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Fred Gwynne

Shows · Fred Gwynne

Actor 1926–1993 On stage 19521982

Frederick Hubbard Gwynne (July 10, 1926 – July 2, 1993) was an American actor, artist, and author, who is widely known for his roles in the 1960s television sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? (as Francis Muldoon) and The Munsters (as Herman Munster), as well as his later film roles in The Cotton Club (1984), Pet Sematary (1989), and My Cousin Vinny (1992).

On stage 11 productions, 30 years

1952 Mrs. McThing Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Buloff 320 perf.
1953 The Frogs of Spring Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Burgess Meredith 15 perf.
1960 Irma La Douce Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Brook 524 perf.
1963 Here’s Love Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Stuart Ostrow 334 perf.
1972 The Lincoln Mask Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Frankel 8 perf.
1974 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Anta Playhouse · Revival · directed by Michael Kahn 160 perf.
1976 A Texas Trilogy: The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Alan Schneider 22 perf.
1976 A Texas Trilogy: The Oldest Living Graduate Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Alan Schneider 20 perf.
1978 Angel Minskoff Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Tucker 5 perf.
1978 Players Lyceum Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Blakemore 23 perf.
1982 Whodunnit Biltmore Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Kahn 157 perf.

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Worked with more than once3 names

Paul O Keefe 2 productions
Henderson Forsythe 2 productions
Barbara Baxley 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Elizabeth Seal, Keith Michell, Clive Revill, George S. Irving, Stuart Damon, Fred Gwynne, Elliott Gouldebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • During rehearsals for Here’s Love , Fred Gwynne’s baby daughter died by drowning. The trouper, though brokenhearted, returned to the show for its opening. (Ironically, Natalie Wood later died by drowning off Catalina Island in 1981 at forty-three.) Of her dozens of movies, probably Wood’s most popular and widely seen remains Miracle on 34…ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • With: Elizabeth Seal, Clive Revill, Elliott Gould, Robert S. Irving, Fred Gwynne, Keith Michellebooks/Kissel, Howard/David Merrick - The Abominable Showman_ The Unauthorized Biography (Applause Books) - Howard Kissel.txt
  • [The list: From Israel with Love (10), Hurry, Harry (2), Pacific Paradise (5), Mother Earth (12), The Lincoln Mask starring Eva Marie Saint and Fred Gwynne (8), Lysistrata starring Melina Mercouri (8), Ambassador starring Howard Keel (9), Via Galactica (7), Tricks (8), Let Me Hear You Smile starring Sandy Dennis (1), Warp (8), and Status…ebooks/Suskin, Steven/B001T4YWBO EBOK - Steven Suskin.txt
  • I got $5 for rehearsals and $10 for performances. Our show starred Elizabeth Ashley, Fred Gwynne, Kate Reid and Keir Dullea. There were a lot of great people around as it was true rep and we were just one of three shows that summer. Fred was also doing Toby Belch, and Kate was doing the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet with Roberta Maxwell and D…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer Ashley/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 2, The - Jennifer Ashley Tepper.txt
  • Tom Rosqui W. B. Brydon Tanny McDonald Eva Marie Saint Fred Gwynne Alek Primrosetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt

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