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Rudolf Platte, deutscher Schauspieler, Deutschland 1950er Jahre. German
La vida y el triste final de Fred Gwynne
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Fred Gwynne died on July 2, 1993, in Taneytown, Maryland, after a battle with cancer of the pancreas. He was just eight days shy of turning 67 years old. He is sorely missed by those that who grew up delighted by his Officer Francis Muldoon and Herman Munster and were gratified by his late-career renaissance on film.
Fred Gwynne (born July 10, 1926, New York, New York, U.S.—died July 2, 1993, Taneytown, Maryland, U.S.) was an American actor and writer who possessed a lanky and towering physique, which, coupled with his distinctive high forehead and long-jawed, dour face, made him a natural to portray the Frankensteinian Herman ...
7 feet, 6 inches. To make your Halloween that much smarter, here are five things you need to know about Herman Munster: Herman's driver's license listed his height as 7 feet, 6 inches. In actuality, Gwynne was 6-foot-5. When he donned Herman's huge boots, it added at least four inches, but who's counting?);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(ybbFZrbrBKbEwPAP6p6ZgQ4__136,
The series originally aired on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. from September 24, 1964 to May 12, 1966. Seventy episodes were produced. The show was canceled after ratings had dropped to a series low in the face of competition from ABC's Batman.
He and his wife Deborah had lived there less than a year when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died at the age of 66 – just eight days shy of his birthday. For reasons unknown, Gwynne was laid to rest in an unmarked grave at Sandy Mount United Methodist Church in Finksburg, Maryland.