Fred Gwynne, who died in 1993 and would have turned 99 this July 10, is finest recognized for starring within the basic TV sitcoms Automotive 54, The place Are You? and The Munsters … however do you know he was additionally a army veteran and an achieved illustrator? And that he wrote a profitable sequence of youngsters’s books?
Should you solely know Gwynne from his roles as Automotive 54’s Officer Muldoon and The Munsters’ Frankenstein-ish Herman Munster — or from his roles in movies like Pet Sematary and My Cousin Vinny — learn on for biographical particulars about this towering expertise. (And we do imply towering — the man was 6-foot-5.)