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Fred Willard

  1. remembrances
    Fred Willard Was ‘One of the Good Guys’Norman Lear, John Michael Higgins, and Bob Balaban remember the late comedian and actor.
    By Stuart Miller
  2. wha happened?!
    12 of Fred Willard’s Most Unforgettable Film and TV AppearancesWe’re gonna miss this guy.
    By Ramsey Ess
  3. last night on late night
    Jimmy Kimmel Says Fred Willard Was ‘a Christmas Tree in June’“You’re just instantly happy that it’s there.”
    By Megh Wright
  4. the vulture transcript
    Fred Willard Took Us Through His Career in the Most Delightfully Willardian WayThe late actor shared stories about the Christopher Guest movies, Salem’s Lot, and mistakenly turning down Airplane!
    By Gwynne Watkins
  5. obits
    Fred Willard, Comedy and Mockumentary Master, Dead at 86The prolific comic actor has been all over film and television for half a century.
    By Devon Ivie
  6. Fred Willard Makes the Perfect ‘Teen Bandstand’ Host in This Second City […]Welcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in […]
    By Megh Wright
  7. Watch Fred Willard Play the Newest Atari Game ‘I Am Woman’ at Second City […]Welcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in […]
    By Megh Wright
  8. Watch David Steinberg, Fred Willard, and Robert Klein Create a Second City […]Welcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in […]
    By Megh Wright
  9. Watch Fred Willard Play Earth’s Last Centaur in This Old Second City ClipWelcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in […]
    By Megh Wright
  10. fred willard
    The Fake Talk Show is Born with Fernwood 2 NightBefore Hank Kingsley there was Jerry Hubbard, played by Fred Willard.
    By Ramsey Ess
  11. Fred Willard Joins Amy Poehler’s NBC Pilot ‘Old Soul’The cast of Amy Poehler’s David Wain-directed pilot about a retirement home keeps getting better. After news of Natasha Lyonne, Rita Moreno, […]
    By Megh Wright
  12. Watch the Trailer for the Fred Willard-Narrated Travel Show ‘Horneytown, […] Fred Willard is seriously narrating a Travel Channel show called Horneytown, USA that interviews people who live in towns with dirty names […]
    By Bradford Evans
  13. Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘It’s OK to Do Stuff,’ A Comedy Album […]Longtime Daily Show and Conan writer Rob Kutner has masterminded a new comedy album called It’s OK to Do Stuff that drops today on Rooftop […]
    By Bradford Evans
  14. clickables
    Listen to Free to Be …You and Me ParodyWith Fred Willard and Lizzy Caplan.
    By Vulture Editors
  15. Christopher Guest Casts His New Comedy with Exactly Who You’d Expect Him […]It’s been six long years since Christopher Guest’s last comedy, For Your Consideration, but he’s finally back behind the camera for a new […]
    By Bradford Evans
  16. ABC Doesn’t Trust Fred Willard’s ‘Trust Us with Your Life’It hasn’t be a great July for Freddie Wills. ABC is taking Trust Us with Your Life off the air and replacing it with reruns of that hilarious […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  17. cancellations
    ABC Yanks Fred Willard ShowHe’s already lost his PBS gig.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  18. Fred Willard Discusses the Fred Willard Situation in a Very Fred Willard […] What a guy, right? What happened was terribly embarrassing yet so quickly he’s able to get on TV and make jokes about it. Second City taught […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  19. last night on late night
    Fred Willard Addressed Lewd Act and PBS FiringPlus: Chevy Chase likes to pick fights (literally) with Joel McHale, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
    By Caroline Shin
  20. willardgate
    Fred Willard Will Tell His Side of That Arrest StoryHow can he tell us this on Twitter, but not know he can avoid porn theaters using the very same Internet?
    By Zach Dionne
  21. updates
    Fred Willard Isn’t Going to JailBut he did have a previous lewd conduct arrest.
    By Zach Dionne
  22. things that make us feel icky
    Fred Willard Fired by PBS After ‘Lewd Act’ ArrestEffective immediately.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  23. Craig Cackowski on ‘Trust Us With Your Life’ and Improv on TVCraig Cackowski is a long-time improv performer, teacher and coach, and a well-regarded veteran of Chicago’s Second City and iO (Improv […]
    By Erik Voss
  24. oscars 2012
    The Best Frozen Moments of the 2012 OscarsMilla Jovovich holds a grudge, Octavia Spenser reverse faints, and two photobombers, only one of them intentional.
    By Josh Wolk
  25. Fred Willard Charmingly Recounts Turning Down a Role in Airplane!In a wonderful interview with the always-charming Fred Willard, Vulture talked to him about roles he regrets turning down. And, well, this is […]
    By Adam Frucci
  26. webisodes
    Tom Hanks Spoofs Late Night … or Does He?We can’t figure out whether his new, online ‘3 Minute Talk Show’ is a parody or the real thing.
    By Josh Wolk
  27. Dean Fred Willard Welcomes His Freshman Class via Video Here is a video of Fred Willard as the dean of a shady, for-profit college. It’s Fred Willard, so I don’t think I need to sell this one too […]
    By Adam Frucci
  28. movies
    What Is the Independent Movie Spirit? ‘Sex Scenes With Ugly People,’ Say ActorsHonoring the 25th annual Independent Spirit Awards.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  29. quote machine
    Stevie Wonder Didn’t Know So Many People Were Licking and SuckingPlus: Fred Willard on his dreams, and Grant Show gets mistaken for a porn star.
  30. quote machine
    Daniel Day-Lewis Will Kiss Anything That MovesPlus: Fred Willard!
  31. news reel
    TV Upfronts: What’s New on Fox?