Fred Willard

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American actor comedian human improviser

Fred Willard was an American comedic actor and improviser known for his deadpan delivery and scene-stealing roles in mockumentaries like "Best in Show" and numerous television comedies.

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Fred Willard canonical 18

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
human ⓘ
improviser ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2020 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
awardReceived Emmy Award ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award nomination
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
causeOfDeath cardiac arrest ⓘ
child Hope Willard ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1933-09-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-05-15 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1968 ⓘ
familyName Willard ⓘ
fullName Frederick Charles Willard ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
givenName Frederick ⓘ
nominatedFor Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ
notableFor deadpan delivery ⓘ
improvisational comedy ⓘ
notableRole Best in Show ⓘ
surface form: Buck Laughlin in Best in Show

Ed Harken in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy ⓘ
Frank Dunphy in Modern Family ⓘ
notableWork A Mighty Wind ⓘ
America 2-Night ⓘ
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy ⓘ
Best in Show ⓘ
Everybody Loves Raymond ⓘ
Fernwood 2 Night ⓘ
For Your Consideration ⓘ
Modern Family ⓘ
United States Space Force ⓘ
surface form: Space Force

This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ
Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
WALL-E ⓘ
surface form: Wall-E
numberOfChildren 1 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Mary Lovell ⓘ
style mockumentary comedy ⓘ
scene-stealing supporting performances ⓘ
workedWith Catherine O’Hara ⓘ
surface form: Catherine O'Hara

Christopher Guest ⓘ
Eugene Levy ⓘ
Michael McKean ⓘ

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Fernwood 2 Night → stars → Fred Willard ⓘ
Fernwood 2 Night → portrayedBy → Fred Willard ⓘ
WALL-E → voiceActor → Fred Willard ⓘ
Roxanne → starring → Fred Willard ⓘ
VMI → hasNotableAlumni → Fred Willard ⓘ
subject surface form: Virginia Military Institute
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy → starring → Fred Willard ⓘ
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues → castMember → Fred Willard ⓘ
America 2-Night → starring → Fred Willard ⓘ
Chicken Little → voiceActor → Fred Willard ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicken Little (2005 film)
Jerry Hubbard → portrayedBy → Fred Willard ⓘ
film "How High" → castMember → Fred Willard ⓘ
subject surface form: How High
Back to You → starring → Fred Willard ⓘ
American Wedding → portrayedBy → Fred Willard ⓘ
Best in Show → hasCastMember → Fred Willard ⓘ
Waiting for Guffman → hasCastMember → Fred Willard ⓘ
A Mighty Wind → stars → Fred Willard ⓘ
For Your Consideration → stars → Fred Willard ⓘ
Youth in Revolt → stars → Fred Willard ⓘ