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Freaky (film)

Freaky is a 2020 American body-swap slasher comedy directed by Christopher Landon and starring Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton, released by Universal on November 13, 2020.

Freaky Ali

Freaky Ali is a 2016 Hindi sports comedy directed by Sohail Khan, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Arbaaz Khan, and Amy Jackson, about a debt collector who becomes a golfer; released 9 September 2016, inspired by Happy Gilmore.

Freaky Friday (1976 film)

Freaky Friday (1976) is Disney's body-swap family comedy directed by Gary Nelson, written by Mary Rodgers from her 1972 novel, starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster as a mother and daughter who switch bodies on Friday the 13th; remade in 1995 and 2003.

Freaky Friday (2003 film)

Freaky Friday is a 2003 American body-swap comedy directed by Mark Waters, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as a mother and daughter who wake in each other's bodies.

Freaky Friday (2018 film)

Freaky Friday (2018) is a Disney Channel Original Movie musical directed by Steve Carr, starring Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Heidi Blickenstaff, adapted from the Tom Kitt–Brian Yorkey stage musical, premiering August 10, 2018.

Fred Armisen

Fred Armisen (Fereydun Robert Armisen, born 1966, Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is an American comedian, actor, and musician: Trenchmouth and Blue Man Group drummer, SNL cast member 2002–2013, Portlandia co-creator with Carrie Brownstein, 8G Band bandleader, and Uncle Fester on Wednesday.

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz, 1899–1987), American dancer, choreographer, singer, and actor; starred with sister Adele on Broadway, then in ten musicals with Ginger Rogers at RKO and MGM, including Top Hat and Swing Time.

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the American screen dance team of ten musicals (nine RKO, 1933-1939, plus The Barkleys of Broadway 1949), famed for Flying Down to Rio, Top Hat, and Swing Time and for Astaire's single-take dance filming.

Fred Ball

Fred Ball refers to several people: Frederick Henry Ball (1915–2007), Desilu executive and brother of Lucille Ball; Fred S. Ball (1932–2015), Salt Lake Chamber CEO; Norwegian songwriter Fredrik Ball; and actor-magician Fred Ball (1938–2017).

Fred Berry

Fred Berry (1951-2003), American actor and dancer nicknamed Rerun, played Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs on What's Happening!! (1976-79) and What's Happening Now!; earlier a Lockers member, later a Baptist minister.

Fred Claus

Fred Claus is a 2007 American Christmas comedy directed by David Dobkin, in which Vince Vaughn plays Santa Claus's older brother, who works off his debt at the North Pole.

Fred Dibnah

Fred Dibnah (28 April 1938 – 6 November 2004), Bolton steeplejack and TV presenter. Famous for felling chimneys by hand in the BAFTA-winning 1979 BBC documentary Fred Dibnah, Steeplejack; later hosted BBC industrial heritage series including Industrial Age and Age of Steam; MBE 2004.

Fred Figglehorn

Fred Figglehorn (FRED) is the hyperactive six-year-old YouTube character with a sped-up, high-pitched voice, created by Lucas Cruikshank in 2006; his channel was the first on YouTube to reach 1 million subscribers and spawned a Nickelodeon film trilogy.

Fred Flintstone

Fred Flintstone is the loud, bowling-loving quarry worker of Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, which premiered September 30, 1960 on ABC, the first prime-time animated sitcom, voiced by Alan Reed and patterned on The Honeymooners.

Fred G. Sanford

Fred G. Sanford is the fictional junk dealer played by Redd Foxx on the NBC sitcom Sanford and Son (1972-77), an adaptation of Steptoe and Son set in Watts, Los Angeles, famous for fake heart attacks and the line "I'm coming to join you, Elizabeth!"

Fred Grandy

Fred Grandy (Frederick Lawrence Grandy), born 1948 in Sioux City, Iowa, is the American actor who played purser Gopher Smith on The Love Boat (1977-1986) and then served four terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa (1987-1995), later leading Goodwill Industries.

Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne (1926–1993), American actor, played Francis Muldoon in Car 54, Where Are You? and Herman Munster in The Munsters; later a character actor in Pet Sematary and My Cousin Vinny, and an Obie-winning stage performer and children's author.

Fred Hechinger

Fred Hechinger (born 1999) is an American actor and producer from New York City, known for Quinn Mossbacher in The White Lotus and 2024 roles in Thelma, Gladiator II, Kraven the Hunter, and Nickel Boys.

Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo)

Fred "Freddie" Jones is the fictional leader of Mystery Inc. in Scooby-Doo, created in 1969 and voiced mostly by Frank Welker, known for his orange ascot and elaborate traps.

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray (Frederick Martin MacMurray, 1908–1991), American actor of Double Indemnity, The Apartment, Disney's The Absent-Minded Professor, and twelve seasons as Steve Douglas on My Three Sons.

Fred Melamed

Fred Melamed is an American character actor and voice-over performer. He is known for his role as Sy Ableman in the 2009 film A Serious Man.

Fred Rogers

Fred McFeely Rogers (1928–2003), American Presbyterian minister and creator-host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (895 episodes, 1968–2001); wrote 200+ songs, made 14 puppets, testified before Congress in 1969, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002.

Fred Savage

Fred Savage is an American actor and television director best known for playing Kevin Arnold on The Wonder Years (1988–1993), and for directing shows including Modern Family.

Fred Stoller

Fred Stoller (Frederick Stoller) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer from Chicago, best known as Gerard, Ray's cousin, on Everybody Loves Raymond, with over sixty sitcom guest appearances.

Fred Tatasciore

Fred Tatasciore, born in 1968, is an American voice actor based in New York City known for his deep voice as the Hulk, Soldier: 76, and Megatron.

Fred Ward

Fred Ward, born Freddie Joe Ward, was an American character actor best known for roles in Tremors, The Right Stuff, and Henry & June; he died in 2022.

Fred Weller

Fred Weller (Frederick Weller), American actor born in New Orleans, best known as Marshal Mann on USA's In Plain Sight; Broadway credits include Take Me Out, Glengarry Glen Ross, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Fred Willard

Fred Willard (1933 or 1939 – May 15, 2020) was an American comic actor and improviser, Jerry Hubbard on Fernwood 2 Night, star of Christopher Guest mockumentaries including Best in Show, and a four-time Emmy nominee.

Fred Williamson

Fred "The Hammer" Williamson (born 1937 or 1938, Gary, Indiana) is a former NFL/AFL defensive back turned actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, a leading blaxploitation action star (Hammer, Black Caesar, Boss Nigger) and founder of Po' Boy Productions.

Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann (Alfred Zinnemann, 1907-1997), Austrian-born American film director of High Noon, From Here to Eternity, and A Man for All Seasons; four-time Oscar winner who directed Brando, Clift, and Streep in their screen debuts.