Fred Willard
Known for acting · Born 18 September 1933 · Died 15 May 2020 · aged 86 · Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
286 credits
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.
Known for
WALL·E
2008
Modern Family
2009
Fifty Shades of Black
2016
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
Waiting for Guffman
1997
How High
2001
Date Movie
2006
Fernwood 2 Night
1977
America 2-Night
1978
Roxanne
1987
American Wedding
2003
Acting (285)
2026Who Is Martin Mull?SelfFilm
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)Film
2021Live at Mister Kelly'sSelfFilm
2021Captain DaddyDaddy (voice)Film
2020Space ForceFred Naird · 3 episodesSeries
2020Have a Good Trip: Adventures in PsychedelicsThe 'Just Hang On!' ManFilm
2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight MadnessSelfFilm
2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and CampSelfFilm
2020Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All TimeSelfSeries
2020Kaufmania!SelfFilm
2020Lilly's Light: The MovieMoylinFilm
2020The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on EarthSeries
2019I Think You Should Leave with Tim RobinsonNew JoeSeries
2019What Just Happened??! with Fred SavageSeries
2019The Very Very Best of the 70sSelf - Commentator · 3 episodesSeries
2018Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of LikeSmittyFilm
20179JKLDickSeries
2017Oh DamnFilm
2017Every 40 YearsHimselfFilm
2016Fifty Shades of BlackGaryFilm
2016MascotsGreg Gammons, Jr.Film
2016Join or Die with Craig FergusonSeries
2016Max RoseJim ClarkFilm
2016The $100,000 PyramidSelfSeries
2016Here Comes RustyMakFilm
2015The Odd CoupleFred Langford · 2 episodesSeries
2015Celebrity Family FeudSelfSeries
2015Russell MadnessTJFilm
2015Kevin from WorkRoger TrousdaleSeries
2015BachelorsUncle UlyssesFilm
2015Show BoatCap'n Andy HawksFilm
2014Planes: Fire & RescueSecretary of the Interior (voice)Film
2014Last Week Tonight with John OliverSelf - GuestSeries
2014ReviewJack T. Walthall · 4 episodesSeries
2014Tim and Eric's Bedtime StoriesDanSeries
2014All-StarsJohn CarsonFilm
2014TripTank911 Call (voice)Series
2014Wish WizardHope GiverFilm
2014The YankPeter MurphyFilm
2013Anchorman 2: The Legend ContinuesEd HarkenFilm
2013Drunk HistoryDeep ThroatSeries
2013Dealin' with IdiotsFilm
2013Family TreeMike Morton · 3 episodesSeries
2013Hollywood Game NightSelfSeries
2013The Birthday BoysVariousSeries
2013Norm Macdonald LiveSelfSeries
2013The BirderPark PresidentFilm
2012The Magic of Belle IsleAl KaiserFilm
2012Comedy Bang! Bang!MerlinSeries
2012Inside ComedySelfSeries
2012I, Martin Short, Goes HomeMason MacgillivrayFilm
2012Trust Us with Your LifeHost · 8 episodesSeries
2011New GirlBeezusSeries
2011Scooby-Doo! Legend of the PhantosaurMr. Hubley (voice)Film
2011Franklin & BashWallace ClaytonSeries
2011My Future BoyfriendBobFilm
2011Your Love Never FailsPaulFilm
201112 Wishes of ChristmasJack VolaraFilm
2011Accidentally in LoveDick BroctonFilm
2011Fred & VinnieMovie StarFilm
2010Raising HopeMr. SwiftSeries
2010Hot in ClevelandDoctor HillSeries
2010G.I. Joe: RenegadesMayor Lockridge (voice)Series
2010Glory DazeDoctor · 2 episodesSeries
2010Holyman UndercoverRichardFilm
2010Expecting MaryJerry ZeeFilm
2010Hermie & Friends: Antonio Meets His MatchAngusFilm
2010Lilly's LightMoylinFilm
2009Modern FamilyFrank Dunphy · 15 episodesSeries
2009CommunityAlter-PierceSeries
2009CastleHank McPheeSeries
2009Youth in RevoltMr. FergusonFilm
2009Tosh.0Series
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelfSeries
2009Official RejectionSelfFilm
2009Scouts HonorGame MasterFilm
2009School GyrlsMr LockwoodFilm
2009In Gayle We TrustPete · 2 episodesSeries
2008WALL·EShelby Forthright, BnL CEOFilm
2008HaroldDr. PrattFilm
2008Betsy's Kindergarten AdventuresBus Driver Bob (voice) · 26 episodesSeries
2008Free RadioDale Knutson · 2 episodesSeries
2007Epic MovieAsloFilm
2007ChuckCraig TurnerSeries
2007Wizards of Waverly PlaceMr. Stuffleby · 2 episodesSeries
2007Pushing DaisiesThe Great HerrmannSeries
2007I Could Never Be Your WomanMartyFilm
2007Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey AdventureThe Boogey Man (voice)Film
2007Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!Tragg, ManciergeSeries
2007Transformers: AnimatedSwindle (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2007Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider QueenBoogey (voice)Film
2007Back to YouMarsh McGinley · 17 episodesSeries
2007Fired!SelfFilm
2007I'll Believe YouMr. FratusFilm
2007Head CaseSelfSeries
2007The Wedding BellsSeries
2007Thank God You're HereSelfSeries
2006Monster HouseDad (voice)Film
2006Date MovieBernie FunkyerdoderFilm
2006For Your ConsiderationChuckFilm
2006Comedy Central Roast of William ShatnerSelf - RoasterFilm
2006Re-AnimatedMilt AppledayFilm
2006Ira & AbbyMichael WilloughbyFilm
2006Church BallBishop LindermanFilm
2006Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't HappenSanta Claus / Dog Catcher (voice)Film
2006Fighting WordsLongfellowFilm
2005Chicken LittleMelvin - Alien Dad (voice)Film
2005Love WreckedBen TaylorFilm
2005The BoondocksMr. Joe Petto (voice)Series
2005The CloserSanta JackSeries
2005Hell's KitchenSelf - Restaurant PatronSeries
2005The AristocratsSelfFilm
2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyEd HarkenFilm
2004Harold & Kumar Go to White CastleDr. WilloughbyFilm
2004The BatmanRoss (voice), Announcer / Instructor (voice)Series
2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost MovieEd HarkenFilm
2004American Pie: RevealedSelfFilm
2004Tom Goes to the MayorGarry Friendly (voice)Series
2004The SoupSelfSeries
2004Nobody Knows Anything!Mr. McClintockFilm
200450 Ways to Leave Your LoverBucky BrandtFilm
2004The Nutcracker and the MousekingBubble (voice)Film
2004Best Week Ever · 2 episodesSeries
2004Killer DillerNedFilm
2004Frasier: Analyzing the LaughterAnalystFilm
2004Elf: Christmas in TinseltownSelfFilm
2004Living in TV LandSeries
2003American WeddingHarold FlahertyFilm
2003A Mighty WindMike LaFontaineFilm
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self · 6 episodes, Self - Guest Co-Host · 5 episodesSeries
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelfSeries
2003Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island AdventureProfessor DoornitzFilm
2003The BacheloretteSelf - Commentator · 2 episodesSeries
2003Comedy Central RoastsSelfSeries
2003A Minute with Stan HooperFred Hawkins · 13 episodesSeries
2003Cold PizzaSeries
2002Kim PossibleJack Hench (voice) · 2 episodes, Jack Hench / Receptionist (voice)Series
2002The BachelorSelf - Commentator · 2 episodesSeries
2002The Year That TrembledFrank WoodsFilm
2002Pet StarSelf - Judge · 2 episodesSeries
20023-South · 13 episodesSeries
2002Teamo Supremo(voice) · 39 episodesSeries
2002Watching EllieFred · 2 episodesSeries
2001The Wedding PlannerBasil St. MoselyFilm
2001How HighPhilip HuntleyFilm
2001The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyBoogeySeries
2001UndeclaredProfessor DugganSeries
2001The Legend of TarzanBaruti (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2001When Billie Beat BobbyHoward CosellFilm
2001Dinner for FiveSeries
2001Maybe It's MeJerry Stage · 22 episodesSeries
2001Teddy Bears' PicnicSenator Roger DickeyFilm
2001Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly'sFilm
2001The Downer Channel · 2 episodesSeries
2001Inside SchwartzDick NewtonSeries
2001The Fighting FitzgeraldsSeries
2000Best in ShowBuck LaughlinFilm
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandPa (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2000GirlfriendsDr. Percy Bales · 2 episodesSeries
2000The Pooch and the PauperPresidentFilm
2000Chump ChangeSteve's ManagerFilm
2000BetteSeries
2000Dropping OutPaul BlanchardFilm
1999Family GuyDave Campbell (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged MeMission CommanderFilm
1999Idle HandsDadFilm
1999Ladies ManLarry Little · 2 episodesSeries
1999Can't Stop DancingChesterFilm
1998That '70s ShowCharlieSeries
1998HerculesVic (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1998Two Guys and a GirlFrank FarberSeries
1998Permanent MidnightCraig ZifferFilm
1998The HughleysRichard Jacobson, ApplegateSeries
1998Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist · 5 episodesSeries
1998Oh BabySeries
1997Stargate SG-1JacekSeries
1997King of the HillOfficer Brown (voice) · 5 episodes, Ranger Bradley / Reclining Hippie (voice), Chairman / Geiger (voice)Series
1997Ally McBealDr. Harold Madison · 2 episodesSeries
1997Waiting for GuffmanRon AlbertsonFilm
1997Just Shoot Me!LarrySeries
1997Breast MenTalk Show Host (uncredited)Film
1997The Weird Al ShowAward Show HostSeries
1997City GuysSeries
1997steve.oedekerk.comFilm
1996Sabrina, the Teenage WitchBobby CalzoneSeries
1996Hey Arnold!Series
1996Dexter's LaboratoryF.R.E.D. (voice)Series
1996Everybody Loves RaymondHank MacDougall · 14 episodesSeries
1996CluelessJoe PasadineSeries
1996Muppets TonightSelfSeries
1996Back to BackLoan OfficerFilm
1995The Drew Carey ShowFred tuttleSeries
1995MADtvSelf - Special Guest / Gene St. JohnSeries
1995The Wayans Bros.Dick FerndaleSeries
1995Prehysteria! 3Film
1994FriendsMr. LipsonSeries
1994Sister, SisterMr. Mitushka · 3 episodesSeries
1994Space Ghost Coast to CoastSelfSeries
1994Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never DieReginald CobblesFilm
1994SodbustersClarence GentryFilm
1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanPresident Garner · 3 episodesSeries
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - GuestSeries
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
1993Diagnosis: MurderHarry FellowsSeries
1993Saved by the Bell: The New ClassMr. HuffingtonSeries
1993Dave's WorldBudSeries
1992Mad About YouHenry Vincent · 5 episodesSeries
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · 2 episodesSeries
1992High StrungInsurance SalesmanFilm
1992The Ben Stiller ShowSeries
1992A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-OutLt. Bob HookstrattenFilm
1992Martin Mull: Talent Takes a HolidaySelfFilm
1991Step by StepBert LambertSeries
1991Harry and the HendersonsChick FoxSeries
1991Tom Arnold: The Naked TruthSelfFilm
1991The 1984 Los Angeles Comedy Competition With Host Jay LenoSelf / Celebrity JudgeFilm
1990Dream OnFenton HarleySeries
1989The SimpsonsWally Kogen (voice)Series
1989Family MattersVice Principal Mallet · 3 episodesSeries
1989I, Martin Short, Goes HollywoodMan #2 at PartyFilm
1988Roseanne · 3 episodesSeries
1988Murphy BrownSeries
1988My Secret IdentitySeries
1988Portrait of a White MarriageHal HarrisonFilm
1988Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of SteelFinn Howard, Metropolis Deputy MayorFilm
1987Married... with ChildrenStanSeries
1987RoxanneMayor DeebsFilm
1987Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance HallTom OsborneFilm
1987Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, OhioSelfFilm
1987D.C. Follies · 45 episodesSeries
1986The History of White People in America: Volume IIHal HarrisonFilm
1986Fast TimesGus PantelisSeries
1985The Golden GirlsBobSeries
1985Moving ViolationsTerrence "Doc" WilliamsFilm
1985The History of White People in AmericaHal HarrisonFilm
1985Lots of LuckA.J. FoleyFilm
1985George Burns Comedy WeekSeries
1984This Is Spinal TapLt. HookstrattenFilm
1984Murder, She WroteLt. PhillipsSeries
1983Mama's FamilySeries
1983Imps*DadFilm
1982National Lampoon's Movie MadnessPresident Robert Fogerty - 'Success Wanters'Film
1982Faerie Tale TheatrePaulSeries
1982Madame's PlaceSelfSeries
1982American PlayhouseTom Osborne (segment 'Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall')Series
1982Twilight Theater IISelf- GuestFilm
1981The Perfect WomanKing KrogerFilm
1980How to Beat the High Cost of LivingRobertFilm
1980First FamilyPresidential Assistant FeeblemanFilm
1979Salem's LotLarry Crockett · 2 episodesSeries
1979AmericathonVincent VanderhoffFilm
1979Real PeopleCo-Host · 6 episodesSeries
1979Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady TruckersJack LaRosaFilm
1979$weepstake$DonSeries
1978America 2-NightJerry Hubbard · 65 episodesSeries
1978Space ForceCaptain Thomas WoodsFilm
1977The Love BoatRichard Henderson, LouSeries
1977Fun with Dick and JaneBobFilm
1977Fernwood 2 NightJerry Hubbard · 65 episodesSeries
1977TabithaSeries
1977Cracking UpFilm
1977We've Got Each OtherSeries
1977Escape from Bogen CountyPearsonFilm
1977The People's Command Performance: '77Self - Ace Trucking CompanyFilm
1976Silver StreakJerry JarvisFilm
1976Laverne & Shirley · 2 episodesSeries
1976Chesty Anderson U.S. NavyPeter LindenFilm
1976Good HeavensSeries
1976Sirota's CourtH.R. 'Bud' Nugent · 13 episodesSeries
1976How to Break Up a Happy DivorceLance ColsonFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host, Bear City Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 6 episodesSeries
1975HustleInterrogatorFilm
1974Harrad SummerGary LoganFilm
1973The Harrad ExperimentThe Ace Trucking CompanyFilm
1973The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour · 10 episodesSeries
1972The Bob Newhart ShowJohn Emil TobinSeries
1971Dynamite ChickenSelf - Ace Trucking Co.Film
1970JennyExecutiveFilm
1969Model ShopGas Station Attendant (uncredited)Film
1969Love, American StyleDouglasSeries
1967Teenage MotherCoachFilm
1966Pistols 'n' PetticoatsSeries
1965Get SmartLundySeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonProfessor Koffka, SelfSeries
—Totally Obsessed · 10 episodesSeries
Crew (1)
2020Space ForceThanksSeries