Talk:Fred Willard

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this is kind of just a fan page - i don't have the energy to fix it - anyone else feel like it?

- "Fred was a graduate in the Class of 1951 at Kentucky Military Institute, Lyndon, Kentucky. The yearbook also contains class prophesy, authored and signed by Fred. He certainly was not 12 years old when graduating, and was a member of the varsity baseball team. So there is an error in his birth year listing of 1939 ( at least 6 years)."

- IMDB confirms the 1939 birthdate. Seeing as there is no substantial "proof" verifying the 1951 graduation, I suggest this point be removed from the article.

- The KMI alumni page says he graduated in 1951. http://www.kmialumni.org/Fred_Willard.html This page includes a story from a fellow KMI graduate who spoke with Fred Willard and gives the 1951 date. The Virginia Military Institute says he graduated from there in 1955. (VMI is equivalent to a standard college program so presumably the vast majority of it's students start at approximately 18 and graduate at approximately 22, like any college.) This VMI publication says that Fred Willard is a member of the Class of '55. http://www.vmikeydets.com/articles/artfiles/71240_VMI_&_Facilities_History.pdf It hardly seems credible that he graduated from VMI at the age of 16. HIs academic arc totally supports a birthdate much earlier than 1939.Kentucho 15:10, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

- I was a classmate of Fred at Shaker Heights Junior High School but he left to go to high school in Kentucky. i graduated from Shaker Heights High in 1951. I remember seeing him in a New York production of Little Murders sometime in the late 1960's or early 70's. I didn't recognize that he was in the play until i read the program because he had a wonderful pompadour hair style in junior high but in the play he had a buzz cut. I've always enjoyed his work and find him a real talent.

Parts of this article have been plagerized verbatum from the IMDB website.

What is this? Doesn't seem very wiki to me.

I finally remember who the actor in the stage coach AD for a storage company was. I am certain it is Fred Willard, unless there is an old Western movie and an actor who highly resembles him in it and the words of the actor are changed to cite the value of using a storage building instead of lugging unnecessary baggage across the frontier. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skeeter451 (talk • contribs) 17:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Not a single mention of the reality TV show "Real People", where he was the host alongside DSarah Purcell? That is where he got his big break and became a known face to America. It was 79-83. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pete71 (talk • contribs) 20:24, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Transformers

According to info from BotCon 2008, Willard is set to voice the Decepticon Swindle in Transformers Animated. --75.181.69.137 (talk) 18:52, 20 May 2008 (UTC)