Any time an actor — and this was definitely true of Fred Gwynne — steps in front of a camera, the hope is for a connection between performer and the audience. When there is, it can be magic ...

Each day, Fred Gwynne underwent a three-hour application to transform into the character of Herman Munster. This transformation involved wearing 40 to 50 pounds of padding, makeup and 5-inch ...

Fred Gwynne — a ’60s pop-culture icon thanks to his TV roles as Officer Muldoon on “Car 54, Where Are You?” and patriarch Herman Munster on “The Munsters” — has never really ...

QUESTION: I have been a longtime fan of both Ed Herrmann and Fred Gwynne. As far as I am aware, Mr. Gwynne was the only person to play Herman Munster, but I read different in your column recently.

Actor Fred Gwynne, whose Lincolnesque physique and dour face delighted audiences of television's Car 54, Where Are You? and The Munsters, died Friday. He was 66. Mr. Gwynne, who most recently ...

As the woman on the other end of the phone goes to fetch Fred Gwynne, a baby boomer’s heart is fluttering. After all, Gwynne was Herman Munster, a dull-witted but lovable parody of Frankenstein.