Despite his height, this role required him to wear five-inch platform boots. Merryman, an artist who was also focused on dramatics. Meanwhile, others took a coffin for the car and left behind some money in its place. Fred always had his feet on the ground. Have you been wondering how to tell your Veteran they are special to you? Sculptor. All through the '80s and '90s, Gwynne did commercial voice-overs and kept on doing motion pictures like "The Mysterious Stranger," "The Boy Who Could Fly," "Disorganized Crime," and "Shadows and Fog." He also won an Obie award for best actor for his work in the Off-Broadway playGrand Magic(1979). Inspired by his daughter, he wrote and illustrated several childrens books based on puns and wordplay, such as A Chocolate Moose for Dinner, A Little Pigeon Toad and The King Who Rained. Gwynne began the public exhibition of his paintings in 1989. Fred Gwynne's next Broadway play was a flop. While the series only lasted two seasons, reruns of it still air and captivates audiences to this day. Graying Tom Hanks Looks at Wife with Love on 35th Anniversary after Worrying Fans with His 'Shaking Hands', School Bus Driver Passes Out 13-Year-Old Boy Grabs the Wheel of Bus Packed with 60 Kids, Tobe Nwigwe's Wife Fat Nwigwe Gave Birth to the Rapper's Four Kids, Ron Howard Was Most Concerned about His Kids' Values Inside His Decision to Protect Them, Raymond Burr Adopted 27 Kids during Last 40 Years of His Secretive Life after Loss of 10-Year-Old Son, Pierce Brosnan Suffered Cruelness as a Child after Mom and Dad Left Him: It Was Ugly'. When he was not acting, Gwynne practiced his painting. However, by 1981, he reprised his Munsters role in the reunion film The Munsters Revenge, which then led to his being cast in other movies. Eva Marie Saint and Fred Gwynne (1926 - 1993) talk together in the early 1970s. Fred Gwynne biography: life and death of the talented actor He died on 2 July 1993 in Taneytown, MD at the age of 66. Frederick Hubbard Gwynne (July 10, 1926 - July 2, 1993) was an American actor, artist, and author widely known for his roles in the 1960s television sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? Fred Gwynne - IMDb He played a variety of television roles throughout the rest of the decade. Much as I try not to, I can't stop liking that fellow."[8]. He appeared in a movie for the first time in 1954: an uncredited appearance in the Academy Award Best Picture winner On the Waterfront.