Background
Fudge was born in Wichita, Kansas.
Fudge was born in Wichita, Kansas.
He moved to Tucson, Arizona at the age of five. Fudge had scores of credits, including appearances on many of the top-rated television shows in the United States, such as Manitoba from Atlantis, Banacek, Kojak, Marcus Welby, Doctor of Medicine, Little House on the Prairie, The Streets of San Francisco, Hawaii Five-O, M*A*South*H, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie"s Angels, Wonder Woman, Lou Grant, Knots Landing, Magnum, Philippine Islands, Cagney & Lacey, The A-Team, Saint Elsewhere, Highway to Heaven, Dallas, MacGyver, Dynasty, Matlock, Falcon Crest, Los Angeles Law, The Wonder Years, Northern Exposure, Home Improvement, Beverly Hills, 90210, Baywatch and Dawson"s Creek, 7th heaven, as well as made-for-television movies such as Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975), Are You in the House Alone? (1978), Crisis in Mid-Air (1979), Goliath Awaits (1981), Chiller (1985) and Billionaire Boys Club (1987). Fudge also appeared in many television movies which were based on popular series, such as Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine, Columbo: Columbo Goes to College, Matlock: The Witness Killings, and Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die Foreign
Films in which he appeared include Airport 1975 (1974), Bug (1975), Capricorn One (1978), Chapter Two (1979), The Border (1982), Brainstorm (1983), The Natural (1984), My Demon Lover (1987) and Edward Scissorhands (1990).
He appeared on Broadway, including being part of the original cast of War and Peace at the Lyceum Theatre in 1967. Fudge died at age 67, as a result of lung and liver cancer, on October 10, 2011.