Acting · Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA · Born September 18, 1933
Frederick Charles Willard (born September 18, 1933 - May 15, 2020) was an American actor, comedian and voice over actor known for his improvisational comedy skills. He is known for his roles in the Christopher Guest mockumentary films This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration as well as television series D.C. Follies. He is an alumnus of The Second City comedy troupe. He received three Emmy nominations for his recurring role on the TV series Everybody Loves Raymond as Robert Barone's father-in-law, Hank MacDougall.
MovieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLive at Mister Kelly's
2021
as Self
Captain Daddy
2021
as Daddy (voice)
MovieLilly's Light: The Movie
2020
as Moylin
MovieTime Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
as Self
TVSpace Force
2020
as Fred Naird
MovieHave a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
2020
as The 'Just Hang On!' Man
MovieTime Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
TVTime Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
TVThe Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth
2020
Kaufmania!
2020
as Self
TVWhat Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
2019
The Very Very Best of the 70s
2019
as Self - Commentator
TVI Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
2019
as New Joe
MovieLovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like
2018
as Smitty
MovieEvery 40 Years
2017
as Himself
TV9JKL
2017
as Dick
MovieOh Damn
2017
MovieMascots
2016
as Greg Gammons, Jr.
MovieMax Rose
2016
as Jim Clark
TVThe $100,000 Pyramid
2016
as Self
MovieHere Comes Rusty
2016
as Mak
TVJoin or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016
MovieFifty Shades of Black
2016
as Gary
MovieBachelors
2015
as Uncle Ulysses
MovieShow Boat
2015
as Cap'n Andy Hawks
TVKevin from Work
2015
as Roger Trousdale
Clint Howard Reboots Pippi Longstocking with Milla Jovovich and Fred Willard
2015
as Harvey
TVCelebrity Family Feud
2015
as Self
MovieRussell Madness
2015
as TJ
TVThe Odd Couple
2015
as Fred Langford
MovieAll-Stars
2014
as John Carson
TVTim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
2014
as Dan
MoviePlanes: Fire & Rescue
2014
as Secretary of the Interior (voice)
MovieWish Wizard
2014
as Hope Giver
TVLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self - Guest
TVTripTank
2014
as 911 Call (voice)
MovieThe Yank
2014
as Peter Murphy
TVReview
2014
as Jack T. Walthall
MovieAnchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
as Ed Harken
TVThe Birthday Boys
2013
as Various
MovieThe Birder
2013
as Park President
MovieDealin' with Idiots
2013
TVHollywood Game Night
2013
as Self
TVDrunk History
2013
as Deep Throat
TVFamily Tree
2013
as Mike Morton
TVNorm Macdonald Live
2013
as Self
TVTrust Us with Your Life
2012
as Host
MovieThe Magic of Belle Isle
2012
as Al Kaiser
TVComedy Bang! Bang!
2012
as Merlin
MovieI, Martin Short, Goes Home
2012
TVInside Comedy
2012
as Self
Movie12 Wishes of Christmas
2011
as Jack Volara
TVNew Girl
2011
as Beezus
MovieScooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
2011
as Mr. Hubley (voice)
TVFranklin & Bash
2011
as Wallace Clayton
MovieAccidentally in Love
2011
as Dick Brocton
MovieYour Love Never Fails
2011
as Paul
MovieFred & Vinnie
2011
as Movie Star
TVG.I. Joe: Renegades
2010
as Mayor Lockridge (voice)
TVGlory Daze
2010
as Doctor
MovieExpecting Mary
2010
as Jerry Zee
TVRaising Hope
2010
as Mr. Swift
TVHot in Cleveland
2010
as Doctor Hill
MovieHermie & Friends: Antonio Meets His Match
2010
as Angus
MovieHolyman Undercover
2010
as Richard
MovieLilly's Light
2010
as Moylin
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
TVModern Family
2009
as Frank Dunphy
MovieSchool Gyrls
2009
as Mr Lockwood
TVCommunity
2009
as Alter-Pierce
In Gayle We Trust
2009
as Pete
MovieYouth in Revolt
2009
as Mr. Ferguson
Scouts Honor
2009
as Game Master
TVTosh.0
2009
MovieOfficial Rejection
2009
as Self
TVCastle
2009
as Hank McPhee
MovieHarold
2008
as Dr. Pratt
MovieWALL·E
2008
as Shelby Forthright, BnL CEO
TVFree Radio
2008
as Dale Knutson
TVTransformers: Animated
2007
as Swindle (voice)
TVWizards of Waverly Place
2007
as Mr. Stuffleby
TVPushing Daisies
2007
as The Great Herrmann
TVChuck
2007
as Craig Turner
TVBack to You
2007
as Marsh McGinley
MovieBilly & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen
2007
as Boogey (voice)
MovieFired!
2007
as Self
MovieI Could Never Be Your Woman
2007
as Marty
TVHead Case
2007
as Self
TVThank God You're Here
2007
as Self
TVThe Wedding Bells
2007
MovieBilly & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
2007
as The Boogey Man (voice)
TVTim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Tragg
MovieEpic Movie
2007
as Aslo
MovieI'll Believe You
2007
as Mr. Fratus
MovieFighting Words
2006
as Longfellow
MovieRe-Animated
2006
as Milt Appleday
MovieFor Your Consideration
2006
as Chuck
MovieHolidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen
2006
as Santa Claus / Dog Catcher (voice)
MovieComedy Central Roast of William Shatner
2006
as Self - Roaster
MovieMonster House
2006
as Dad (voice)
MovieIra & Abby
2006
as Michael Willoughby
MovieChurch Ball
2006
as Bishop Linderman
MovieDate Movie
2006
as Bernie Funkyerdoder
TVThe Boondocks
2005
MovieChicken Little
2005
as Melvin - Alien Dad (voice)
MovieLove Wrecked
2005
as Ben Taylor
MovieThe Aristocrats
2005
as Self
TVThe Closer
2005
as Santa Jack
TVHell's Kitchen
2005
as Self - Restaurant Patron
MovieWake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
as Ed Harken
MovieElf: Christmas in Tinseltown
2004
as Self
TVTom Goes to the Mayor
2004
as Garry Friendly (voice)
MovieThe Nutcracker and the Mouseking
2004
as Bubble (voice)
TVThe Batman
2004
as Ross (voice)
Movie50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
2004
as Bucky Brandt
MovieNobody Knows Anything!
2004
as Mr. McClintock
Living in TV Land
2004
MovieHarold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004
as Dr. Willoughby
TVThe Soup
2004
as Self
MovieAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
as Ed Harken
MovieFrasier: Analyzing the Laughter
2004
as Analyst
TVBest Week Ever
2004
MovieAmerican Pie: Revealed
2004
as Self
MovieKiller Diller
2004
as Ned
MovieChristmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003
as Professor Doornitz
TVA Minute with Stan Hooper
2003
as Fred Hawkins
Cold Pizza
2003
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TVComedy Central Roasts
2003
as Self
MovieAmerican Wedding
2003
as Harold Flaherty
MovieA Mighty Wind
2003
as Mike LaFontaine
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
TVThe Bachelorette
2003
as Self - Commentator
TV3-South
2002
TVPet Star
2002
as Self - Judge
TVKim Possible
2002
as Jack Hench (voice)
TVThe Bachelor
2002
as Self - Commentator
MovieThe Year That Trembled
2002
as Frank Woods
TVWatching Ellie
2002
as Fred
TVTeamo Supremo
2002
as (voice)
MovieHow High
2001
as Philip Huntley
TVMaybe It's Me
2001
as Jerry Stage
Inside Schwartz
2001
as Dick Newton
TVUndeclared
2001
as Professor Duggan
TVThe Legend of Tarzan
2001
as Baruti (voice)
TVThe Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001
as Boogey
TVThe Downer Channel
2001
TVDinner for Five
2001
MovieTeddy Bears' Picnic
2001
as Senator Roger Dickey
MovieWhen Billie Beat Bobby
2001
as Howard Cosell
TVThe Fighting Fitzgeralds
2001
MovieThe Wedding Planner
2001
as Basil St. Mosely
MovieElvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's
2001
TVBette
2000
TVBuzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000
as Pa (voice)
MovieBest in Show
2000
as Buck Laughlin
TVGirlfriends
2000
as Dr. Percy Bales
MovieThe Pooch and the Pauper
2000
as President
MovieDropping Out
2000
as Paul Blanchard
MovieChump Change
2000
as Steve's Manager
TVLadies Man
1999
as Larry Little
MovieAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Mission Commander
MovieIdle Hands
1999
as Dad
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Dave Campbell (voice)
MovieCan't Stop Dancing
1999
as Chester
TVThe Hughleys
1998
as Richard Jacobson
MoviePermanent Midnight
1998
as Craig Ziffer
TVHollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
TVHercules
1998
as Vic (voice)
TVOh Baby
1998
TVThat '70s Show
1998
as Charlie
TVTwo Guys and a Girl
1998
as Frank Farber
MovieBreast Men
1997
as Talk Show Host
TVThe Weird Al Show
1997
as Award Show Host
TVAlly McBeal
1997
as Dr. Harold Madison
TVCity Guys
1997
Moviesteve.oedekerk.com
1997
TVStargate SG-1
1997
as Jacek
TVJust Shoot Me!
1997
as Larry
MovieWaiting for Guffman
1997
as Ron Albertson
TVKing of the Hill
1997
as Officer Brown (voice)
TVHey Arnold!
1996
TVSabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Bobby Calzone
TVClueless
1996
as Joe Pasadine
TVEverybody Loves Raymond
1996
as Hank MacDougall
MovieBack to Back
1996
as Loan Officer
TVDexter's Laboratory
1996
as F.R.E.D. (voice)
TVMuppets Tonight
1996
as Self
TVMADtv
1995
as Self - Special Guest / Gene St. John
MoviePrehysteria! 3
1995
TVThe Drew Carey Show
1995
as Fred tuttle
TVThe Wayans Bros.
1995
as Dick Ferndale
TVFriends
1994
as Mr. Lipson
MovieSodbusters
1994
as Clarence Gentry
MovieHart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994
as Reginald Cobbles
TVSpace Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
TVSister, Sister
1994
as Mr. Mitushka
TVDiagnosis: Murder
1993
as Harry Fellows
TVDave's World
1993
as Bud
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as President Garner
TVSaved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
as Mr. Huffington
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieA Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992
as Lt. Bob Hookstratten
TVThe Ben Stiller Show
1992
TVMad About You
1992
as Henry Vincent
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieHigh Strung
1992
as Insurance Salesman
MovieMartin Mull: Talent Takes a Holiday
1992
as Self
MovieThe 1984 Los Angeles Comedy Competition With Host Jay Leno
1991
as Self / Celebrity Judge
TVStep by Step
1991
as Bert Lambert
Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth
1991
as Self
TVHarry and the Hendersons
1991
as Chick Fox
TVDream On
1990
as Fenton Harley
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Wally Kogen (voice)
TVFamily Matters
1989
as Vice Principal Mallet
MovieI, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
1989
as Man #2 at Party
TVMurphy Brown
1988
TVRoseanne
1988
TVMy Secret Identity
1988
MoviePortrait of a White Marriage
1988
as Hal Harrison
MovieSuperman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
as Finn Howard, Metropolis Deputy Mayor
MovieRay's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
1987
as Tom Osborne
MovieMartin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio
1987
as Self
MovieRoxanne
1987
as Mayor Deebs
TVD.C. Follies
1987
TVMarried... with Children
1987
as Stan
TVFast Times
1986
as Gus Pantelis
MovieThe History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
as Hal Harrison
TVGeorge Burns Comedy Week
1985
TVThe Golden Girls
1985
as Bob
MovieThe History of White People in America
1985
as Hal Harrison
MovieMoving Violations
1985
as Terrence "Doc" Williams
MovieLots of Luck
1985
as A.J. Foley
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Lt. Phillips
MovieThis Is Spinal Tap
1984
as Lt. Hookstratten
MovieImps*
1983
as Dad
TVMama's Family
1983
MovieTwilight Theater II
1982
as Self- Guest
TVMadame's Place
1982
as Self
TVFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Paul
MovieNational Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
as President Robert Fogerty - 'Success Wanters'
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Tom Osborne (segment 'Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall')
MovieThe Perfect Woman
1981
as King Kroger
MovieFirst Family
1980
as Presidential Assistant Feebleman
MovieHow to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980
as Robert
TVSalem's Lot
1979
as Larry Crockett
MovieAmericathon
1979
as Vincent Vanderhoff
TVReal People
1979
as Co-Host
MovieFlatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
as Jack LaRosa
$weepstake$
1979
as Don
MovieSpace Force
1978
as Captain Thomas Woods
TVAmerica 2-Night
1978
as Jerry Hubbard
MovieEscape from Bogen County
1977
as Pearson
TVWe've Got Each Other
1977
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Richard Henderson
TVFernwood 2 Night
1977
as Jerry Hubbard
MovieCracking Up
1977
TVTabitha
1977
MovieThe People's Command Performance: '77
1977
as Self - Ace Trucking Company
MovieFun with Dick and Jane
1977
as Bob
MovieSilver Streak
1976
as Jerry Jarvis
Sirota's Court
1976
as H.R. 'Bud' Nugent
MovieChesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976
as Peter Linden
MovieHow to Break Up a Happy Divorce
1976
as Lance Colson
TVGood Heavens
1976
TVLaverne & Shirley
1976
MovieHustle
1975
as Interrogator
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MovieHarrad Summer
1974
as Gary Logan
The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour
1973
MovieThe Harrad Experiment
1973
as The Ace Trucking Company
TVThe Bob Newhart Show
1972
as John Emil Tobin
MovieDynamite Chicken
1971
as Self - Ace Trucking Co.
MovieJenny
1970
as Executive
TVLove, American Style
1969
as Douglas
MovieModel Shop
1969
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
MovieTeenage Mother
1967
as Coach
TVPistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
TVGet Smart
1965
as Lundy
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Professor Koffka
Totally Obsessed
