Acting
Fred Grandy
Born 1948-06-29 · Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Grandy was born in Sioux City, Iowa, the youngest of three sons of William Grandy, who worked in his father's insurance business, and his wife Bonnie. When Grandy was eleven, his father died of a heart attack. His mother died of an aneurysm a year later. The young Grandy was raised by Margaret Avery, his mother's best friend (a widow who later married his father's doctor). He went to public schools until ninth grade, after which he attended high school at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, as his father and brothers had done. At Exeter, Grandy was the roommate of David Eisenhower, the grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and was later best man at Eisenhower's wedding to Julie Nixon, the daughter of then–president-elect Richard Nixon, in December 1968. Grandy graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in English studies from Harvard University in 1970. In 1971, he joined an improvisational group at Harvard called "The Proposition" and then rejoined the show when it moved off-Broadway in 1971. Among his co-stars was future Saturday Night Live star Jane Curtin. Although of service age, Grandy had a high lottery number and was not drafted for Vietnam.
Acting credits
8.0A retrospective of the 50-year history of the American Broadcasting Company, showcasing clips from past shows and current programs.
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
6.2In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance.
Death Race 2000
1975
5.9A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.
The Wedding Year
2019
6.0Wanda wants to take care of everyone in her life. She barely has time for herself, not that she would know what to do with it anyway.
I'll Be Right There
2024
6.6An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
7.9Faced with an indifferent youth group, a new youth Pastor tries to motivate his students to read God's Word and get serious about their faith.
Play the Flute
2019
6.0Speculates that John Wilkes Booth, murderer of Abraham Lincoln, escaped to Canada instead of being tracked down and killed soon after the assassination.
The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977
8.0Danny Kaye stars in the Disneyland 25th Anniversary television special with special guest star Michael Jackson, The Osmond’s, Adam Rich, and others.
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
1980
3.3Guest stars include Georgia Engel as a stowaway, Gary Frank and Melanie Mayron as a pair of tremulous honeymooners, Stella Stevens and Pat Harrington as an eternally bickering married couple, and Audra Lindley and Phil Silvers as, respectively, an outspoken middle-aged lady and a woebegone widower.
The New Love Boat
1977
NBC night time special, previewing the 1976 Saturday morning kids programming line-up, hosted by Freddie Prinze.
The Great NBC Smilin' Saturday Mornin' Parade
1976