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Fred was the one-time husband of Jackie Harris, co-worker of Dan Conner and eventually Roseanne Conner's future brother-in-law on Roseanne from Season 6–8. The part of Fred is played on the series by veteran character/lead actor Michael O'Keefe.

About Fred[]

A mechanic who works at the garage with his friend Dan, Fred is introduced to Dan's sister-in-law Jackie Harris, leading to a one-night stand, accidental impregnation, and marriage. It takes a lot of encouragement for Jackie to eventually warm up and face the fact that Fred is the father of her child, Andy, and therefore a part of their life (in the beginning, Jackie is still healing from her trauma with Fisher and is fearful of getting too close to another man).

Fred at first assumes that Jackie's just putting him off lightly and initially doesn't understand that Jackie has been through a very traumatic experience that is not easily healed in addition to her dysfunctional childhood.  Jackie eventually discovers that Fred is a genuinely nice guy and a good father, and by the time Andy is born he is good friends with both Roseanne and Dan.

Fred, being very conventional, is shocked by the Conners and Harrises' unconventional ways and cannot understand the whole subculture of Jackie's family. These two aspects, and his having very few of the same interests as Jackie, lead to the dissolution of his marriage to Jackie. Despite their attempts to make their marriage work, Jackie and Fred break up when they discover how incompatible they are. Throughout his time on the show, his last name is never mentioned.

As of Season 6 of The Conners, his whereabouts is unknown and hasn't been mentioned since Season 9.

Trivia[]

In the episode, Thanksgiving '93, Fred mentions he has a huge extended family of 16 cousins despite Roseanne using the excuse of him having no family for inviting him.

List of Appearances[]

Roseanne (TV series)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 #
Season 6 - X X - X - - X - X - - - - X X X - X X - - X X X N/A 13
Season 7 X X - X - X - X X X X X X X X X X X - - X X X - X - 19
Season 8 X X - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - N/A 3
Total 35
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