Fred Holliday

Fred Holliday
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Portrays:	Brooks
Date of Birth:	January 1, 1936
Date of Death:	November 21, 1995
Age at Death:	59
Nationality:	USA
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Fred Grossinger (January 1, 1936 – November 21, 1995), better known by his stage name Fred Holliday, was an American stage, film, and television actor who portrayed Mr. Brooks in Galactica 1980.

Biography

Early Life

Born Fred Grossinger on January 1, 1936, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Holliday adopted his stage name early in his acting career.

Career

Commercial Work

Holliday became renowned for his all-American face and starred in more than one thousand television commercials from the late 1950s through the 1980s.

Television

From the late 1950s to the mid-1990s, Holliday made guest appearances on more than one hundred and fifty television shows. His television appearances included Gunsmoke, Ben Casey, Gomer Pyle: USMC, Dragnet, That Girl, The Mod Squad, Nanny and the Professor, Dan August, Ironside, Lassie, Mission: Impossible, Adam-12 (with Kent McCord), The F.B.I., McCloud, Columbo, Eight is Enough, Lou Grant, The Love Boat, Galactica 1980, The Facts of Life, Falcon Crest, Dynasty (with Leann Hunley, Lance LeGault, Ken Swofford), Gimme a Break!, Riptide, Matlock, Knots Landing, Jake and the Fatman, Empty Nest, Project U.F.O. (with W. K. Stratton, Olan Soule), The Six Million Dollar Man, and Airwolf.

Holliday was one of the Mighty Carson Art Players on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for twelve years. He also hosted a short-lived daytime show, The Girl in My Life, on ABC between 1973 and 1974.

He performed in daytime dramas, playing Ron Wyche in Days of Our Lives and the manager at the Capwell Hotel in Santa Barbara. In nighttime dramas, he portrayed John Atherton in Dallas.

Holliday is best known for his work in The Fall Guy (1981), Galactica 1980 (1980), and That Girl (1966).

Film

Holliday's 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).

Theater

Holliday appeared in more than fifty Broadway and regional theater productions.

Professional Service

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. He was also active in the Screen Actors Guild.

Personal Life

Holliday was married to Nancy King, with whom he had one daughter, Debra Jeanne (Grossinger) Rouse. He was later married to Judy Kapler.

Holliday died in Los Angeles on November 21, 1995, at the age of 59. The cause of death was a heart attack.

References

External links

• Fred Holliday at the Internet Movie Database

• Fred Grossinger at Find a Grave