Fred Willard to Guest Star on Fox's BREAKING IN

According to TVGuide.com, comedian Fred Willard will be guest starring as Megan Mullally's ex-husband on the Fox comedy series BREAKING IN. The episode will air this spring.

Willard will portray Marty, the ex-husband of Contra Security's new boss, Veronica Mullally. According to the report, the relationship between the former partners is very heated after a "less-than-amicable split". Veronica becomes jealous when she meets Marty and his new 22-year-old girlfriend, and convinces Cameron (Bret Harrison) to be her partner in a dance competition against Marty and his young beau.

Willard is best known for his roles in the Christopher Guest mockumentary films This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration as well as television series D.C. Follies. He is an alumnus of The Second City comedy troupe. He received three Emmy nominations for his recurring role on the TV series Everybody Loves Raymond as Robert Barone's father-in-law, Hank MacDougall. In 2010, he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on the ABC TV series Modern Family as Phil Dunphy's father, Frank Dunphy.

BREAKING IN airs Tuesday at 9:30/8:30c on Fox.

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