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Fred Gwynne Vital Stats: Birth Name: Frederick Hubbard Gwynne Born:
July 10, 1926 Birth Place: New York, New York Nationality: American
Fred Gwynne was not only an actor but an author and artist. He wrote
numerous books and appeared in numerous films, but to this day, he
will be remembered as Herman Munster. Since The Munsters was
licensed by Universal, the make-up artist could easily use the
Frankenstein look.
Before Fred was in the Munsters, he was in Car 54, Where Are You?
One day during the run of that show, he got devastating news. His
son had drowned in the family pool. He was married to Foxy Gwynne at
the time, but did divorce. Before his passing, he was married to Deb
Gwynne. Fred and Beverly Owen (Marilyn #1) remained very good
friends, and Beverly still goes to see Fred's family.
On the set of the Munsters, he would sweat constantly with his
costume. He also suffered a lot of back pain. Since he couldn't
drink vodka on the set he settled for lemonade. Beverly Owen
remembers it to be extremely difficult for Fred. Also the make-up
procedure took 3 hours every day! On a side note, the "head-piece"
or flat part of Herman's head was made anew everyday. Unless the new
one worked fine, then Fred's make-up man would use the one from the
previous time.
After the Munsters, Fred did all sorts of different things, ranging
from writing and illustrating books, to appearing in plays.
Unfortunately he was typecast as a monster. In 1981 he did the tv-movie
Munsters' Revenge. Through out the 80's and early 90's Fred did
commercial voice-overs, and continued to do movies like Pet Semetary,
and My Cousin Vinny. In 1993, Fred lost his battle with pancreatic
cancer and died.
Film Biography : Water Off Beat
The Boy Who Could Fly The Secret of My Success Ironweed Fatal
Attraction Disorganized Crime Pet Sematary Shadows and Fog My Cousin
Vinny The Club So Fine Simon La Luna On the Waterfront
Television: Captains Courageous
Sanctuary of Fear The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg Any Friend of
Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine The Munsters' Revenge The
Mysterious Stranger The Kane & Abel The Vanishing Act The Christmas
Star Murder by the Book Murder in Black and White Lincoln Harvey
Arsenic and Old Lace The Littlest Angel The Munsters Car 54, Where
Are You?
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