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... was great in this film!

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I agree!

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Thanks.

It's really a shame that Fred Gwynne's name has become synonymous with the "Herman Munster" character.

He was a great actor. And he really was so much more than just that one ("fluff") role.

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He's done quite a bit.

I also remember him in some Stephen King film.

Here is his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Gwynne.

In any event, before The Munsters, Gwynne was already "famous" in the TV sitcom Car 54, Where Are You?.

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I also remember him in some Stephen King film.


That was Pet Sematary. His performance was the best of any actor in the movie, I thought.

- HOW kin I be so brainless, when I is so smart?

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Yes, that was it.

Great actor he was!

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They've had a character based on his from pet semataray a few times on South Park.

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I remember that; it was when the kids tried to convince everyone that Butters was dead. They tossed a dead pig off a tall building, and Butters' dad went and buried it, thinking it would come back to life. Then Butters came home and knocked on the door, and his parents refused to open it. Kind of like 'The Monkey's Paw.'

- What are you gonna do, when the world catches on?

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That episode and I remember a few others as well, the one where they went skiing, one where butters was walking down a road and came to a point where the road split in 2 different directions and asked what way lead to South Park.

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He played a thug in "On The Waterfront".

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He played a thug in "On The Waterfront".

You just gave me one more reason to want to see that movie.

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It's really a shame that Fred Gwynne's name has become synonymous with the "Herman Munster" character.


I don't think it's a shame at all. Fred Gwynne's wonderful talent as an actor and his genuine, warm and kind persona are what made Herman Munster so lovable and what keeps that character so beloved even to this day.

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I agree with what you say, definitely.

What I was saying is that it's a shame he is only known for that "fluff" role.

When -- as an actor -- he was so much more than simply that.

But, no one out there really knows it.

Everyone just thinks of him as Herman Munster, period. Nothing else.

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Nobody could play a stone-cold, no-nonsense southern judge like Fred Gwynne.

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Nobody could play a stone-cold, no-nonsense southern judge like Fred Gwynne.

Exactly!

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I absolutely adore him. Hadn't wanted the Muensters as a kid (we were more of an Addam's Family type of family) so I never really saw him as Hermann
But, everything else he was in, just phenomenal. I adore him.

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*watched

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Hard to believe you never saw him as "Herman Munster".

Fred Gwynne was Herman Munster; the two are inseparable.

I often wonder if he loved that role or later regretted it.

PS: You do realize that you can edit your posts, right?

You don't have to add a new post after the mistaken post.

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He was also Muldoon in Car 54 where are you?

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Yes. That was mentioned above!

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Was also a children's book author.

I remember I read one from the library my mom got for me.

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Really? I never heard that one!

Are you sure it's him? His bio says nothing about him being an author.

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Should have received at least 3d billing.
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