Fred Willard Filmography

Born:: September 18, 1939
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Born in the Midwest and educated in the military, actor Fred Willard has proven his talent for improvisational comedy on the stage, television, and the big screen. His characters are frequently grinning idiots or exaggerated stereotypes, but Willard's skillful timing has always added a unique...Read More

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Harold

Actors: Spencer Breslin, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Nikki Blonsky, Ally Sheedy, Fred Willard

Synopsis: A 13-year-old boy (Spencer Breslin) suffering from premature male pattern baldness does his best to adjust to life in a new high school despite becoming the hapless target of every bully and cruel-minded teenager in town. While he's got the high-school janitor (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) on his side, the Read More

7/11/08
WALL-E

Actors: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Macintalk

Synopsis: Disney and Pixar join forces for this computer-animated tale about a wide-eyed robot who travels to the deepest reaches of outer space in search of a newfound friend. The year is 2700, and planet Earth has long been uninhabitable. For hundreds of years, WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Read More

6/27/08
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest

Actors: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Lewis Black, Wayne Brady

Synopsis: Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest features a number of performances by some of the most talented comics of their day performing for a charity that collects money for the homeless. Among the performers who appear on this release are Sarah Silverman, Lewis Black, Jon Stewart, and David Read More

2008
I'll Believe You

Actors: David Alan Basche, Patrick Warburton, CeCe Pleasants, Patrick Gallo, Fred Willard

Synopsis: David Alan Basche (Carry Me Home, crazylove) stars in I'll Believe You, as Dale Sweeney, the radio host of an immensely unpopular late-night talk program on the AM dial. The only listeners whom Sweeney ever manages to drum up are nutty, half-zonked small-town denizens who want to discuss UFO Read More

9/28/07
Ira & Abby

Actors: Chris Messina, Jennifer Westfeldt, Frances Conroy, Fred Willard, Judith Light

Synopsis: Love at first sight has some interesting repercussions a few months down the line in this offbeat romantic comedy. Ira Black (Chris Messina) is a wildly neurotic thirtysomething who can't get his life in gear -- the son of a pair of therapists, Arlene (Judith Light) and Seymour (Robert Klein), Ira Read More

9/14/07
Fired!

Actors: Tim Allen, Andy Borowitz, David Cross, Andy Dick, Tate Donovan

Synopsis: Devastated after being fired by director Woody Allen, actress Annabelle Gurwitch sets out on a soul-searching journey to discover whether getting the axe was the best or worst thing ever to happen in her professional career. Anyone who has been in the workforce for an extended amount of time has Read More

2/2/07
Epic Movie

Actors: Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Jayma Mays, Faune Chambers

Synopsis: Scary Movie screenwriters Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer join forces to parody the "biggest" movies ever to hit the silver screen in this comedy that gives such popular box-office hits as Pirates of the Caribbean and Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe the same treatment Read More

1/26/07
Fighting Words

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Tara D'Agostino, Jeff Stearns, Fred Willard

Synopsis: A spitfire coffeehouse poet catches the attention of a conservative publisher, only to find that her attempts to get him to take part in an underground poetry-reading contest mask a much deeper motivation in the feature directorial debut of longtime television writer E. Paul Edwards. To Jake Read More

1/1/07
Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen

Actors: Fred Savage, Fred Willard, Edie McClurg, John O'Hurley

Synopsis: Santa finds himself in serious trouble when Rusty Reindeer leaves the North Pole in order to do some soul searching in the big city, and a malfunctioning "Nice 'N Naughty O'Matic" leaves him unable to distinguish the good kids from the bad in this animated adventure for the entire family. Rusty Read More

2007
I Could Never Be Your Woman

Actors: Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Saoirse Ronan, Stacey Dash, Fred Willard

Synopsis: Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Clueless director Amy Heckerling returns to her position behind the camera for the first time in six years with this romantic comedy contrasting the age disparity romance of an older divorcée with the spring butterflies that her daughter experiences upon falling in Read More

1/1/07
Out of Jimmy's Head [TV Series]

Actors: Dominic Janes, Jon Kent Ethridge, Matt Knudsen, Tinashe Kashingwe, Bil Dwyer, Fred Willard

2007
Back to You [TV Series]

Actors: Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Fred Willard, Josh Gad, Ty Burrell, Laura Marano, Ayda Field

Synopsis: Fox's Back to You was a tailor-made vehicle for two sitcom favorites, Frasier's Kelly Grammer and Everybody Loves Raymond's Patricia Heaton. Grammer was cast as vainglorious TV news anchor Chuck Darling, who after publicly humiliating himself with an internet tirade lost his job with a prestigious Read More

2007
For Your Consideration

Actors: Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard

Synopsis: Mockumentary mastermind Christopher Guest turns his satirical eye away from dog shows, small-town theater, and folk music to offer a hilarious take on Hollywood award season in this comedy focusing on trio of actors whose lives are turned upside down when they discover that their performances in Read More

11/17/06
Monster House

Actors: Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jon Heder, Kevin James

Synopsis: A suburban home has become physically animated by a vengeful human soul looking to stir up trouble from beyond the grave, and it's up to three adventurous kids from the neighborhood to do battle with the structural golem in this comically frightful tale, directed by Gil Kenan and featuring the Read More

7/21/06
Killer Diller

Actors: William Lee Scott, Lucas Black, Fred Willard, John Michael Higgins, W. Earl Brown

Synopsis: A musician who is supposed to mend his ways ends up changing the habits of a group of fellow inmates in this comedy. Wesley Benfield (William Lee Scott) is a guitar player with a habit of walking on the wrong side of the law. One night, Benfield gets into a fistfight in a Missouri honky-tonk, and Read More

4/28/06
Church Ball

Actors: Fred Willard, Andrew Wilson, Clint Howard, Gary Coleman, Ross Brockley

Synopsis: High spiritual ideals don't quite mesh with the spirit of competition in this sports comedy. In the 1920s, the leaders of the Church of Latter Day Saints began encouraging their congregations to form basketball teams and church leagues as a way to promote fitness, wholesome fun, and teamwork among Read More

3/17/06
Date Movie

Actors: Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Sophie Monk, Eddie Griffin, Meera Simhan

Synopsis: The glorious Hollywood institution of the romantic comedy gets raked over the coals in this broad parody of any number of boy-meets-girl flicks. Julia Jones (Alyson Hannigan) is a young woman who wants nothing more than to find the man of her dreams and settle down. However, Julia has a rather Read More

2/17/06
Lovewrecked

Actors: Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack, Jamie-Lynn DiScala, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jonathan Bennett, Joey Kern

Synopsis: An 18-year old rock & roll fan finds her crafty scheme to have a little fun in the sun with her favorite musician thwarted in this romantic teen comedy starring Amanda Bynes and Jamie-Lynn Sigler. Jenny (Bynes) is a wide-eyed teen who has recently been hired to work at a popular tropical resort Read More

2006
Re-Animated

Actors: Dominic Janes, Matt Knudsen, Bil Dwyer, Eunice Cho, Fred Willard, Micah Karns

Synopsis: When the brain of a talented animator is transplanted into the body of a twelve year-old boy who was done in by a theme park trolley, life becomes a cartoon in this outrageous adventure for the whole family. Milt Appleday was the man behind some of the most popular cartoons ever drawn. But Milt Read More

2006
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner

Actors: William Shatner

Synopsis: Star Trek star William Shatner settles into the celebrity hot seat, opening the floodgates for a series of relentless barbs by eager friends and colleagues in this installment of the popular Comedy Central Roast series. The tranya flows, the band rocks, and the insults fly as a series of Read More

2006
Chicken Little

Actors: Don Knotts, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, Garry Marshall, Amy Sedaris, Katie Finneran, Zach Braff, Steve Zahn, Joan Cusack

Synopsis: An old fable gets a high-tech update in this computer-animated comedy from Walt Disney Pictures. Chicken Little (voice of Zach Braff) is an earnest young fowl living in the town of Oakley Oaks who one day starts a panic when a falling acorn drops on his head, and he warns everyone that the sky has Read More

11/4/05
The Aristocrats

Synopsis: "A family walks into a talent agent's office..." So begins "The Aristocrats," a joke kept mostly secret by stand-up comedians for decades. An intentionally "bad" joke, the laughs in The Aristocrats aren't in the punch-line (one of the only elements that's the same every time), but in the set-up Read More

7/29/05
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

Actors: John Cho, Kal Penn, Paula Garcés, Neil Patrick Harris, David Krumholtz

Synopsis: Directed by Danny Leiner, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle follows the life-changing (and mind-altering) journey of Korean-American investment banker Harold (John Cho) and Indian-American medical-school candidate Kumar (Kal Penn). Both underdogs, Harold and Kumar decide to spend what would have Read More

7/30/04
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Actors: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner

Synopsis: Marking the directorial debut of Adam McKay, former head writer for Saturday Night Live and founder of the Upright Citizen's Brigade, Anchorman is set during the 1970s and stars Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy, San Diego's top-rated news anchorman. While Burgundy is outwardly willing to adjust to the Read More

7/9/04
The Drew Carey Show: Arrivederci, Italy

Synopsis: Pregnant Kellie (Cynthia Watros) craves a "dream vacation" in Italy. Problem is, Drew (Drew Carey) has very little money, and boss Scott (Jonathan Mangum) is averse to giving him a $2000 advance. Rather than wait for the Continental Drift to bring America and Europe closer together, Drew enters Read More

2004
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Actors: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner

Synopsis: After completing the final cut of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, producers were left with enough deleted material to create an entire alternate film--so they did just that. Wake Up, Ron Burgundy uses alternate takes, cleverly edited pre-existing scenes, and additional voice-over narration Read More

2004
The Nutcracker and the Mouseking

Synopsis: Airplane stars Robert Hays and Leslie Nielsen are reunited in this animated fairytale about a bratty prince who learns a lesson about wishes. After carelessly handling some magical nuts, the prince turns everyone in the kingdom into toys. Now it's up the young prince to stop the nasty Mouseking Read More

2004
How to Lose Your Lover

Actors: Paul Schneider, Jennifer Westfeldt, Poppy Montgomery, Tori Spelling, Fred Willard

Synopsis: Owen (Paul Schneider of All the Real Girls) wants to be a serious writer, but ever since moving to Los Angeles, the only work he can get is co-writing trashy autobiographies for people who'd prefer he omit the unseemly truth, like Bucky (Fred Willard) an egotistical, philandering former astronaut. Read More

1/1/04
American Wedding

Actors: Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, January Jones, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Seann William Scott

Synopsis: Jesse Dylan's American Wedding rounds up the characters from the American Pie films for a trip to the altar. Jim (Jason Biggs) proposes to Michelle (Alyson Hannigan). Hoping to make the wedding day as special as possible for his bride, Jim enlists the help of his friends Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) Read More

8/1/03
A Mighty Wind

Actors: Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Jane Lynch, John Michael Higgins

Synopsis: The writing and directing team who created Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show turn their satiric eye toward the world of folk music in this sly mockumentary. Irving Steinbloom was one of the great behind-the-scenes figures of the folk music boom of the late '50s and early '60s, and helped to Read More

4/16/03
A Minute With Stan Hooper [TV Series]

Actors: Norm MacDonald, Penelope Ann Miller, Fred Willard, Brian Howe, Reagan Dale Neis

2003
Nobody Knows Anything

Actors: Alanna Ubach, Michael Lerner

Synopsis: An aspiring filmmaker learns that success in Hollywood doesn't come as easy as she suspected as she attempts to discover the formula to success in this satirical comedy from director William Tannen. When the guidance of her helpful has-been uncle (Michael Lerner) fails to pave the way, Sarah Read More

2003
Teddy Bears' Picnic

Synopsis: Actor and comedian Harry Shearer makes his directorial debut with this mock documentary about the slightly sordid pastimes of some of America's wealthiest and most powerful men. Zambesi Glen is a private resort in Northern California whose highly exclusive membership rolls includes high-echelon Read More

4/5/02
Family Guy: Road to Europe

Synopsis: In this follow-up to the "Road to Rhode Island" episode, Peter (voice of Seth MacFarlane) sees a commercial for "Kiss-Stock" while watching "Kiss Forum" on Rhode Island Public Access. He decides that since he and Lois (voice of Alex Borstein) have always been huge fans of the group, they'll go to Read More

2002
Family Guy: From Method to Madness

Synopsis: Brian (voice of Seth MacFarlane) takes Lois (voice of Alex Borstein) to see his friend's one-man show at the Quahog Community Playhouse. Disgusted by the show's self-indulgence, Brian decides to try his hand at acting. At his audition, however, he's upstaged by Stewie (MacFarlane), who gets put Read More

2002
The Year That Trembled

Actors: Jonathan Brandis, Meredith Monroe, Marin Hinkle, Jonathan M. Woodward, Charlie Finn

Synopsis: American independent filmmaker Jay Craven directs the Vietnam-era coming-of-age drama The Year That Trembled, based on the novel by Scott Lax. Using stock footage along with a traditional narrative, the film takes place in Ohio following the 1970 student murders at Kent State. Right after high Read More

2002
How High

Actors: Method Man, Redman, Obba Babatunde, Mike Epps, Anna Maria Horsford, Fred Willard

Synopsis: A pair of real-life multi-platinum rap artists star in this genial substance abuse comedy recalling the pro-marijuana work of Cheech and Chong and such films as Half Baked (1998). Silas (Method Man) and Jamal (Redman) are buddies who enjoy smoking voluminous amounts of the illegal plant. They end Read More

12/26/01
The Wedding Planner

Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson, Justin Chambers, Judy Greer, Fred Willard

Synopsis: This lighthearted romantic comedy in the tradition of Runaway Bride (1999) casts Jennifer Lopez in the Julia Roberts mold. Lopez stars as Mary Fiore, an ambitious and successful San Francisco wedding planner who works only for the most wealthy and exclusive clients but who is also a perpetual Read More

1/26/01
Maybe It's Me [TV Series]

Actors: Reagan Dale Neis, Julia Sweeney, Fred Willard, Patrick Levis, Andrew Walker

Synopsis: Yet one more derivation of Malcolm in the Middle, the WB Network sitcom Maybe It's Me went into production under the less sensitive but more amusing title Maybe I'm Adopted. The "Me" in question was 15-year-old Molly Stage (Regan Dale Neis), a resident of "the smallest town in the smallest state," Read More

2001
Ally McBeal: Boys Town

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Peter MacNicol, Greg Germann, Lucy Liu, Portia de Rossi, Jane Krakowski, Lisa Nicole Carson, Vonda Shepard, Robert Downey, Jr., James LeGros

2001
King of the Hill: Lupe's Revenge

2001
When Billie Beat Bobby

Actors: Holly Hunter, Ron Silver

Synopsis: This 2001 TV docudrama relates the story of tennis' 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" between Wimbledon champions Billie Jean King (Holly Hunter) and Bobby Riggs (Ron Silver), an event considered by many to be an early victory for feminism. Riggs, 20 years past his prime, lives to wager on anything and Read More

2001
Ally McBeal: Falling Up

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Peter MacNicol, Greg Germann, Lucy Liu, Portia de Rossi, Jane Krakowski, Lisa Nicole Carson, Vonda Shepard, Robert Downey, Jr., James LeGros

2001
Best in Show

Actors: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Michael McKean, Michael Hitchcock, Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Lynch, Fred Willard

Synopsis: After parodying the idiosyncrasies of community theater devotees in the mock documentary Waiting for Guffman, actor/director Christopher Guest returns with another semi-improvised comedy that casts a satirical gaze on the world of championship dog breeding and training. A television crew is on Read More

9/29/00
Paul McCartney and Friends: The PETA Concert for Party Animals

Actors: Paul McCartney, Jamie Lee Curtis, Alec Baldwin

Synopsis: This video features the music icon Paul McCartney, with a stellar cast of performers, giving a live benefit concert for PETA. The organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, was the special concern of the former Beatle's deceased wife Linda McCartney. The concert honors her memory Read More

2000
Chump Change

Actors: Tim Matheson, Traci Lords, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara

Synopsis: Actor and playwright Stephen Burrows makes his directorial debut with this independent comedy that takes a witty look at the downside of working in the movie business. Steve (Burrows) is a writer, actor, and comic who years ago left his hometown of Milwaukee, WI, for the bright lights of Hollywood Read More

2000
The Pooch and the Pauper

Actors: George Wendt, Fred Willard, Richard Karn

Synopsis: One of Mark Twain's best loved stories gets a new twist in this made-for-cable comedy for the family, produced for The Disney Channel. Liberty is a dog who is lazy, ill-tempered, and doesn't often behave well. Liberty, however, happens to be the pet of the President of the United States (Fred Read More

2000
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Actors: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Rob Lowe, Seth Green

Synopsis: Austin Powers -- fashion photographer, denizen of Swingin' London, international espionage agent, and bane of dental hygienists everywhere -- returns in his second screen adventure. Powers (once again played by Mike Myers), a 1960s superspy stranded in the 1990s, discovers that his nemesis Read More

6/11/99
Idle Hands

Actors: Steve Van Wormer, Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba, Christopher Hart, Vivica A. Fox, Jack Noseworthy

Synopsis: Teenage burnouts and post-modern slasher films are both raked over the satiric coals in the blood-soaked comedy Idle Hands. Anton (Devon Sawa) is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly (Jessica Alba), the beautiful girl Read More

4/30/99
Can't Stop Dancing

Actors: Ben Zook, Melanie Hutsell, Margaret Cho, Bruce Daniels, Michael Irpino

Synopsis: Actor Ben Zook co-wrote and co-directed this broad comedy, in which he stars as Randy Rubio, the leader of a small-time dance troupe who hasn't let his 260-pound girth get in the way of his dreams. When Randy and his fellow hoofers are told their 15-year run at a Topeka, Kansas theme park has come Read More

1999
Mad About You: The Dirty Little Secret

Actors: Louis Zorich

Synopsis: In this penultimate Mad About You misadventure, Debbie Buchman (Robin Bartlett) embarks upon a genealogical journey along the Buchman and Stemple family trees. It turns out that the roots are somewhat intertwined: According to Debbie's conclusions, Paul (Paul Reiser) and his wife, Jamie (Helen Hunt Read More

1999
Permanent Midnight

Actors: Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley, Maria Bello, Owen Wilson, Lourdes Benedicto

Synopsis: David Veloz made his directorial debut with this drama adapted from the autobiography of comedy writer Jerry Stahl (Ben Stiller), whose $6000-a-week heroin habit had him taking his infant daughter along on his drug runs and doing smack during TV script conferences. Departing detox, Stahl explores Read More

9/18/98
Mad About You: The Finale

Actors: Louis Zorich

Synopsis: Ellen DeGeneres guest stars as Nancy Bloom, a former caterer whom Paul (Paul Reiser) had indirectly fired from the set of his "Making of Titanic" documentary. Through a twist of fate, Nancy is now the Buchmans' nanny -- but is she responsible for the brief "misplacement" of baby Mabel? Titanic Read More

1998
Mad About You: The Thanksgiving Show

Actors: Louis Zorich, Cynthia Harris

Synopsis: Once again (and for the last time), Paul and Jamie Buchman (Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt) preside over an eventful Thanksgiving dinner. This time, the guest list includes not only the couple's families and friends, but also Jamie's boss Henry Vincent (Fred Willard), baby Mabel's pediatrician Dr. Lee (Steve Park Read More

1998
Mad About You: Fire at Riff's

Actors: Louis Zorich

Synopsis: Lisa Kudrow and Fred Willard reprise their Mad About You roles as Ursula Buffay and Henry Vincent. Trouble begins smoldering when Joan (Suzie Plakson), the life partner of Paul's sister, Debbie (Robin Bartlett), is asked to pose for a "20 Most Eligible Bachelorettes in New York" magazine article. Read More

1998
Elvis is Alive! I Swear I Just Saw Him Eating a Ding Dong Outside the Piggly Wiggly

Actors: Robert Dias LeRoy

Synopsis: A filmmaker in dire need of a job takes on an "interesting" assignment -- he's hired to travel the country and interview people who claim to have seen Elvis Presley alive, well and in good appetite after his death in August of 1977. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1998
Mad About You: Back to Work

Actors: Louis Zorich

Synopsis: Everybody wants new mother Jamie (Helen Hunt) to go back to work -- except Jamie. Despite her worries over leaving baby Mabel in the care of others, Jamie agrees to accept a job with political consultants James Carville and Mary Matalin (playing themselves). Elsewhere, Paul (Paul Reiser) goes on Read More

1998
Roseanne: Home Is Where the Afgan Is

Synopsis: In this Thanksgiving episode, Roseanne is glad that she won't have to cook, but she's upset that Dan won't be there. Leon (Martin Mull) and Scott (Fred Willard) visit with the news that they are thinking about adopting a child. This leads into a discussion with Bev (Estelle Parsons) where she