Fred Grandy
Actor · Born June 29, 1948 (78) · Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Grandy was born in Sioux City, Iowa, the youngest of three sons of William Grandy, who worked in his father's insurance business, and his wife Bonnie. When Grandy was eleven, his father died of a heart attack. His mother died of an aneurysm a year later. The young Grandy was raised by Margaret Avery, his mother's best friend (a widow who later married his father's doctor). He went to public schools until ninth grade, after which he attended high school at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, as his father and brothers had done. At Exeter, Grandy was the roommate of David Eisenhower, the grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and was later best man at Eisenhower's wedding to Julie Nixon, the daughter of then–president-elect Richard Nixon, in December 1968. Grandy graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in English studies from Harvard University in 1970. In 1971, he joined an improvisational group at Harvard called "The Proposition" and then rejoined the show when it moved off-Broadway in 1971. Among his co-stars was future Saturday Night Live star Jane Curtin. Although of service age, Grandy had a high lottery number and was not drafted for Vietnam.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 29, 1948 (78)
- Sioux City, Iowa, USA
- Actor
- 20 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
What are Fred Grandy's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Walt in Monster Squad (1976)
- Mentoras Walt in Monster Squad (1976)
- Heraldas Pastor Lawrence in Play the Flute (2019)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Fred Grandy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- Midnight Pulp, show their 2 titles on Midnight Pulp
- Best of British Television, show their title on Best of British Television
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Dove Channel, show their title on Dove Channel
- Great American Pure Flix, show their title on Great American Pure Flix
- Screambox, show their title on Screambox
- Sony Pictures Core, show their title on Sony Pictures Core
- UP Faith & Family, show their title on UP Faith & Family
Subscription and free streaming for Fred Grandy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
28 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
I'll Be Right There(2023)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Roar(2022)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
Moonbase 8(2020)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
Hollywood(2020)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Play the Flute(2019)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Wedding Year(2019)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Great News(2017)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Fuller House(2016)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
Fresh Off the Boat(2015)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Silent Conquest(2013)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Mindy Project(2012)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Matt Houston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Cagney & Lacey(1981)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Blind Ambition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Fantasy Island(1977)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
The Lincoln Conspiracy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
The Love Boat(1977)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
The New Love Boat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Quincy, M.E. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Charlie's Angels(1976)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Monster Squad(1976)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all showsThe Great NBC Smilin' Saturday Mornin' Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Doc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Death Race 2000(1975)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Maude(1972)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Career shape
Star power in the 74th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles from 1969 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Play the Flute (2019)
Highest rated
The Girl Most Likely to... (1973)
Most popular right now
The Love Boat (1977)
Film career
- 1973Screen debut· The Girl Most Likely To...
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Fred Grandy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 20 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed10
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Fred Grandy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Fred Grandy's MovieCove titles; Chuck McCann shares the most, 2.
- Chuck McCannShared titles: Monster Squad (1976), The Girl Most Likely to... (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Chuck McCann
