Fred Andrews. After putting his son on his construction crew this past summer, Fred is determined to get Archie into the office next and running the company soon after. He’s also pretty mild-mannered overall and is separated from his wife (who lives in Chicago) while raising Archie on his own. Luke Perry told us that with Fred he’s just trying to have him “be your average, everyday dad. And that’s a hard thing to do, as I sit here and say it, just [to] be your average, everyday dad. That’s a task that’s becoming more and more difficult every day due to the advent of all this digital s**t and all the social media and all of that kind of stuff. So just to be able to hit middle ground, I think, is a real challenge. That’s something that I’m really invested in doing with this character. Yesterday I found myself in a scene where a lot of the other characters I would have played would have been much more active or reactive and done something, and I just kind of had to stand there and take it, and that was great. For me it was something different to do. But as someone’s father you’re always setting the example, so that’s a fun challenge for me to do with this character.”
But Fred isn’t just Archie’s father in RIVERDALE — like the other parents he has secrets of his own. It’s clear that he has a history with Hermione and star Luke Perry teased that other than Archie, his character has spent time with “with Veronica’s mom. And the Coopers live right next door to me, so I see Betty and Hal Cooper with some regularity.”