Fred Gwynne is on the far right, taking photos in this scene from Marlon Brando's On the Waterfront, released in 1954. 1955 Fred Gwynne and Phil Silvers in a 1955 episode of The Phil Silvers Show .

Before they were America's spookiest (and most lovable) family, the cast of The Munsters were just a group of talented actors ...

Fred Gwynne — a ’60s pop-culture icon ... Munsters” — has never really disappeared from view. Mr. Gwynne made his film debut in Marlon Brando’s “On the Waterfront,” and more ...

Fred Gwynne was born New York City in 1928 and moved quite a bit as a youngster, due to his father's work as a stockbroker. By all accounts he had a happy childhood, but that was marred when he ...

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.

Thomas Hanley was only 14 when he was cast as the kid on the roof with Marlon Brando and the pigeons in the classic “On the Waterfront,’’ released 60 years ago this month. Hanley had no ...

The show, of course, stars Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster, patriarch and in essence Frankenstein's monster; ... taking photos in this scene from Marlon Brando's On the Waterfront, released in 1954.