Actor Fred Willard speaks onstage at the screening of 'Best in Show' during the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 8, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for ...

Fred Willard died of natural causes, a rep for the actor confirms to PEOPLE Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Actor Fred Willard, seen here in Los Angeles in ... laugh in ensemble films such as "Waiting for Guffman," "A Mighty Wind" and "Best in Show." Earlier audiences encountered him as Jerry Hubbard ...