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Frederick R. "Fred" Newman (born May 6, 1952) is an American actor, voice actor, composer, comedian, and sound effects artist, as well as a former talk show host. He is best known for his roles in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Doug.
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Birth name Frederick R. Newman
Nationality USA
Birth 6 may 1952 (71 years) at LaGrange (USA)
Awards Daytime Emmy Award
Nationality USA
Birth 6 may 1952 (71 years) at LaGrange (USA)
Awards Daytime Emmy Award
Frederick R. "Fred" Newman (born May 6, 1952) is an American actor, voice actor, composer, comedian, and sound effects artist, as well as a former talk show host. He is best known for his roles in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Doug.
Biography
Newman was born in LaGrange, Georgia. He is a 1974 graduate of the University of Georgia, and received an MBA at Harvard Business School in 1978. Fred Newman married Katy Dobbs in 1985, and the couple has two children: Gil John Newman (son) and Lila Claire Newman (daughter). Lila appeared on A Prairie Home Companion (APHC) as an actor and singer when the show was in Chicago at Ravinia Park. Lila began contributing sketches and writing to APHC on a weekly basis in November 2013 and since has received several on air credits for her work. Both of Newman's children are pursuing acting careers. Lila appears as Charlotte 'Cee' Biggs, John Goodman's daughter, on Season 2 of Alpha House on Amazon Prime.Usually with
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Doug's 1st Movie (1999)
, 1h17Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Fred Newman, Frank Welker, Chris Phillips, Alice Playten, Constance Shulman, Doug Preis
Roles Skeeter / Mr. Dink / Porkchop / Ned (voice)
Rating49%
Doug (Tom McHugh) and Skeeter (Fred Newman) discover a Monster (Frank Welker) that lives in Lucky Duck Lake. Believing in his evil deeds, they are scared of him at first, but later on, they find him to be nice. Despite this, however, the monster is proof that Bill Bluff (Doug Preis) is polluting the lake, and this fact created this monster. The Monster almost eats the book Moby Dick, but Skeeter stops him and says, "Stop! You almost ate Herman Melville! You don't eat books, that is a NO!" and the monster returns it to them as an apology, so they name him Herman Melville. Unfortunately for them, all of this commotion with the monster makes Doug forget that he was supposed to meet Patti (Constance Shulman) at Mr. Swirly's (Bruce Bayley Johnson). When he remembers this at the last minute, he runs to Swirly's as fast as he can using the quickest shortcuts that he knows. Once he gets there, Patti is nowhere to be seen. He asks Mr. Swirly if he's seen her, and he says the she was here for a while and looked very upset, and then left with a guy who kept talking about his big plans for a dance. When Doug heard this, he knew that this guy was no one else but Guy Graham (Guy Hadley), a snobby upper class man who wants Patti. Meanwhile, Roger (Chris Phillips) and the AV nerds are building a robot (Eddie Korbich) to kidnap Herman, but when they build the robot it acts like Roger's babysitter.
Men in Black (1997)
, 1h38Directed by Tim Allen, Barry Sonnenfeld
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Buddy films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, David Schwimmer, Rip Torn
Roles Aliens (voice) (uncredited)
Rating72%
Agent K and his partner Agent D intercept a truck smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States. Inside they discover an alien disguised as a human. When he runs, they shoot him and use neuralyzers to wipe the memories of the border patrol witnesses. D decides to retire and asks K to wipe his memory too. In upstate New York, an alien crash-lands and kills an abusive farmer named Edgar to use his skin as a disguise.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
, 1h44Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Robert Zemeckis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about films, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, Joanna Cassidy, Lou Hirsch
Roles Stupid (voice)
Rating76%
In 1947, cartoon characters are commonly referred to as "toons" and most work as paid actors in Hollywood. They frequently interact with humans and animals, and dwell in the animated district of Toontown, owned by businessman Marvin Acme. Amongst the toon stars is Roger Rabbit, who does comedy shorts with Baby Herman, but as of late his performances are poor. Meanwhile, R.K. Maroon, Roger’s employer and head of Maroon Studios, hires private detective Eddie Valiant to investigate rumors that Roger’s wife Jessica Rabbit is having an extramarital affair. Eddie himself is an alcoholic, following the murder of his brother Teddy at the hands of a toon. Going to the Ink & Paint Club, Eddie at first believes that Jessica is a rabbit (due to her last name), but surprised when he sees that she's a very attractive woman. He later attempts and manages to snap photographs of Marvin Acme playing patty cake with Jessica, showing them to Maroon and a distraught Roger who vows he and his wife will be happy, before running off.
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
, 1h47Directed by James Bridges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Frances Sternhagen, Swoosie Kurtz, Tracy Pollan
Roles Additional Voices (voice)
Rating57%
Originally from Pennsylvania, Jamie Conway (Michael J. Fox) works as a fact-checker for a major New York magazine, but because he spends his nights partying with his glib best friend (Kiefer Sutherland) and his frequent cocaine abuse, he's on the verge of getting fired by his boss, Clara Tillinghast (Frances Sternhagen). His wife Amanda, a fast-rising model (Phoebe Cates), just left him; he's still reeling from the death of his mother (Dianne Wiest) a year earlier; and he's obsessed with a tabloid story about a pregnant woman in a coma. The movie captures some of the glossy chaos and decadence of the New York nightlife during the 1980s and also its look at a man desperately trying to escape the pain in his life.
Munchies (1987)
, 1h23Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Nadine van der Velde, Harvey Korman, Robert Picardo, Hardy Rawls, Paul Bartel, Wendy Schaal
Roles Munchie (voice)
Rating39%
The protagonist, space archaeologist Simon Watterman, discovers a fossilized "Munchie" in a cave in Peru. Bringing the specimen back to the United States, Watterman's son and girlfriend accidentally reanimate it and name it Arnold. Cecil Watterman, Simon's evil twin brother and snack food entrepreneur, kidnaps Arnold while Cindy and Paul are making out.
Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
, 1h50Directed by William Dear
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Films about magic and magicians, Giant monster films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Margaret Langrick, Kevin Peter Hall, Lainie Kazan, Don Ameche
Roles Harry (voice)
Rating60%
George Henderson (John Lithgow) is returning home with his family from a camping trip when they hit something with the family station wagon. George investigates, and discovers to his horror and awe, that they had hit a Sasquatch. Deciding to take the creature home, George does so, strapping it to the roof of the car. Meanwhile, a mysterious hunter has been tracking the creature and discovers the Hendersons' license plate, which fell off when they hit the creature. At home, curiosity gets the best of George, and he goes out to the garage to examine the creature. Much to his shock, the creature was not dead and has since disappeared. He hears noises from his kitchen and sees the creature, it has knocked over the fridge in its attempt to find food. After waking the whole house, the family realizes that the creature is friendly and kind. George has a change of heart, at first he wished to make money from the creature, but now decides to take him back to the wild. Naming the creature "Harry", George tries to lure him into the station wagon, but Harry believes that the Hendersons mean him harm and instead he disappears.
Explorers (1985)
, 1h49Directed by Joe Dante
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Space opera, Children's films, Films about school violence
Actors Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, James Cromwell, Amanda Peterson, Bobby Fite, Danny Nucci
Rating63%
Ben Crandall (Ethan Hawke) experiences vivid dreams about flying through clouds and over a vast, city-like circuit board...usually after falling asleep watching old sci-fi movies (War of the Worlds is a favorite). Every night, upon waking from the dream, he draws the circuit board. Ben shows the sketches to his friend Wolfgang Muller (River Phoenix), a child prodigy. At school, Ben develops a crush on Lori Swenson (Amanda Peterson) - but he isn't sure whether it's mutual. Both boys meet punkish-but-likeable Darren Woods (Jason Presson), with whom they share their circuit board-concepts. Wolfgang builds an actual microchip based on Ben's drawings. The chip enables the generation of an electromagnetic bubble which surrounds a pre-determined area. As the boys discover, said bubble is capable of moving at near-limitless distances and speeds without the usual ill-effects from inertia. They construct a rudimentary spacecraft out of an abandoned tilt-a-whirl seat; they name their ship the Thunder Road, after Bruce Springsteen's song of the same title. Their experiments with the Thunder Road draw attention from the US Government, which sends agents to scout the area for unidentified flying objects.
Gremlins (1984)
, 1h45Directed by Joe Dante
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Monde imaginaire, Christmas films, Comedy horror films
Actors Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee McCain, Corey Feldman
Roles Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
Rating72%
Randall “Rand” Peltzer, a struggling inventor, visits a Chinatown antique store in the hope to find a Christmas present for his son Billy. In the store, Randall encounters a small, furry creature called a Mogwai. The owner Mr. Wing refuses to sell the creature to Rand, so his grandson secretly sells the Mogwai to Rand but tells him to remember three important rules that must never be broken – do not expose the Mogwai to bright lights or sunlight which will kill it, do not let it get wet, and never feed it after midnight.
Venus in Furs (1969)
Directed by Massimo Dallamano
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Laura Antonelli, Mady Rahl, Wolf Ackva, Werner Pochath, Giacomo Furia, Fred Newman
Roles Gardener (uncredited)
Rating51%
Based on the infamous novel by Leopold Sacher-Masoch the film follows the perverted passions of a young couple as Severin watches the beautiful Wanda writhing naked amongst furs. His disturbing peeping tomism triggers off a whirlpool of emotions due to a childhood episode which punishes voyeurism with pain.