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  • Birth Place: Shaker Heights, OH
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/18/1939, Virgo
  • Profession: Actor; comedian
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Fred Willard Fast Facts:
  • Childhood ambition was to be a professional baseball player; played in college and in the Army.
  • Is an alum of several improv troupes, including Second City and Ace Trucking Company, which he cofounded.
  • Received an American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his turn as a buffoonish TV commentator in Best in Show (2000).
  • Major comic influences include Bob Hope, Red Skelton and Jonathan Winters.
  • Has appeared more than 50 times on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
  • Fred Willard Relationships:
  • Hope Willard - Daughter
  • Mary Willard - Wife
  • Fred Willard Awards:
  • 2003 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 2004 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 2005 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • College:
  • Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA (BA in English)

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