He had just paid homage to Little Richard and fellow comedian Jerry Stiller, who passed away recently. FMTNews FredWillard
Modern audiences know Willard as the TV father of character Phil Dunphy on ABC’s hit sitcom ‘Modern Family’.
“Fred Willard was the funniest person that I’ve ever worked with. He was a sweet, wonderful man,” tweeted actor Steve Carrell. “I met him in the 60s when we played in the same clubs in The Village as he and Anne Meara. Unfortunately for us, they were much funnier! We couldn’t be jealous, so we became good friends instead.”
Earlier audiences encountered him as Jerry Hubbard, sidekick to actor Martin Mull in the 70’s talk show spoof “Fernwood Tonight”.His initial work included a production of “Desperate Hours” at a local YMCA, where he worked with future comedy partner Vic Grecco.The comedy duo found some success touring and made appearances on “The Dean Martin Show,” “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”, and “The Tonight Show”.
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