Fred Grandy

Fred Grandy
Grandy in 1993
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Iowa
In office
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995
Preceded byBerkley Bedell
Succeeded byTom Latham
Constituency6th district (1987–1993)
5th district (1993–1995)
Personal details
Born
Fredrick Lawrence Grandy

(1948-06-29) June 29, 1948 (age 76)
Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
  • Jan Gough
    (m. 1969; div. 1983)
  • Catherine Mann
    (m. 1987)
Children3, including Charlie
EducationHarvard University (AB)
George Washington University (MFA)
ProfessionActor, politician, radio personality

Fredrick Lawrence Grandy (born June 29, 1948) is an American actor who played "Gopher" on the TV series The Love Boat and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. Grandy was most recently the host of The Grandy Group, a morning drive time radio talk show on 630 WMAL in Washington, D.C.