Fred Grandy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

27

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-06-29 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Fred Grandy

Biography

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.

Known For

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • The Mindy Project

    The Mindy Project

  • Fresh Off the Boat

    Fresh Off the Boat

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

  • Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

  • Fuller House

    Fuller House

  • Roar

    Roar

  • Maude

    Maude

  • Great News

    Great News

  • Hollywood

    Hollywood

  • Death Race 2000

    Death Race 2000

  • The Lincoln Conspiracy

    The Lincoln Conspiracy

  • Doc

    Doc

  • Moonbase 8

    Moonbase 8

  • Monster Squad

    Monster Squad

  • Blind Ambition

    Blind Ambition

  • Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary

    Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary

  • I'll Be Right There

    I'll Be Right There

  • The Wedding Year

    The Wedding Year

  • Play the Flute

    Play the Flute

  • The Girl Most Likely To...

    The Girl Most Likely To...

  • The New Love Boat

    The New Love Boat