Fred Stoller

Fred Stoller (born March 19, 1958) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and author. He is best known for portraying Gerard on Everybody Loves Raymond, the voice of Rusty in the Playhouse Disney series Handy Manny and the voice of Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy in the PBS Kids's series, WordGirl.

Early life Stoller was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. He has a sister, Cindy, six years his senior, Stoller attended Kingsborough Community College before leaving to pursue comedy full time.

Career Stoller had worked as a stand-up comedian in nightclubs since the early 1980s at the time of his first television appearance, in 1987, when he appeared on Stand-Up America and in 1989 on The Young Comedians Special alongside six other comedians.

He gained recognition for his frequent appearances as Gerard on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, Mr. Lowe in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and as Sheldon Singer, the nephew of Harold Gould's deli-owning character, on the short-lived sitcom Singer & Sons (the last show, which ran for four episodes, remains Stoller's only series regular work in his career). He has also made guest appearances on several other TV series. He wrote two episodes of Seinfeld ("The Soup" and the Kramer/chimpanzee subplot of "The Face Painter"). He also appeared as Fred in the episode "The Secret Code".

Personal life In 2012, Stoller published a successful e-book titled My Seinfeld Year, in which he chronicled his experiences after being hired as a new staff writer. He has since released a book titled Maybe We'll Have You Back: The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star, and a second e-book, Five Minutes to Kill: How the HBO Young Comedians Special Changed the Lives of 1989’s Funniest Comics, in 2017.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1991–1996 Murphy Brown Various roles 6 episodes 1995–1997 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Fred Voice; 5 episodes 1995 Coach Mover Episode: Is It Hot in Here, or Is It Me?: The Drew Carey Show Ed Episode: "The Joining of Two Unlikely Elements Is a Mixture" Seinfeld Fred Yerkes Two episodes 1996 Wings Mr. Lutz Episode: "The Team Player" 1997–1999 The Nanny Fred the Pharmacist 4 episodes 1997–2000 Science Court Stenographer Fred Voice; 18 episode 1997–2001 Friends Stuart 2 episodes 1997 Alright Already Gary Episode: "Again with the Sexual Harassment" Cow and Chicken Lonely Man Voice; Episode: "Disease Fiesta" I Am Weasel Lonely Man Voice; Episode: "Disease Fiesta" The Gregory Hines Show Jack Powers Episode: "The Boy's Night In" 1998–1999 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Warning man; C.K. 2 episodes 1998–2003 Everybody Loves Raymond Cousin Gerard 8 episodes 2000 The King of Queens Drive-thru worker Voice; Episode: "Strike One"2001–2003 Oswald Steve Tree Voice, 20 episodes 2001 Dharma & Greg Barry Episode: "Home Is Where The Art Is" 2001–2002 Raising Dad Bert 3 episodes 2002–2005 Scrubs Mr. Hoffner 2 episodes 2003–2006 All Grown Up! Mister Beeker Voice; 3 episodes 2004–2007 Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Mr. Lowe 8 episodes 2005 Monk Greg Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes To The Office" Drake & Josh Lenny Spodnick Episode: "Foam Finger" 2006–2013 Handy Manny Rusty the Monkey Wrench 88 episodes 2007 Veronica Mars One Hour Photo Clerk Episode: Un-American Graffiti 2007–2015 WordGirl Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy 43 Episodes 2008 Random! Cartoons Al Episode: "Call Me Bessie" 2009–2012 The Penguins of Madagascar Fred the Squirrel Voice; 13 Episodes 2009 Hannah Montana Howard Goldwasser Episode: "You Gotta Lose This Job" 2010–2012 Wizards of Waverly Place Dexter 8 episodes 2012–2015 Bob's Burgers Sal Voice; 2 episodes 2014 Anger Management Fred 2 episodes 2014 Over the Garden Wall Fred the Horse 2 episodes 2014 Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys Rich TV movie 2015–2016 Harvey Beaks Bartleburt 6 episodes 2017 Bones Allen Peppermelt Episode: "The Radioactive Panthers in the Party" 2017 Modern Family Mister Eckshun Episode: "Ten Years Later" 2018 Trouble Sleeping Dr. Gilbert TV movie 2020 Woody Woodpecker Peacock Voice; episode: "Birds of a Feather" 2021 Rick and Morty Ferkus 9 inhabitant Voice; episode: "A Rickonvenient Mort" 2022 Raven's Home Mr. Petracelli Episode: Mr. Petracelli's Revenge Oddballs Foodball Joe Voice; two episodes 2024 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Toothgnasher Voice; episode: "The Devil You Know" 2025 Super Duper Bunny League Dr. Francis Fuzzleglove Voice; main role

Written works by Stoller My Seinfeld Year (Kindle Single) (2012) Maybe We'll Have You Back: The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star (2013) Five Minutes to Kill: How the HBO Young Comedians Special Changed the Lives of 1989's Funniest Comics' (Kindle Single) (2017)