Fred Goss
Fred Goss (born March 25, 1961, Orchard Lake, Michigan) is an American TV actor, director, writer, producer and comedian.
As writer
Goss began writing and staging his own plays in his twenties. He wrote sketch comedy during his thirties, primarily at the Los Angeles based, ACME Comedy Theater. More recently, Fred wrote many of the episodes of his ABC comedy Sons & Daughters. He's written pilot scripts for ABC, NBC, and FOX.
In 2014, he developed a half hour comedy for ABC called The FunHouse. In 2013, he developed a half hour comedy for USA Network called, HR.
As acting student/teacher
Instructors who have taught Goss include Harry Mastrogeorge, Cynthia Szigeti, Stephen Book, Cecily Adams, and Jeffrey Tambor. After studying the Viola Spolin technique, he has taught (Improvisation for the Theater) to adults and children.
As actor
Fred Goss began acting at age fourteen. Before he was thirty, Goss had performed in more than 75 stage productions. He has been a member of The New A.R.T.E.F Players, Pacific Rep and Theater East. Goss also performed in two different house improvisation groups at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. and as part of the main company at The ACME Comedy Theater in Los Angeles.