Fred Gwynne was Herman Munster for two seasons and spent decades afterward escaping it, which he largely managed through stage work and late film roles.
Pet Sematary gives him Jud Crandall, whose warmth makes the film’s horror land, and My Cousin Vinny gives him Judge Chamberlain Haller, whose exchanges about the two youths are the best comedy in the film.
He was a Harvard graduate, a published children’s author and illustrator, and served in the Navy during the war.
Brad GreenquistA family discovers an ancient burial ground behind their Maine home that returns the dead to life, but wrong. Pet Sematary is Mary Lambert's 1989 American horror film adapted from Stephen King's 1983 novel, depicting a Boston physician who moves…
Fred Gwynne1992 Jonathan Lynn comedy with Joe Pesci as a New York personal-injury lawyer defending his cousin in rural Alabama. My Cousin Vinny is Jonathan Lynn's 1992 American comedy.
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