Herman Munster

Herman Munster
Herman Munster
Aliases:	Mister Munster; Pussycat The Midnight Marauder of Midcity Park The Masked Marvel Herman Dillon Munster
Franchise:	The Munsters
Notability:	Main character
Type:	Reanimate
Gender:	Male
Location:	1313 Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Heights
Known relatives:	Lily Munster Grandpa Munster Eddie Munster Marilyn Munster Freddie Munster Effigie Munster
Status:	Undead
Born:	1816
Introduction:	"Munster Masquerade"
Final:	"A Visit from the Teacher"
Actor:	Fred Gwynne Jeff Daniel Phillips

Herman Munster is a character played by actor Fred Gwynne who was featured on the popular television sit-com The Munsters which aired from 1964 to 1966. He was also featured in two full-length television movies, the 1966 film Munster, Go Home! and the 1981 film The Munsters' Revenge. An obvious pastiche of the Frankenstein Monster, Herman Munster differed from the classical archetype of the monster in terms of personality. He was intelligent, eloquent and was usually good-natured with an affable sense of humor. In contrast however, Herman was prone to extreme emotional outbursts which often led to violent temper tantrums such as slamming his fist on a table, sending dishes and cups flying into the air. Like most of his family, Herman Munster was unaware that his appearance was odd and sometimes frightening to other people. In fact, he viewed normal looking people as having a strange peculiarity about them, which he never quite understood.

Biography

In the early 1960s, Herman Munster and his family moved into a dilapidated, crumbling estate located at 1313 Mockingbird Lane. There he lived a happy life with his wife Lily, his son Eddie, his niece Marilyn and his father-in-law, who was referred to only as Grandpa. Herman maintained a job at a funeral home called Gateman, Goodbury and Graves.

Although affable and good-hearted, Herman's appearance often put people ill at ease. There have been many occasions where Marilyn would be afraid to bring a date home out of fear that her father would frighten them away. Even mirrors tended to dislike Herman, and would usually shatter whenever he stared into one. One one occasion, Herman began taking nightly walks through Midcity Park, but his presence caused a city-wide scare, as people mistook him for a purse snatcher who had been lurking in the area.

Notes & Trivia

• Won first prize at a masquerade ball costume contest. The judges thought he was wearing one mask underneath another.
• Is terrified of mice.
• Herman Munster had a cameo role in the 1995 television movie Here Come the Munsters, which was a spin-off of the re-imagined program The Munsters Today.
• Herman and Lily took their honeymoon on Devil's Island.
• In the 2022 prequel/remake of The Munsters by director Rob Zombie, the role of Herman Munster was played by actor Jeff Daniel Phillips.
• Herman's body temperature is 55 degrees, which is considered healthy.
• Herman has stated that he is 150-years-old. Assuming that the TV series takes place in the same year that it was released, and further assuming that Herman isn't generalizing, that would place his year of birth of 1816.

Quotes

You can't be too careful these days. There's a lot of strange people in this world.

If there's anything that disturbs me, Lily, it's the idea of grown people like us dressing up in costume and looking ridiculous.

I'm every inch a gentleman... in fact, several gentlemen.

Lily, will you pipe down while I'm trying to be sweet and apologize!

See also

Munsters Munsters gallery Munsters images

Munsters episodes Munsters characters Munsters miscellaneous

External Links

• Herman Munster at IMDB
• Herman Munster at Wikipedia

References

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