Description
Squire Fridell is an American actor, perhaps best known for his infectious enthusiasm displayed in over three thousand television commercials.
Since 1978, he has portrayed ?The Toyotaman? in American TV ads for The Toyota Motor Corporation. From 1984 to 1991, he served as the official "Ronald McDonald" clown character in American television commercials for the McDonald's Corporation chain of fast-food restaurants, and even played the McDonald character in Mac and Me. From the 1970s until the mid-1990s, Fridell also had supporting character roles in a number of popular TV series, such as Rosetti and Ryan, M*A*S*H, Newhart, Ironside and Adam-12.
In 1980, Harmony Books published Fridell's book, Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit, subsequently re-released by Random House in 2005.
Fridell returned as himself in several Toyota commercials in 2010, responding to the image damage the company suffered due to a slow response to safety issues in 2009.
Fridell was born in Oakland, California. He attended the University of the Pacific where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
Born
February 9th, 1943 in Oakland (Age 81)
Films
Last Changes
2024/10/08
New Response (Success): Sent one photo, sase and letter and got it back si..
2024/10/08
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)
2024/07/19
New Response (Success): Very Pleased with the response, I sent 4 Photos an..