Other works

(1974) He co-starred in an unaired sitcom pilot for ABC called "The Fireman's Ball". The plot concerned the misadventures of a group of San Francisco firemen. ABC liked the concept enough to recast and re-shoot another pilot in 1975, with Johnny Brown and David Ketchum the only returning actors but the network decided not to pick up the revised version for their fall line-up when the audience reaction to its 1975 airing was decidedly cool.

Co-host of The Grandy & Andy Morning Show, a conservative radio news/talk show on 630 WMAL-AM in Washington, D.C.

(May 8, 2013 - May 18, 2013) "Sleuth," a dramatic thriller, written by Anthony Shaffer, directed by Clayton Phillips, co-starring Fred Grandy and Christian Pedersen, at the Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven, New Jersey, USA.

(2011-?) Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs at the Center for Security Policy, a not-for-profit, neo-conservative (although officially non-partisan) think tank in Washington, DC focused on developing and managing domestic terrorism and counter intelligence research and projects.

(2010 - 2011) Host of "The Grandy Group" on 630 WMAL in Washington, DC.

(2003 - 2010) Co-host of the "Grandy & Andy Morning Show," a conservative radio talk show on 630 WMAL in Washington, DC, with DC radio fixture Andy Parks.

(early 2000s) Visiting Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, School of Public Affairs.

(2000 - 2003) Political Commentator for National Public Radio.

(1995 - 2000) President and CEO of Goodwill Industries International.

(January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1995) Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 6th district (1987-1993) and from Iowa's 5th district (1993-1995).

(Summer 1981) He acted in Abe Burrows and Frank Loesser's musical, "How To Succeed in Business," in a Kenley Players production at the Memorial Hall in Dayton; the Veterans Memorial Theatre in Columbus and in Akron, Ohio with Don Ameche in the cast. John Kenley was artistic director.