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 ...

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.

It is a classic of a different age that deserves to have an audience until the end of time and especially for the performance of Fred Gwynne, a gentle soul, and a mountain of a man both in stature ...