Fred Grandy

About

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...

Known for

Law & OrderSeries • 1990The Love BoatSeries • 1977The Mindy ProjectSeries • 2012Love, American StyleSeries • 1969Quincy, M.E.Series • 1976Charlie's AngelsSeries • 1976Fresh Off the BoatSeries • 2015Fuller HouseSeries • 2016Fantasy IslandSeries • 1978Cagney & LaceySeries • 1982Matt HoustonSeries • 1982RoarSeries • 2022MaudeSeries • 1972Great NewsSeries • 2017HollywoodSeries • 2020Monster SquadSeries • 1976Moonbase 8Series • 2020Death Race 2000Movie • 1975The Wedding YearMovie • 2019I'll Be Right ThereMovie • 2024The Girl Most Likely To...Movie • 1973