<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Signature </Th> </Tr> <P> Frederick Charles "Fred" Willard (born September 18, 1939) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor and writer, best known for his improvisational comedy . He is known for his roles in the Rob Reiner mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap, the Christopher Guest mockumentary films Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, and Mascots, and the Anchorman films . He is an alumnus of The Second City . He received three Emmy nominations for his recurring role on the TV series Everybody Loves Raymond as Robert Barone's father - in - law, Hank MacDougall . In 2010 he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on the ABC TV series Modern Family as Phil Dunphy's father, Frank Dunphy . </P> <P> He also received a Daytime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show Host for What's Hot, What's Not . One of his earliest jobs was at The Second City, Chicago, where he shared the stage with Robert Klein and David Steinberg . He was a founding member of the improvisational comedy group Ace Trucking Company . Fellow members of Ace included Michael Mislove and Bill Saluga . They performed sketches on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson more than 50 times and appeared regularly on This is Tom Jones . </P>

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