Fred WiIllard, 86, RIP

[Hans Sprungfeld]

 

[Stainmaster]

My condolences.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

RIP to two comedic geniuses this week. Hate to say it but who is number 3?

 

[storrsroars]

RIP Fred, loved your work. IMO, underrated as a comic actor. He could deadpan funny stuff better than anybody, going all the way back to his work with Martin Mull on "Fernwood Tonight".

It's a shame the last thing I saw him in was that stupid Netflix movie about LSD where he had a small cameo that did his talents no justice. His work in "Best in Show" never fails to get a chuckle even after many repeated viewings.

 

[navery12]

Not sure if this was his last work, but definitely one of them and it's pretty apt

 

[Hey Adrien!]

One of my favorites! Always liked him and looks a lot like my dad (who is 73), always that they were around the same age, but shocked he was 86!

Here's my favorite role/scene of his career.

 

[cohenzone]

RIP. A unique comic actor.

 

[Kajik]

He always put a smile on my face,he was funny when he wasn't trying to be funny,he was good,couldn't get enough of his shtick

 

[formerlurker]

RIP to two comedic geniuses this week. Hate to say it but who is number 3?

I have to admit that I came here to ask the very same question.

 

[superjohn]

RIP to two comedic geniuses this week. Hate to say it but who is number 3?

George Burns.

 

[JB75]

Rip. And the tv producer from anchorman Rip Phyllis George too. What a brutal stretch of bad news over and over since the Kobe passing. 2020 cud be most depressing year in history

 

[Palatine]

Saw him at a pretty empty Improv in LA late one night working on new material. Funny man. Great on Fernwood 2night. RIP.

 

[M.S.G.]

Randomly watched Salem's Lot the other day, R.I.P.

 

[sledog]

Fernwood 2 Night was a classic!!

He played the Ed McMann side-man, Jerry Hubbard, next to Martin Mull. And the house band "Happy Kyne and the Mirthmakers" was a hoot.

 

[cordeodato]

Comic genius. What else can I day except this guy always made me laugh.

 

[UCfor3]

Underrated role for him was as Amy's puritanical father on Everybody Loves Raymond. The episode where Amys family meets Frank and Marie and him and Frank were having a pray off after Marie smashed the muffin in Franks pants. Hysterical stuff.

 

[David 76]

A great and under-appreciated talent. Rest in peace.

 

[don356]

Fernwood 2 Night was a classic!!

He played the Ed McMann side-man, Jerry Hubbard, next to Martin Mull. And the house band "Happy Kyne and the Mirthmakers" was a hoot.

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I remember as a kid watching those Fernwood shows late at night. Classic, classic stuff. Gary Sanders before Gary Sanders with a lot more slapstick.

 

[UCLJ0211]

RIP to two comedic geniuses this week. Hate to say it but who is number 3?

Ken Osmond

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Ken Osmond

Suppose so. RIP