"Here lies good old Fred
A great big rock fell on his head"
—Fred's epitaph
Fred is one of the ghosts haunting the Haunted Mansion.
Known biographical details[]
Fred was a man who died when a "great big rock fell on his head." His tombstone is located in the family plot of the Mansion in Liberty Square, suggesting he was related to the family who owned the Mansion in days of yore (probably the Graceys).
Appearances[]
Fred in ''Muppets Haunted Mansion''
Ghost Gallery[]
In the Ghost Gallery, Fred was a stonemason during the 1870s who was working on the mansion for the estate's then owner Colonel Ronald Stevens. But ultimately Fred wound up killed by a falling rock during construction.
Muppets Haunted Mansion[]
Fred appears as a ghostly cowboy in the film's graveyard song Rest in Peace, played by Alfonso Ribeiro. Humorously, his body has been compressed as a result of how he died. When Gonzo and Pepe escape from the Mansion at sunrise, he begs them to stay, commenting that the Mansion is a really nice place.
Behind the scenes[]
- The tombstone is a tribute to Imagineer Fred Joerger.
- In the SLG comics, the Beheaded Knight was also named Fred. It is unlikely that it is an allusion to the tombstone, as the backstory given for Good Old Fred (he died when a rock fell on his head) contradicts the obvious way in which the Beheaded Knight died.
- Fred's epitaph is shared with Phineas Pock at Disneyland.
- Fred's Muppets Haunted Mansion appearance as a cowboy was most likely done as an homage to Phantom Manor, the Haunted Mansion's Disneyland Paris counterpart.