Fred McCarren

Fred McCarren

actor

Fred McCarren was born on Apr 12, 1951 in USA. Fred McCarren's big-screen debut came with The Goodbye Girl directed by Herbert Ross in 1977, strarring Richard III Cast. Fred McCarren is known for Shell Game directed by Christopher Leitch, Margot Kidder stars as Dinah and James Read as John Reid. The upcoming new movie Fred McCarren plays is The American Snitch which will be released on Mar 08, 1999.

Handsome, charming, and amiable everyman character actor Frederick West McCarren was born on April 12, 1951 in Butler, Pennsylvania. McCarren acted in numerous stage productions while a student at Butler Area Senior High School. Fred attended not only the University of Cincinatti and Point Park College, but also Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College in Venice, Florida. After college McCarren went to New York, where he immediately found employment doing TV commercials. A subsequent career in film and television followed soon thereafter. Fred married his wife Lisa Hogan on December 30, 1982. A onetime resident of Tarzana, California, McCarren and his wife moved back to his native Pennsylvania in the late 1980's. Fred focused on raising his six children while continuing to work in both radio and television commercials that included the crazy Dr. Sanchez in radio spots for the Mad Rex restaurant chain and the coach in a series of TV commercials for Dick's Sporting Goods as well as TV spots for PNC, PPG, Comcast, and Builder's Surplus. McCarren had two brothers and three sisters. He died at age 55 on July 2, 2006 from colon cancer at Butler Memorial Hospital in Butler, Pennsylvania.

  • Birthday

    Apr 12, 1951
  • Place of Birth

    Butler, Pennsylvania, USA

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