Movies by Fred Gwynne
As part of the cast:
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The Munsters: America's First Family of Fright (2004)
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis …
Little-known facts about the 1960s television series "The Munsters" abound in this documentary that details the show's conception, development and success through cast and crew…
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My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Cast: Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio …
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
When teenage buddies Billy (Ralph Macchio) and Stan (Mitchell Whitfield) are falsely accused of croaking a convenience-store clerk in a backwoods Southern town, Billy calls on his Noo Yawk…
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Shadows and Fog (1992)
Cast: Michael Kirby, Woody Allen, David Ogden Stiers …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Writer-director Woody Allen stars as nebbish Max Kleinman, whose neighbors wake him asking for help in nabbing a serial strangler. Kleinman agrees, but the vigilantes disappear. As he looks…
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Pet Sematary (1989)
Cast: Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne …
Directed by: Mary Lambert
Louis Creed moves his family to the country and discovers a cursed burial ground on his property that brings the dead back to life -- yet with an added streak of evil. An accident soon forces…
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Disorganized Crime (1989)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Fred Gwynne, Corbin Bernsen …
Directed by: Jim Kouf
In this crime caper, a gang of professional crooks has everything it takes to rob a bank -- except their boss, a car and an actual plan. The only things working in their favor are a cop and…
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The Secret of My Success (1987)
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Kansas boy Michael J. Fox moves to New York City with a dream of taking big business by storm. He lands a job in the mailroom of a big company (run by his uncle), meets the lovely Helen…
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Fatal Attraction (1987)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer …
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Married attorney Dan Gallagher gives in to the tantalizing flirtations of attractive editor Alex Forrest, and they embark on a steamy affair. But Dan's passing indiscretion comes back to…
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Ironweed (1987)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker …
Directed by: Hector Babenco
Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep star in this moody Depression-era drama about Francis Phelan, a former pro baseball player haunted by his past and now living the squalid life of a nomadic…
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Murder by the Book (1987)
Cast: Robert Hays, Catherine Mary Stewart, Christopher Murney …
Directed by: Mel Damski
Robert Hays pulls double duty playing mystery writer D.H. Mercer and his literary creation, private detective Biff Deegan. After he starts to see visions of Deegan, Mercer teams up with the…
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The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
Cast: Lucy Deakins, Jay Underwood, Fred Savage …
Directed by: Nick Castle
After her husband's death, Charlene (Bonnie Bedelia) moves with her two children, Milly (Lucy Deakins) and Louis (Fred Savage), to a new neighborhood. While they all struggle with the…
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The Christmas Star (1986)
Cast: Edward Asner, Rene Auberjonois, Jim Metzler …
Directed by: Alan Shapiro
A grizzled con learns the true meaning of Christmas in this heartwarming holiday tale. After escaping from prison disguised as Saint Nick, Horace (Edward Asner) hides in the suburbs and meets…
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Water (1985)
Cast: Michael Caine, Brenda Vaccaro, Valerie Perrine …
Directed by: Dick Clement
Baxter Thwaites is the laissez-faire chief politico of a largely forgotten backwater British isle in the Caribbean. But the fortunes of the governor (and his colony) change when oil explorers…
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The Cotton Club (1984)
Cast: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane …
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Richard Gere plays his own cornet solos in Francis Ford Coppola's story of a jazz musician at the titular 1930s legendary nightclub. When Dixie Dwyer (Gere) saves the life of mobster…
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Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine (1982)
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Ray Bradbury, Frank Howard …
Directed by: Ralph Rosenblum
Ray Bradbury serves as narrator in this made-for-television adaptation of his short story by the same name, following one boy's magical experiences in a small town of the 1940s. When a…
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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980)
Cast: Ralph Rosenblum, Robert Preston, Rex Robbins …
Inspired by writer Mark Twain's short story, this film stars Robert Preston as a mysterious newcomer who descends on the small town of Hadleyburg to teach its duplicitous residents a…
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Luna (1979)
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Renato Salvatori …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
After her husband commits suicide and with her career faltering, famous opera singer Caterina (Jill Clayburgh) moves to Italy with her teen son Joe (Matthew Barry), whose difficulty adapting…
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Paradise Lost (1971)
Cast: Jo Van Fleet, Eli Wallach, Bernadette Peters …
Released by the Broadway Theatre Archive, this famed production of Clifford Odets' drama Paradise Lost stars award-winning thespians Bernadette Peters, Fred Gwynne, and Eli Wallach.…
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Munster, Go Home! / The Munsters' Revenge (1966)
Cast: Sid Caesar, Yvonne De Carlo, Fred Gwynne …
Directed by: Earl Bellamy, Don Weis
This double feature of "The Munsters" television specials has the family of spooks off to new madcap adventures at home and abroad, unintentionally causing a stir with everyone in their…
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The Munsters (1964)
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis …
Fred Gwynne and Yvonne De Carlo star in this 1960s sitcom as Herman and Lily Munster -- just your typical ghouls-next-door who live in a Victorian mansion with vampire Grandpa (Al Lewis),…