A Nightmare on Elm Street actor Robert Englund reveals that he worked on the set for the original Halloween in 1978 for just one day. As most horror buffs know, Englund has played the serial killer Fred Krueger since 1984 when horror master Wes Craven released A Nightmare on Elm Street. Englund has played the role of Freddy in a total of eight films, a Freddy TV show, and most recently appeared on The Goldbergs for their Halloween episode called "Mister Knifey-Hands".