Fred Grossinger (January 1, 1936 – November 21, 1995), better known as Fred Holliday, was an American stage, film, and television actor. He starred in more than one thousand television commercials from the late 1950s through the 1980s.
Career From the late 1950s to the mid 1990s, Holliday also made guest appearances on more than one hundred and fifty television shows, including Gunsmoke, Ben Casey, Gomer Pyle: USMC, Dragnet, That Girl, The Mod Squad, Nanny and the Professor, Dan August, Ironside, Lassie, Mission:Impossible, Adam-12, The F.B.I., McCloud, Columbo, Eight is Enough, Lou Grant, The Love Boat, Galactica 1980, The Facts of Life, Falcon Crest, Dynasty, Gimme a Break!, Riptide, Matlock, Knots Landing, Jake and the Fatman and Empty Nest.Weiskind, Ron (November 29, 1995) "Fred Holliday: Actor who feasted on commercials" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette page B-6 He was one of the Mighty Carson Art Players on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for twelve years, performed in the daytime dramas as Ron Wyche in Days of Our Lives, as the manager at the Capwell Hotel in Santa Barbara, in nighttime dramas such as John Atherton in Dallas and was host of a short-lived daytime show, The Girl in My Life, on ABC between 1973 and 1974.
His movie credits include A Patch of Blue (1965), Airport (1970), Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), First Family (1980), Edge of the Axe (1988), and Lobster Man from Mars (1989). Holliday appeared in more than fifty Broadway and regional theater productions.
Professionally, Holliday served on the local board of directors of the Los Angeles chapter of AFTRA for ten years, as well as serving on the national board of AFTRA."Obituaries: Fred Holliday" Daily Variety November 29, 1995
He was also active in the Screen Actors Guild.Robb, David (1993) "Top SAG race a 5-way heat" The Hollywood Reporter September 16, 1993
Holliday was married to Judy Kapler. He had one daughter, Debra Jeanne (Grossinger) Rouse, from his first marriage to Nancy King.
Death Holliday died in Los Angeles on November 21, 1995, at the age of 59. The cause of death was a heart attack.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1958 Wind Across the Everglades Slow Boy Uncredited1963 The Prize Swedish Officer (Nudist Meeting) Uncredited1964 The New Interns Intern Uncredited1965 A Patch of Blue Man Uncredited1967 A Guide for the Married Man Party Guest #6 1970 Airport Chester Jennings - Passenger Uncredited1970 Colossus: The Forbin Project Military Computer Entry - Missile Launch Uncredited1972 Lapin 360 1980 First Family U. N. Official #1 1988 Edge of the Axe Frank McIntosh 1989 Lobster Man from Mars Colonel Ankrum
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