Schuck portrayed Herman Munster in this late-'80s reboot series, taking over the role originally made famous by Fred Gwynne. He became the first actor to play Herman weekly basis after Gwynne’s ...

Fred Gwynne in 'The Munsters' in 1965 and in 1984. Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty; Walter McBride/Corbis via Getty At a towering 6' 5", Fred Gwynne was a perfect fit for Herman ...

At a towering 6' 5", Fred Gwynne was a perfect fit for Herman Munster, the hulking Frankenstein’s monster-esque patriarch of the Munster clan. Having already appeared in numerous TV series in the ...

Turso snapped a photograph and put it on Facebook and named the giant after the biggest man he had ever met — Fred Gwynne, who starred as the jovial giant Herman Munster in “The Munsters ...

It is so. No, Herman Munster from the 1960s TV comedy show “The Munsters” did not go off on a crazy political rant, nor did the actor who played him, the late Fred Gwynne, pass away.

The show, of course, stars Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster, patriarch and in essence Frankenstein's monster; Yvonne De Carlo as his wife, Lily, a vampiress; Al Lewis as her father, Grandpa, who is ...

Fred Gwynne played Herman Munster, wearing an amazing duplication of the makeup that had turned Boris Karloff into Frankenstein's Monster in the films of the 1930s.

It was Herman Munster’s final role. Actor Fred Gwynne, best known for his television roles on series like “Car 54, Where Are You?” and “The Munsters” (in which he played Herman Munster ...

Even if you can forgive the hilariously cheap makeup used to bring the character to life, Jeff Daniel Phillips' performance just strays too damn far from the iconic Fred Gwynne rendition of Herman ...

He was close to being cast as Henry in Punky Brewster (1984-88) until the director called him Herman Munster, not Fred Gwynne. The actor took on a number of smaller acting roles, but it wasn’t until ...