Fred Willard
Acting
Biography
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.
As actor 283
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Family Guy
1999
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Hollywood Squares
1998
Friends
1994
Modern Family
2009
Saturday Night Live
1975
Married... with Children
1987
Castle
2009
Stargate SG-1
1997
King of the Hill
1997
The Closer
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
New Girl
2011
The Love Boat
1977
Kim Possible
2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Community
2009
Mad About You
1992
The Drew Carey Show
1995
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
That '70s Show
1998
Hey Arnold!
1996
Chuck
2007
Hell's Kitchen
2005
American Playhouse
1982
Get Smart
1965
Dexter's Laboratory
1996
Murphy Brown
1988
Family Matters
1989
WALL·E
2008
Love, American Style
1969
The Golden Girls
1985
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Girlfriends
2000
Just Shoot Me!
1997
Wizards of Waverly Place
2007
Step by Step
1991
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
Raising Hope
2010
The Boondocks
2005
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
The Batman
2004
The Soup
2004
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000
Hercules
1998
Franklin & Bash
2011
The Bachelor
2002
Two Guys and a Girl
1998
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
Sister, Sister
1994
Transformers: Animated
2007
The Hughleys
1998
Best Week Ever
2004
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Drunk History
2013
The Wayans Bros.
1995
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Pushing Daisies
2007
Monster House
2006
Ally McBeal
1997
Harry and the Hendersons
1991
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Tosh.0
2009
Mama's Family
1983
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The Odd Couple
2015
The Bachelorette
2003
Space Force
2020
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Chicken Little
2005
Clueless
1996
Hollywood Game Night
2013
Dream On
1990
Dave's World
1993
Muppets Tonight
1996
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
American Wedding
2003
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
G.I. Joe: Renegades
2010
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
Real People
1979
City Guys
1997
Epic Movie
2007
TripTank
2014
Salem's Lot
1979
Oh Baby
1998
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
2019
Pet Star
2002
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
Roseanne
1988
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
Undeclared
2001
Inside Comedy
2012
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004
Teamo Supremo
2002
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
$weepstake$
1979
I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007
The Wedding Planner
2001
Madame's Place
1982
Ladies Man
1999
My Secret Identity
1988
3-South
2002
How High
2001
Date Movie
2006
Idle Hands
1999
America 2-Night
1978
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
2014
This Is Spinal Tap
1984
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
Love Wrecked
2005
Head Case
2007
Roxanne
1987
The Weird Al Show
1997
The Wedding Bells
2007
Best in Show
2000
Family Tree
2013
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
Fernwood 2 Night
1977
Back to You
2007
Silver Streak
1976
What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
2019
The Birthday Boys
2013
Free Radio
2008
Norm Macdonald Live
2013
The Magic of Belle Isle
2012
Review
2014
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016
Youth in Revolt
2009
9JKL
2017
Tabitha
1977
Fifty Shades of Black
2016
We've Got Each Other
1977
Fast Times
1986
Glory Daze
2010
Bette
2000
Kevin from Work
2015
Watching Ellie
2002
The Aristocrats
2005
Show Boat
2015
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
2011
Good Heavens
1976
Inside Schwartz
2001
Thank God You're Here
2007
A Minute with Stan Hooper
2003
D.C. Follies
1987
Breast Men
1997
Maybe It's Me
2001
The Perfect Woman
1981
George Burns Comedy Week
1985
Fun with Dick and Jane
1977
Cold Pizza
2003
The Very Very Best of the 70s
2019
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
2007
For Your Consideration
2006
Permanent Midnight
1998
Bachelors
2015
The Harrad Experiment
1973
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988
MADtv
1995
Waiting for Guffman
1997
A Mighty Wind
2003
Teenage Mother
1967
School Gyrls
2009
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980
In Gayle We Trust
2009
Twilight Theater II
1982
Moving Violations
1985
Sirota's Court
1976
Americathon
1979
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
2020
Dinner for Five
2001
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003
Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen
2007
The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth
2020
Back to Back
1996
Can't Stop Dancing
1999
The Fighting Fitzgeralds
2001
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
1989
Living in TV Land
2004
Wish Wizard
2014
American Pie: Revealed
2004
Hustle
1975
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
2004
All-Stars
2014
Your Love Never Fails
2011
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004
The Nutcracker and the Mouseking
2004
High Strung
1992
The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour
1973
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Ira & Abby
2006
Model Shop
1969
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
Holyman Undercover
2010
The Downer Channel
2001
Trust Us with Your Life
2012
Accidentally in Love
2011
Mascots
2016
Killer Diller
2004
Lilly's Light: The Movie
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures
2008
Harold
2008
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
Prehysteria! 3
1995
Kaufmania!
2020
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
Expecting Mary
2010
When Billie Beat Bobby
2001
Totally Obsessed
Live at Mister Kelly's
2021
Max Rose
2016
Imps*
1983
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001
Cracking Up
1977
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976
Dynamite Chicken
1971
Russell Madness
2015
I, Martin Short, Goes Home
2012
Re-Animated
2006
The Year That Trembled
2002
Fred & Vinnie
2011
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen
2006
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
1976
Captain Daddy
2021
I'll Believe You
2007
Dropping Out
2000
The Birder
2013
The History of White People in America
1985
Fired!
2007
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
2006
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992
Sodbusters
1994
First Family
1980
Lilly's Light
2010
Lots of Luck
1985
The 1984 Los Angeles Comedy Competition With Host Jay Leno
1991
12 Wishes of Christmas
2011
Jenny
1970
Official Rejection
2009
Escape from Bogen County
1977
steve.oedekerk.com
1997
Harrad Summer
1974
Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's
2001
Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth
1991
The Yank
2014
Hermie & Friends: Antonio Meets His Match
2010
Scouts Honor
2009
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
2004
The Pooch and the Pauper
2000
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
2004
Chump Change
2000
Dealin' with Idiots
2013
Church Ball
2006
Space Force
1978
The People's Command Performance: '77
1977
Fighting Words
2006
Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like
2018
Oh Damn
2017
Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio
1987
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
1987
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994
Here Comes Rusty
2016
Martin Mull: Talent Takes a Holiday
1992
Every 40 Years
2017