who plays frankie's father in the middle
Jerry Van Dyke In 1995 he appeared in a series of Hardee's commercials to promote the Big Hardee, then in the late 1990s acted as the spokesperson for Big Lots.[5] He appeared in Yes, Dear as Big Jimmy, the father of Jimmy Hughes.[7] He made a guest appearance on a September 2008 episode of My Name Is Earl and in 2010 he made an appearance on the second-season episode, "A Simple Christmas" of the television series, The Middle, playing Frankie's father, Tag Spence.[10][2] He returned in "Thanksgiving III" in November 2011, "Thanksgiving IV" in November 2012, "From Orson with Love" in May 2013, and "Thanksgiving V" in November 2013.[2] “flirting with disaster” in March 2015 Van Dyke also played the object of Maw Maw's affections on the 18th episode of the first season of Raising Hope.[7] In a December 2013 episode of The Millers he played Bud Miller, father to Margo Martindale's character, Carol.[10] In his final television role in April 2015 he reprised his role as Frankie's father on The Middle, along with real-life brother Dick Van Dyke playing his character's brother.[11][12]