Fred Haise — Apollo 13 Character Profile

About Fred Haise

Lunar Module Pilot who assists Lovell in powering up the Aquarius as a lifeboat. He suffers from a urinary tract infection during the crisis and initially blames Swigert for the accident before being calmed by Lovell.

Fred Haise — Character Profile

Affiliations

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Phi Theta Kappa

Quick Facts about Fred Haise

Education

Harvard University, Harvard Business School, University of Oklahoma, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Biloxi High School, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Occupation

astronaut, military officer, fighter pilot

Fred Haise's Known Relations

• Mary Haise — Child
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration — Employer
• Phi Theta Kappa — Member of

Character Facts

Played by

Bill Paxton

Appears in

Apollo 13 (1995)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (2)

• Fred Haise — Alliance Crewmate — Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks)

  Core crew alliance navigating the in-space crisis.

• Fred Haise — Alliance Crewmate — Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon)

  Shared survival experience in the lifeboat.

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More characters from Apollo 13

• Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks)
• Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon)
• Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise)
• John Aaron - EECOM Arthur (Loren Dean)
• Gene Kranz (Ed Harris)
• Glynn Lunney (Marc McClure)
• Jay Lovell (Max Elliott Slade)
• Susan Lovell (Emily Ann Lloyd)
• Henry Hurt (Xander Berkeley)
• Jeffrey Lovell (Miko Hughes)
• Pete Conrad (David Andrews)
• Marilyn Lovell (Kathleen Quinlan)