Archies Dad Riverdale

The fourth season premiere of cw s archie comics drama included the death of archie s kj apa father fred andrews a plot twist fans saw coming after the death of actor luke perry in march.

Archies dad riverdale. Archibald archie andrews is a main character on the cw s riverdale. Molly ringwald plays fred s estranged wife mary but the actor made sure it wasn. Frederick fred arthur andrews was a main character on the cw s riverdale he was portrayed by the late luke perry. Riverdale has aired the late luke perry s final scene as archie s dad fred andrews in its season 3 finale a month after the actor s sudden death.

Fred was the owner of andrews construction and archie s father. Riverdale fans were distraught this week as the final episode before the seven year time jump featured a touching tribute to archie andrew s father fred and late star luke perry. After mary left riverdale it was just him and their son. Archie was a student at riverdale high school a budding musician and a football player for the riverdale bulldogs.

Of course i m talking about archie s dad fred andrews randomly getting shot by a burglar at pop s diner in the last minute of the episode. He dated hermione lodge in high school and later married mary andrews they separated after over a decade of marriage. His team number was number nine given to him by coach clayton. Perry who played fred andrews dad to archie andrews kj apa died in march 2019.

The luke whom aguirre sacasa is speaking of is the late luke perry and the episode is riverdale s 2019 debut. Leave it to riverdale to go out with a bang. This number was originally jason blossom s jersey and so archie took it upon himself to retire the jersey in jason s.