Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne

Nascimento : 1926-07-10, New York City, New York, USA

Morte : 1993-07-02

História

An American actor. Gwynne was best known for his roles in the 1960s sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? and The Munsters, as well as his later roles in The Cotton Club, Pet Sematary and My Cousin Vinny.

Perfil

Fred Gwynne
Fred Gwynne

Filmes

Auto-Tune the Munsters: A Rock Opera
Herman Munster (archive footage)
A television special made up of footage of the Munsters episode "A Man for Marilyn", which has been extensively re-edited into an Auto-Tune musical.
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Self / Actor (archive footage)
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.
Acordando a Bela Adormecida
Herman Munster (archive footage)
O documentário mostra os bastidores dos estúdios de Wall Disney e todo o processo de criação das melhores e mais famosas animações em 2D realizadas entre os anos de 1984 e 1994, época que ficou conhecido como a nova era da animação.
Lincoln
Edwin Stanton (voice)
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.
Meu Primo Vinny
Judge Chamberlain Haller
Dois amigos visitam uma pequena cidade do interior americano, quando são confundidos com assaltantes. Atrás das grades, um deles se lembra de um primo, Vinny, que é advogado. O problema é que ele acabou de se formar e nunca exerceu a profissão.
Neblina e Sombras
Hacker's Follower
Woody Allen homenageia o cinema expressionista alemão nessa história de um burocrata atrapalhado que quer se juntar a um grupo de homens que perseguem um estrangulador à solta.
Earthday Birthday
Fred the Moose (voice)
After learning about pollution a group of creatures called Zwibble Dibbles, decide to throw a party for the Earth to raise awareness.
Murder in Black and White
Brannigan
A recently appointed black police commissioner is killed. So, Frank Janek is assigned to investigate.
Cemitério Maldito
Jud Crandall
Recentemente os Creeds se mudaram para uma nova casa nos arredores de Chicago. A casa é perfeita, exceto por duas coisas: Os reboques, que vivem fazendo barulho na estrada, e o misterioso cemitério no bosque atrás da casa. Os vizinhos dos Creeds estão relutantes em falar sobre o cemitério e eles tem um bom motivo para tal comportamento. Gradativamente o casal toma conhecimento da verdade e ficam chocados ao saberem do perigo que seus filhos correm. Quando o gato da família morre atropelado, eles o enterram em um cemitério indígena que tem o poder de ressuscitar o que for deixado naquele terreno, mas as consequências são inimagináveis.
Disorganized Crime
Max Green
Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang hits the bank vault, it's a safe bet there's going to be organized insanity and disorganized crime!
Ironweed
Oscar Reo
Um vagabundo alcoólatra passa o Dia das Bruxas em sua cidade natal, Albany, Nova York, depois de voltar para lá pela primeira vez em décadas. Albany, Nova York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan e Helen Archer são vagabundos, de volta à cidade natal. Ela era uma cantora no rádio, ele um arremessador da liga principal. A morte os rodeia: ela está doente, um amigo tem câncer, ele cava covas no cemitério e visita a cova de seu filho recém-nascido, a quem ele deixou cair; visões de seu passado o assombram, incluindo fantasmas de dois homens que ele matou. Naquela noite, bebendo, Helen tenta cantar em um bar. No dia seguinte, Fran visita sua esposa e filhos e conhece um neto. Ele poderia ficar, mas decide que não é para ele. Helen tira suas coisas do estoque e encontra um hotel. Entre seus erros e negligência, o filme explora seu código de justiça e lealdade. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
The Ten-Year Lunch
George S. Kaufman (voice)
The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table group included short story and poetry writer Dorothy Parker; comic actor and writer Robert Benchley; The New Yorker founder Harold Ross; columnist and social reformer Heywood Broun; critic Alexander Woollcott; and playwrights George S. Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber and Robert Sherwood.
Atração Fatal
Arthur
Aproveitando o fato de Beth Gallagher (Anne Archer), sua mulher, estar viajando Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas), um advogado, tem um rápido caso com Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), uma executiva que demostra ser desequilibrada emocionalmente e até mesmo perigosa, quando decide fazer parte da vida dele custe o que custar.
O Segredo do Meu Sucesso
Donald Davenport
Recém-formado na faculdade, Brantley Foster viaja do Kansas a Nova York para começar em um novo emprego. No entanto, quando Brantley chega, ele descobre que sua posição foi eliminada e é forçado a aceitar um emprego com seu tio Howard, que se tornou presidente da empresa após casar-se. Brantley começa a trabalhar entregando correspondências, mas sobe de posições rapidamente quando começa a fingir que é um executivo.
Murder by the Book
Victor Greville
Mild-mannered mystery writer D. H. Mercer has become so immersed in his material that his creation, hard-boiled private eye Biff Deegan, constantly appears to him as a hallucination. Intent on getting rid of Biff, and replacing him with a more civilized detective, Mercer soon finds himself in a genuine mystery involving art fraud, murder, and a beautiful lady in peril.
A Estrela de Natal
Waters
Na noite de Natal, enquanto a família Jameson se prepara para uma alegre ceia, um pobre homem está preso, distante do espírito festivo da data. Mas Papai Noel não pode esquecer dele.
O Garoto Que Podia Voar
Uncle Hugo
Amável adolescente Milly (Lucy Deakins) muda-se para a casa vizinha ao lado do adolescente autista Eric Gibb (Jay Underwood). O Eric mudo, cujos pais foram mortos quando ele tinha 5 anos de idade, vive com seu tio Hugo (Fred Gwynne),que bebe muito. Sua tendência para ficar em telhados e parapeito das janelas como se estivesse voando, alarma seus assistentes sociais, mas quando Eric salva Milly de uma queda potencialmente mortal, ela começa a acreditar que o garoto realmente pode realmente voar.
Vanishing Act
Father Macklin
In the Rocky Mountains, Harry Kenyon seeks out his missing wife Chris in the Winter Parade. Harry meets Lieutenant Rudameyer and tells that him he is from San Francisco and has just married Chris, from Philadelphia, in Las Vegas. They traveled to the Rockies on honeymoon and they had an argument the previous day, and Chris left their isolated cabin in her car. Harry also says that he is worried about her disappearance since she is not a good driver. Harry returns to his cabin and receives a phone call from the local priest, Father Macklin, who summons him to go to the church. Father Macklin tells says Chris is in the church waiting for him. When Harry sees Chris, he tells that she is not his wife; but the woman knows details of their lives and Harry is discredited by the evidences. Is a stranger impersonating Chris or is Harry delusional?
Policial por Acaso
The Commissioner
O trabalho de Joe Gower é andar pelas prateleiras das bibliotecas buscando livros. Um policial, que é amigo dele, é escolhido para participar de uma apresentação de dança de caridade. Gower concorda em tomar seu lugar no show, fingindo ser um policial. Ele se apaixona por uma policial do programa e se envolve em vários conflitos com colegas policiais e também bandidos. E ele dança!
Ilha dos Malucos
Spender
A British diplomat to a West Indian island nation finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when a large American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.
Cotton Club
Frenchy Demange
O Cotton Club foi uma famosa boate do Harlem. Esta é a história das pessoas que frequentavam este clube, bem como das pessoas que o dirigiam. O filme é generosamente recheado com música, o jazz que tornou o Cotton Club tão renomado nas décadas de 1920 e 1930.
The Mysterious Stranger
Balthasar Hoffman
The film version of the same-titled book by Mark Twain. A young printer's apprentice imagines himself back in the days of Guttenberg, helping him to print the Bible. The next thing he knows he has conjured up a young spirit from the future who casts spells over striking printers and causes general mischief.
Amor na Medida Certa
Chairman Lincoln
Comédia sobre uma confecção que lança uma nova linha de jeans com plásticos transparentes no bumbum.
A Vingança dos Monstros
Herman Munster
Em mais esta aventura da famosa Família Monstro, um ladrão usa um boneco idêntico ao Herman (Fred Gwynne) para roubar uma valiosa jóia. Agora, a tão unida família luta para provar sua inocência. Segundo filme baseado na série "Os Monstros" e o primeiro feito para a tv.
O Mundo Perfeito de Simon
Maj. Gen. Korey
A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash experiment. After that they try to convince him that he was a living-being from another planet.
La Luna
Douglas Winter
Uma cantora de ópera é acompanhada por seu filho durante uma turnê na Itália. Ao descobrir que ele é viciado em heroína, ela tenta salvá-lo e os dois se envolvem em uma relação incestuosa que pode revelar o segredo do verdadeiro pai do menino.
Sanctuary of Fear
Judge Potter
A Manhattan priest with a penchant for solving crimes goes to the aid of a young actress. She is becoming enmeshed in a series of bizarre incidents she can't explain, and her complaints to the police have gone ignored.
Captains Courageous
Long Jack
A spoiled little rich boy learns what life is really like after he falls overboard in the middle of the ocean and is picked up by a crusty old sea captain.
Harvey
Cab Driver
Elwood P. Dowd's constant companion is Harvey, a six-foot tall invisible rabbit. To his sister, his obsession with Harvey has been a thorn in her plans to marry off her daughter. However, when she decides to put Elwood in a mental institution, a mix-up occurs, and she finds herself committed instead. It's now up to Elwood and "Harvey" to straighten out the mess.
Dames at Sea
Hennesy
Dames at Sea is a musical with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise. The musical is a parody of large, flashy 1930s Busby Berkeley-style movie musicals in which a chorus girl, newly arrived off the bus from the Midwest to New York City, steps into a role on Broadway and becomes a star. It originally played Off-Off-Broadway in 1966 at the Caffe Cino and then played Off-Broadway, starring newcomer Bernadette Peters, beginning in 1968 for a successful run. The television version was broadcast on the Bell System Family Theater on NBC on November 15, 1971. The cast had extra chorus girls and boys, and there were full production numbers, turning into the very thing it was spoofing. Ann Miller was singled out for praise, especially when "she was allowed to tap out her brassy...temperamental star..."
The Littlest Angel
Patience, the Guardian Angel
Adapted from the book by Charles Tazewell. Michael, a shepherd boy living in Biblical times, finds himself transported to Heaven on his eighth birthday. Michael doesn't fully understand where he is, or why he's there. A guardian angel named Patience is given the task of showing Michael the joys of Heaven and helping him find his place in the Hereafter.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Jonathan Brewster
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.
Antkeeper
Narrator
This classic from Rolf Forsberg, in the style of Fellini and Bergman, tells the story of a gardener who decides to introduce ants to his garden, because they will benefit what grows there. He is disturbed when the ants spend all their time fighting. He sends his son to teach them how to live peacefully.
Monstros, Não Amolem!
Herman Munster
A família Monstro deixa os Estados Unidos e parte para a Inglaterra, disposta a tomar posse de um castelo que recebeu como herança.
Salute to Stan Laurel
Herman Munster
A program featuring original comedy skits written as a tribute to Stan Laurel.
Marineland Carnival: The Munsters Visit Marineland
Herman Munster
The Munsters take in the sights at Marineland.
Sindicato de Ladrões
Slim (uncredited)
Terry Malloy sonha com as glórias do boxe, mas foi convencido pelo corrupto mafioso Johnny Friendly, para quem trabalha, a perder uma luta. Quando Terry presencia um assassinato cometido pelos capangas do chefe, ele se sente responsável pelo crime.
Escape From Limbo
Tallow Pot Thompson
The bizarre tale of Pennsylvania Railroad fireman Henry who is involved in a hunting accident. He ends up in Limbo where a supernatural figure explains that he is now required to cause accidents on the railroad line to gather other souls for his patron. This unique premise allows the filmmakers to show nearly all types of accidents, from switch weights dropped on feet to maiming and — death.
Bound for Freedom
In Colonial New England two indentured servants fare differently. Twelve-year-old James is contracted to a family that treats him like a son and his friend Davy works for a callous farmer.