 · King Kroger

1980 · Presidential Assistant Feebleman

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

1979 · Larry Crockett

1979 · Vincent Vanderhoff

1979 · Co-Host

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

1979 · Jack LaRosa

1978 · Captain Thomas Woods

America 2-Night

1978 · Jerry Hubbard

Escape from Bogen County

1977 · Pearson

We've Got Each Other

1977 · Richard Henderson

Fernwood 2 Night

1977 · Jerry Hubbard

Fun with Dick and Jane

1976 · Jerry Jarvis

1976 · H.R. 'Bud' Nugent

Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy

1976 · Peter Linden

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce

1976 · Lance Colson

Laverne & Shirley

1975 · Interrogator

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Host

1974 · Gary Logan

The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour

The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour

The Harrad Experiment

1973 · The Ace Trucking Company

The Bob Newhart Show

1972 · John Emil Tobin

Dynamite Chicken

1971 · Self - Ace Trucking Co.

1970 · Executive

Love, American Style

1969 · Douglas

1969 · Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Professor Koffka

Totally Obsessed

Totally Obsessed

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