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name: "Fred Ross"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 September 1934"
died: "10 January 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T13:12:35.140595+00:00"
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# Fred Ross

Actor. Born 14 September 1934 in Flint, Michigan. Died 10 January 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 September 1934, Flint, Michigan
- **Died:** 10 January 2026

## Biography

Fred Ross (1934–2026) was an American actor who appeared as himself in documentary films. He worked for 17 years at a General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, before becoming a process server for the Genesee County Sheriff's Office.

Ross featured prominently in Michael Moore's *Roger & Me* (1989), in which he is shown carrying out evictions of families affected by plant closures. He also appeared as himself in *Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint* (1992) and in archive footage in *Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright* (1993).

A former Flint resident originally from Arkansas, Ross died in Smackover, Arkansas, on 10 January 2026, aged 91.

*Sources: imdb.com, mlive.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Roger & Me* (1989), Fi1m 78, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/roger-and-me.md)

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