Fred Grossinger

Fred Grossinger (January 1, 1936, in Pittsburgh – November 21, 1995, in Los Angeles), best known by his Hollywood name, Fred Holliday, was a stage, film and television actor renowned for his all-American face^[1] who starred in over 1,000 TV commercials from the late 1950s through the 1980s.

Holliday made guest appearances on more than 150 television shows.^[1] He was one of the Mighty Carson Art Players on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 12 years,^[2] performed in the daytime dramas as Ron Wyche in Days of Our Lives,^[3] as the manager at the Capwell Hotel in Santa Barbara,^[4] in nighttime dramas such as John Atherton in Dallas^[5] and was host of a short-lived daytime show, The Girl in My Life, on ABC in the early 1970s.^[6] His movie appearances included Airport, A Patch of Blue, Edge of the Axe and A Guide for the Married Man.^[3] He played in more than 50 Broadway and regional theater productions.^[1]

Professionally, Holliday served on the local board of directors of the Los Angeles chapter of AFTRA for 10 years, as well as serving on the national board of AFTRA.^[7] He was also active in the Screen Actors Guild.^[8]

Holliday was married to Judy Kapler. He had one daughter, Debra Jeanne (Grossinger) Rouse, from his first marriage to Nancy King.^[1] He died of a heart attack when he was 59.^[1]

References

External links

• Fred Grossinger at the Internet Movie Database
• Fred Grossinger at Find a Grave
• Fred Holliday on the Johnny Carson Show Jpeg formatted image file, poor quality