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Fredrick Lawrence Grandy (born June 29, 1948) is an American actor who played "Gopher" on the TV series The Love Boat and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. Grandy was most recently the host of The Grandy Group, a morning drive time radio talk show on 630 WMAL in Washington ...
Fred Grandy is best known as Gopher on The Love Boat, a TV series he starred in for nine years. He also ran for Congress, hosted a radio show, and wrote and acted in other projects.
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Fred Grandy is an actor, politician and former CEO of Goodwill Industries. He is best known for playing Gopher on The Love Boat (1977) and for his involvement in agriculture, education and non-profit organizations.
- June 29, 1948
Jun 18, 2020 · Fred Grandy — Yeoman Purser Burl "Gopher" Smith. Up until The Love Boat, Fred Grandy’s biggest break was a recurring role as Carol’s boyfriend on the show Maude.
Fred Grandy. John Duricka / AP. He was a son of Sioux City who made good. Educated at Exeter and Harvard, Paul Grandy started his career in politics, working for Congressman Wiley Mayne. He...
Biography. Grandy was born in Sioux City, Iowa, the youngest of three sons of William Grandy, who worked in his father's insurance business, and his wife Bonnie. When Grandy was eleven, his father died of a heart attack. His mother died of an aneurysm a year later.
In 2014, Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin McLeod, Cynthia Lauren Tewes, and Jill Whelan became godparents (the passenger ship industry's equivalent of naval ship sponsors) of the Princess Cruises ship Regal Princess.
