Herman Munster Herman Munster Herman Munster is a fictional character in the CBS sitcom "The Munsters", originally played by Fred Gwynne. The patriarch of the Munster household, Herman is an entity much like Frankenstein's monster, comparable to Lurch on the show's competitor, "The Addams Family". In the context of the series, Herman was created in 1815 at the University of Heidelberg by Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Work on him was finally completed around 1850 (neither Lily nor Grandpa is quite sure when) along with his twin brother Charlie. Leaving (Germany) for Great Britain at a young age, Herman was adopted by the Munsters
Arthur S. Herman was still living in Baltimore. He identified his employer as the Bethlehem Steel Company in Sparrows Point, Maryland. The steel produced at Bethlehem's Sparrow Point mill was used for the girders in the Golden Gate Bridge, in cables for the George Washington Bridge, in the base for the first rocket to the moon, and was a vital part of war production during World War I and World War II. In 1969, Herman was honored as one of the inaugural inductees into the Franklin & Marshall College Athletics Hall of Fame. Arthur S. Herman Arthur Slaymaker Herman (November 29, 1891 –