Cast: Fred Gwynne

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Fred Gwynne. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Cotton Club

1984 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Francis Ford Coppola

Cast Richard Gere · Bob Hoskins · Diane Lane · Gregory Hines

Synopsis The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem, NYC, in the 20s. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous. In...

6.9

10K votes

6.9

10K votes

La luna

1979 · Movie · 142 min. · Italy

Direction Bernardo Bertolucci

Cast Jill Clayburgh · Matthew Barry · Veronica Lazar · Renato Salvatori

Synopsis Recently widowed American opera diva Caterina takes her teenaged son Joe with her on a long singing tour to Italy. Absorbed in her hectic work in various Verdi operas around Rome, Caterina is soon shocked to discover that her troubled...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

Shadows and Fog

1991 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Woody Allen · John Malkovich · Mia Farrow · Madonna

Synopsis A strangler is sowing panic in the city, cloaked in a dense fog. The insignificant Kleinman is wakened in the middle of the night to participate in a plan ending with the criminal’s arrest. But his specific role in this...

6.7

7K votes

6.7

7K votes

The Munsters (TV Series)

1964 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Ezra Stone · Norman Abbott · Joseph Pevney · Earl Bellamy

Cast Fred Gwynne · Yvonne De Carlo · Al Lewis · Beverley Owen

Synopsis TV Series (1964-1966). 2 Seasons. 70 Episodes. At 1313 Mockingbird Lane in Mockingbird Heights, stood a cobweb-covered, musty gothic mansion. The residents considered themselves just a normal, everyday American family, but to neighbors - and viewers alike - they were...

6.7

10K votes

6.7

10K votes

Kane & Abel (TV Miniseries)

1985 · Movie · 240 min. · United States

Direction Buzz Kulik

Cast Peter Strauss · Sam Neill · Ron Silver · David Dukes

Synopsis Kane and Abel are born on the same day the same year on each side of the Atlantic. William Kane is born in one of the richest families of Boston and grows up to be a banker on Wall Street....

6.4

23 votes

6.4

23 votes

Fatal Attraction

1987 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Adrian Lyne

Cast Michael Douglas · Glenn Close · Anne Archer · Ellen Hamilton Latzen

Synopsis Happily married New York lawyer Dan Callagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop...

6.2

11K votes

6.2

11K votes

Ironweed

1987 · Movie · 144 min. · United States

Direction Héctor Babenco

Cast Jack Nicholson · Meryl Streep · Carroll Baker · Michael O'Keefe

Synopsis Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs...

6.1

982 votes

6.1

982 votes

My Cousin Vinny

1992 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Jonathan Lynn

Cast Joe Pesci · Marisa Tomei · Ralph Macchio · Mitchell Whitfield

Synopsis Bill Gambini and Stanley Rothenstein are 2 friends from New York University that just received scholarships to UCLA. They decide to drive through the south. Once they arrive in Alabama, they stopped at a local convenience store to pick up...

6.0

3K votes

6.0

3K votes

Pet Sematary

1989 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Mary Lambert

Cast Dale Midkiff · Fred Gwynne · Denise Crosby · Brad Greenquist

Synopsis Dr. Louis Creed, having just moved to Maine with his wife and two children, is heartbroken when he finds that his daughter's beloved cat has been hit by a truck and killed. Thankfully, a strange, elderly neighbor called Jud knows...

5.9

7K votes

5.9

7K votes

The Boy Who Could Fly

1986 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Nick Castle

Cast Lucy Deakins · Jay Underwood · Bonnie Bedelia · Fred Savage

Synopsis When her father kills himself, Milly loses interest in almost everything around her. But before long, she makes friends with Eric, a young autistic neighbor who just lost both of his parents. Together, Eric and Milly find ways to cope...

5.6

392 votes

5.6

392 votes

The Secret of My Success

1987 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Herbert Ross

Cast Michael J. Fox · Helen Slater · Margaret Whitton · Richard Jordan

Synopsis Brantley Foster is a talented young man from Kansas who can't get an executive position without rising through the ranks, so he comes up with a shortcut, which also benefits his love life.

5.4

5K votes

5.4

5K votes

Munster, Go Home!

1966 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Earl Bellamy

Cast Al Lewis · Butch Patrick · Fred Gwynne · Yvonne De Carlo

Synopsis Herman discovers he's the new lord of Munster Hall in England. The family sails to Britain, where they receive a tepid welcome from Lady Effigy and Freddie Munster, who throws tantrums because he wasn't named Lord Munster. An on-board romance...

5.2

76 votes

5.2

76 votes

Disorganized Crime

1989 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Jim Kouf

Cast Fred Gwynne · Lou Diamond Phillips · Rubén Blades · William Russ

Synopsis This movie places some top thiefs, looking to steal money from a bank. The All-Star cast has many blunders on the way. Meanwhile a member of their group is missing and two cops chase after him.

5.2

26 votes

5.2

26 votes

Off Beat

1986 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Michael Dinner

Cast Judge Reinhold · Meg Tilly · Cleavant Derricks · Joe Mantegna

Synopsis Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He...

4.7

26 votes

4.7

26 votes

So Fine

1981 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Andrew Bergman

Cast Ryan O'Neal · Jack Warden · Mariangela Melato · Richard Kiel

Synopsis A naive academician is suddenly thrown into the crazy and often violent world of the New York garment industry when his father's business becomes heavily indebted to a loan shark. In order to raise much needed funds, he creates a...

4.2

127 votes

4.2

127 votes

Murder by the Book (TV)

1987 · Movie · 100 min. · Canada

Direction Mel Damski

Cast Robert Hays · Catherine Mary Stewart · Christopher Murney · Fred Gwynne

Synopsis A mild-mannered mystery writer has become so immersed in his material that his character constantly appears to him as a hallucination. Intent on getting rid of him, the writer finds himself embroiled in a mystery all his own.

Not rated

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Sanctuary of Fear

1979 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction John Llewellyn Moxey

Cast Barnard Hughes · Michael McGuire · George Hearn · Robert Schenkkan

Synopsis A Manhattan priest with a penchant for solving crimes goes to the aid of a young actress. She is becoming enmeshed in a series of bizarre incidents she can't explain, and her complaints to the police have gone ignored.

Not rated

Not rated

The Christmas Star (TV)

1986 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Alan Shapiro

Cast Ed Asner · Rene Auberjonois · Jim Metzler · Susan Tyrrell

Synopsis An escaped convict hides out in a suburban neighborhood and is befriended by two neighborhood children who think he is the real Santa Claus.

Not rated

Not rated

The Munsters' Revenge (TV)

1981 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Don Weis

Cast Fred Gwynne · Al Lewis · Yvonne De Carlo · K.C. Martel

Synopsis The owner of a wax museum has an exhibit dedicated to the Munsters. When he uses robots that look like Herman and Granpa to pull a jewelry heist, everyone thinks that the real Herman and Grandpa did it. They must...

Not rated

Not rated

Suspicion (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Don Medford · James Neilson · Robert Stevens · John Brahm

Cast Dennis O'Keefe · Clark Howat · Marian Seldes · Jack Klugman

Synopsis TV Series (1957-1958). 1 season. 41 episodes. An anthology television mystery drama series. The executive producer was film director Alfred Hitchcock.

Not rated

Not rated