First Look: MODERN FAMILY Man Fred Willard
November 23rd, 2009

In what we nominate as one of the savviest casting moves of 2009 comes December 9th’s MODERN FAMILY — which will unwrap an early holiday gift for fan the form of special guest star Fred Willard — who (as first reported by Fancast’s Matt Webb Mitovich) will play Phil Dunphy’s (Ty Burrell) father. More first look photos of which can be found after the jump. ![]()




















Ace Says:
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
One of the best parent castings ever. It seems like a lot of times they just find someone who is [relatively] old enough to be the person’s parent (see the casting of Lily’s dad for HIMYM coming up…). Here they actually tried to make them look and seem alike. Bravo.