Name
Fred MacMurray
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1908-08-30
Deathday
1991-11-05 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Biography
Fredrick Martin 'Fred' MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor and musician. He was educated at Carroll College, Wisconsin, and played with a Chicago orchestra for more than a year. Then he joined an orchestra in Hollywood where he played, did some recording and played extra roles. He then joined a comedy stage band, California Collegians, and went to New York. There he joined "Three's A Crowd" revue on Broadway and on the road. After this show closed, he returned to California and worked in vaudeville. He played the vaudeville circuits and night clubs until cast for major role in "Roberta". Signed by Paramount in 1935.
He was raised in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin from the age of 5, eventually graduating from Beaver Dam High School (currently the site of Beaver Dam Middle School), where he was a 3-sport star in football, baseball, and basketball. He retained a special place in his heart for his small-town Wisconsin upbringing, referring at any opportunity in magazine articles or interviews to the lifelong friends and cherished memories of Beaver Dam, even including mementos of his childhood in several of his films. In 'Pardon my Past' (1945), he and fellow GI William Demarest are moving to Beaver Dam, WI to start a mink farm.
Known For
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Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a qui...
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Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash ...
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An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insura...
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When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the fi...
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Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Eu...
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Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his dis...
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A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love....
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In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, b...
- 1960 The Apartment as Jeff D. Sheldrake
- 1944 Double Indemnity as Walter Neff
- 1954 The Caine Mutiny as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
- 2008 Inside 'The Apartment' as Self (archive footage)
- 1968 The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- 1954 Pushover as Paul Sheridan
- 1936 The Princess Comes Across as King Mantell
- 1935 Hands Across the Table as Theodore Drew III
- 1943 No Time for Love as Jim Ryan
- 1967 The Happiest Millionaire as Anthony Biddle
- 1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
- 1943 Above Suspicion as Richard Myles
- 1966 Follow Me, Boys! as Lemuel Siddons
- 1940 Remember the Night as Jack Sargent
- 1947 The Egg and I as Bob MacDonald
- 1959 Good Day for a Hanging as Marshal Ben Cutler
- 1948 The Miracle of the Bells as William 'Bill' Dunnigan
- 1956 There's Always Tomorrow as Clifford Groves
- 1935 Alice Adams as Arthur Russell
- 1959 The Shaggy Dog as Wilson Daniels
- 1959 Face of a Fugitive as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
- 1950 Borderline as Johnny Macklin
- 1955 The Rains of Ranchipur as Thomas "Tom" Ransome
- 1941 Dive Bomber as Joe Blake
- 1978 The Swarm as Clarence
- 2006 The Shaggy Dog Kids as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 Fred MacMurray: With Fondness as Self (archive footage)
- 1961 The Absent-Minded Professor as Ned Brainard
- 1936 The Texas Rangers as Jim Hawkins
- 1939 Invitation to Happiness as Albert 'King' Cole
- 1963 Son of Flubber as Ned Brainard
- 1942 The Lady Is Willing as Corey McBain
- 1947 Singapore as Matt Gordon
- 1948 On Our Merry Way as Al
- 1935 The Gilded Lily as Peter Dawes
- 1937 Maid of Salem as Roger Coverman
- 1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as Jack Hale
- 1955 The Far Horizons as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
- 1956 Gun for a Coward as Will Keough
- 1948 Family Honeymoon as Grant Jordan
- 1941 New York Town as Victor Ballard
- 1939 Honeymoon in Bali as Bill Burnett
- 1937 Swing High, Swing Low as Skid Johnson
- 1942 Take a Letter, Darling as Tom Verney
- 1962 Bon Voyage! as Harry Willard
- 1973 Charley and the Angel as Charley Appleby
- 1940 Too Many Husbands as Bill Cardew
- 1942 Star Spangled Rhythm as Frank
- 1949 Father Was a Fullback as George Cooper
- 1935 The Bride Comes Home as Cyrus Anderson
- 1955 At Gunpoint as Jack Wright
- 1945 Murder, He Says as Pete Marshall
- 1978 Inside 'the Swarm' as Self
- 1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1938 Sing, You Sinners as David Beebe
- 1953 The Moonlighter as Wes Anderson
- 1954 Woman's World as Sid Burns
- 1937 True Confession as Kenneth Bartlett
- 1957 Quantez as Gentry
- 1943 Flight for Freedom as Randy Britton
- 1943 The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
- 1947 Suddenly It's Spring as Peter Morely
- 1944 Practically Yours as Daniel Bellamy
- 1951 A Millionaire for Christy as Peter Ulysses Lockwood
- 1935 Grand Old Girl as Sandy
- 1964 Kisses for My President as Thad McCloud
- 1945 Pardon My Past as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
- 1944 Standing Room Only as Lee Stevens
- 1946 Smoky as Clint Barkley
- 1940 Little Old New York as Charles Brownne
- 1941 Virginia as Stonewall Elliott
- 1937 Exclusive as Ralph Houston
- 1938 Cocoanut Grove as Johnny Prentice
- 1938 Men with Wings as Pat Falconer
- 1948 An Innocent Affair as Vincent Doane
- 1944 And the Angels Sing as Happy Morgan
- 1935 Car 99 as Trooper Ross Martin
- 1936 13 Hours by Air as Jack Gordon
- 1945 Where Do We Go from Here? as Bill Morgan
- 1953 Fair Wind to Java as Captain Boll
- 1959 The Oregon Trail as Neal Harris
- 1929 Tiger Rose as Rancher
- 1942 The Forest Rangers as Don Stuart
- 1996 Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door as Self (archive footage)
- 1939 Cafe Society as Crick O'Bannon
- 1951 Callaway Went Thataway as Mike Frye
- 1950 Never a Dull Moment as Chris Hayward
- 1935 Men Without Names as Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
- 1990 Anthony Quinn: An Original as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 Beyond the Bermuda Triangle as Harry Ballinger
- 1940 Rangers of Fortune as Gil Farra
- 1952 Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing as Self - Presenter
- 1941 One Night In Lisbon as Dwight Houston
- 1945 Captain Eddie as Eddie Rickenbacker
- 1937 Champagne Waltz as Buzzy Bellew
- 1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 as Self (uncredited)
- 1978 NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney as Self
- 1958 Day of the Badman as Judge Jim Scott
- 1991 Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 Joys as Self
- 1943 Show-Business at War as Self
- 1974 The Chadwick Family as Ned Chadwick
- 2017 This Is Bob Hope... as Self (archive footage)
- 1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
- 1936 Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
- 1960 Gala Day at Disneyland as Self
- 1959 Disneyland '59 as Self
- 1942 Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- 1977 A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
- 1986 All Star Party for Clint Eastwood as Self (uncredited)
- 1929 Girls Gone Wild as Extra (uncredited)
- 1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as (archive footage)
- 1954 December Bride ( 1 episode )
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1960 My Three Sons ( 380 episodes ) as Steve Douglas
- 1957 The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Fred MacMurray
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Richard Elgin
- 1964 The Hollywood Palace ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1952 This Is Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1974 Tony Orlando and Dawn ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1954 The George Gobel Show ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Harry Wingate
- 1974 Dinah! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 People's Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode ) as Peterson
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage)
- 1954 The George Gobel Show ( 1 episode ) as Fred MacMurray
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Peter Terrance
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as Wilson Daniels
- 1950 The Jack Benny Program ( 1 episode ) as Fred MacMurray
