Fred Willard Dies

[Brutalform]

Sad to hear Fred Willard died. He was the father of the bride on American Wedding. Funny movie. His character was especially funny with the bachelor party scene... 

[Rob Hall]

I remember him from the Christopher Guest comedies--'Best of Show', 'For Your Consideration', 'Waiting for Guffman', funny guy...he even had a small role in Spinal Tap IIRC.

Edited May 16, 2020 by Rob Hall

[SfanGoch]

I remember him when he portrayed Jerry Hubbard, Barth Gimble's (Martin Mull) sidekick on Fernwood Tonight.

[Snake45]

13 minutes ago, SfanGoch said:

I remember him when he portrayed Jerry Hubbard, Barth Gimble's (Martin Mull) sidekick on Fernwood Tonight.

"And me...I'm Jerry Hubbard."  I never saw Fernwood Tonight but I was a faithful watcher of the follow-on America Tonight. To this day one of my most used quotes was stolen from Martin Mull: "Now, that is just darn close to interesting!" I probably say it twice a week. 

 

1 hour ago, Brutalform said:

He was the father of the bride on American Wedding.

More recently, he was also the father of the son-in-law on Modern Family, and he was absolutely perfect for the role. They killed off his character in a poignant way in the final season just a few months ago. 

I'll miss him. Thanks for all the laughs, Fred. 

[Miatatom]

Really loved his performances as Amy's dad on Everybody Loves Raymond playing the uber pious husband to Georgia Engel. She was the perfect match to Fred in the show.

[slusher]

4 hours ago, Miatatom said:

Really loved his performances as Amy's dad on Everybody Loves Raymond playing the uber pious husband to Georgia Engel. She was the perfect match to Fred in the show.

Georgia died a year or two ago guessing we are losing so many people in music and television...

[ChrisBcritter]

Sorry to hear this - he was so funny on Fernwood 2 Night; perfect foil to Martin Mull. Loved it when Fred would say something particularly dumb, and Martin would answer "Jerry, look over there..."  

Hope this gets played at his funeral:

 

Edited May 17, 2020 by ChrisBcritter

[TonyK]

Fernwood 2 Night was when I remember seeing him for the first time and then everything he was on since was better with him in it. Always made me laugh. It seemed he was working without a script. Sad to see him go.

[unclescott58]

Fred Willard will be missed. I especially loved him in Best of Show. In fact, in that one he stole the show. 

[Miatatom]

10 hours ago, slusher said:

Georgia died a year or two ago guessing we are losing so many people in music and television...

She was also great as Ted Baxter's girlfriend on Mary Tyler Moore.

[charlie8575]

I remember him from doing all kinds of silly bits with Jay Leno. He was a very funny man.

Charlie Larkin

[Oldcarfan27]

I just Googled him and saw images of him. He was looking pretty drawn. Reports say he died of natural causes, but I think something was happening that we may never find out about.

I enjoyed him on "Raymond". Very funny guy, he will be missed.

Does anybody else remember him from the TV show "Real People"?

[Joe Handley]

On 5/23/2020 at 1:20 AM, charlie8575 said:

I remember him from doing all kinds of silly bits with Jay Leno. He was a very funny man.

Charlie Larkin

He was eleven working with Jimmy Fallon after Leno moved on.

I’ll be honest, never realized he was well into his 80’s.

[NYLIBUD]

That sucks,he was a very funny guy, always playing off beat roles.RIP 

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

Does anybody else remember him from the TV show "Real People"?

I didn't until you mentioned it. 

[iamsuperdan]

Just noticed over the weekend that he appears in the new show Space Force. He plays Steve Carrell's character's dad. 

He's pretty funny in it.