---
name: "Fred Stuthman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-stuthman"
fi1m_id: "fred-stuthman"
imdb_id: "nm0836475"
tmdb_id: 66295
wikidata_id: "Q109885455"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 June 1919"
died: "7 July 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-02T22:10:43.885628+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Fred Stuthman

## Identity

Fred Stuthman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fred-stuthman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fred-stuthman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0836475
- **TMDB ID:** 66295
- **Wikidata ID:** Q109885455
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109885455, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66295

Actor. Born 27 June 1919 in Long Beach, California, USA. Died 7 July 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 June 1919, Long Beach, California, USA
- **Died:** 7 July 1982
- **Active:** 1976–1979
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 2, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $88m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109885455, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66295

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Escape from Alcatraz*](https://film.one/film/escape-from-alcatraz.md) (82)

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## Biography

Fred Stuthman (1919–1982) was an American actor, writer and producer. Born in Long Beach, California, he began his career in 1963 as a television horror host on KCOP-TV in Los Angeles under the name Jeepers' Keeper.

Stuthman appeared in supporting roles in several 1970s films, including *Network* (1976), *Marathon Man* (1976), *MacArthur* (1977) and *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979), in which he played the character Johnson. He also had guest roles in television series such as *Little House on the Prairie*, *The Rockford Files*, *WKRP in Cincinnati*, *Taxi* and *Hart to Hart*. Earlier, he wrote and produced episodes of the series *Jeepers Creepers Theater*.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979), Fi1m 82, as Johnson — [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-alcatraz.md)
- *Marathon Man* (1976), Fi1m 74, as Jewelry Salesman — [page](https://film.one/film/marathon-man.md)
- *Network* (1976), Fi1m 86, as Mosaic Figure — [page](https://film.one/film/network.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Blue and the Gray* (1982), series, as George
- *Mae West* (1982), as Father Walter Cox
- *Cheaper to Keep Her* (1981), as Charlie
- *The Private Eyes* (1980), as Lord Randolph Morley
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Gordon
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, as Simon
- *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979), as Johnson — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-alcatraz.md)
- *Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love* (1979), as Dr. Johnson
- *Firepower* (1979), as Paul Halpin
- *Hello, Larry* (1979), series, as Henry Alder
- *The Gift of Love* (1978), as Griggs
- *WKRP in Cincinnati* (1978), series, as Randall Ferryman
- *Taxi* (1978), series, as Blind Passenger — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/taxi.md)
- *Semi-Tough* (1977), as Minister Fred
- *Heroes* (1977), as Nathan
- *Another Man, Another Chance* (1977), as Mary's Father
- *A Killing Affair* (1977), as Lukens Switzer
- *MacArthur* (1977), as General Bradley
- *The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training* (1977), as Lester Eastland
- *Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure* (1977), as The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees (voice)
- *Network* (1976), as Mosaic Figure — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/network.md)
- *Marathon Man* (1976), as Jewelry Salesman — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/marathon-man.md)
- *The Adams Chronicles* (1976), series, as Judge
- *NBC Special Treat* (1975), series, as Veterinarian
- *W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings* (1975), as Sourface
- *The Reincarnation of Peter Proud* (1975), as Pop Johnson
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Homer Hodgson — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), series, as Judge
- *For Pete's Sake* (1974), as Loan Officer
- *The Groove Tube* (1974), as Food for Thought

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