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Fred MacMurray

Known for acting · Born 30 August 1908 · Died 5 November 1991 · aged 83 · Kankakee, Illinois, USA

138 credits

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.

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Known for

My Three Sons

1960

The Apartment

1960

Double Indemnity

1944

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961

Remember the Night

1940

The Caine Mutiny

1954

The Shaggy Dog

1959

Pushover

1954

There's Always Tomorrow

1956

Son of Flubber

1963

Alice Adams

1935

The Egg and I

1947

Acting (137)

2017This Is Bob Hope...Self (archive footage)Film
2008Inside 'The Apartment'Self (archive footage)Film
2006The Shaggy Dog KidsSelf (archive footage)Film
2006Fred MacMurray: With FondnessSelf (archive footage)Film
1996Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next DoorSelf (archive footage)Film
1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and DesireSelf (archive footage)Film
1990Anthony Quinn: An OriginalSelf (archive footage)Film
1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBCSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1986All Star Party for Clint EastwoodSelf (uncredited)Film
1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey(archive footage)Film
1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)Film
1978The SwarmClarenceFilm
1978Inside 'the Swarm'SelfFilm
1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of DisneySelfFilm
1977A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three SonsFilm
1976JoysSelfFilm
1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy(archive footage)Film
1975Beyond the Bermuda TriangleHarry BallingerFilm
1975People's Choice AwardsSelf - PresenterSeries
1974Dinah!SelfSeries
1974The Chadwick FamilyNed ChadwickFilm
1974Tony Orlando and DawnSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1973Charley and the AngelCharley ApplebyFilm
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self · 2 episodesSeries
1968The Movie OrgySelf (archive footage)Film
1967The Happiest MillionaireAnthony BiddleFilm
1966Follow Me, Boys!Lemuel SiddonsFilm
1964Kisses for My PresidentThad McCloudFilm
1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf - HostSeries
1963Son of FlubberNed BrainardFilm
1962Bon Voyage!Harry WillardFilm
1961The Absent-Minded ProfessorNed BrainardFilm
1960The ApartmentJeff D. SheldrakeFilm
1960My Three SonsSteve Douglas · 380 episodesSeries
1960Gala Day at DisneylandSelfFilm
1959The Shaggy DogWilson DanielsFilm
1959Face of a FugitiveJim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)Film
1959The Oregon TrailNeal HarrisFilm
1959Good Day for a HangingMarshal Ben CutlerFilm
1959Disneyland '59SelfFilm
1958Day of the BadmanJudge Jim ScottFilm
1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourFred MacMurraySeries
1957QuantezGentryFilm
1956There's Always TomorrowClifford GrovesFilm
1956Gun for a CowardWill KeoughFilm
1956The Steve Allen ShowSelfSeries
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1955The Far HorizonsCpt. Meriwether LewisFilm
1955The Rains of RanchipurThomas "Tom" RansomeFilm
1955At GunpointJack WrightFilm
1955The 20th Century Fox HourPetersonSeries
1955Screen Director's PlayhousePeter TerranceSeries
1954The Caine MutinyLt. Thomas 'Tom' KeeferFilm
1954PushoverPaul SheridanFilm
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyProfessor Ned Brainerd (archive footage), Self · 2 episodes, Wilson DanielsSeries
1954Woman's WorldSid BurnsFilm
1954A Star Is Born World PremiereSelfFilm
1954December BrideSeries
1954The George Gobel ShowSelf · 6 episodes, Fred MacMurraySeries
1953The OscarsSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1953The MoonlighterWes AndersonFilm
1953Fair Wind to JavaCaptain BollFilm
1953General Electric TheaterRichard Elgin, Harry WingateSeries
1952This Is Your LifeSelfSeries
1952Atomic Energy Can Be A BlessingSelf - PresenterFilm
1951Callaway Went ThatawayMike FryeFilm
1951A Millionaire for ChristyPeter Ulysses LockwoodFilm
1950BorderlineJohnny MacklinFilm
1950What's My Line?Self · 3 episodesSeries
1950The Jack Benny ProgramFred MacMurraySeries
1950Never a Dull MomentChris HaywardFilm
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1950Lux Video TheatreSelfSeries
1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf · 4 episodesSeries
1949Father Was a FullbackGeorge CooperFilm
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelfSeries
1948The Miracle of the BellsWilliam 'Bill' DunniganFilm
1948On Our Merry WayAlFilm
1948An Innocent AffairVincent DoaneFilm
1948Family HoneymoonGrant JordanFilm
1947The Egg and IBob MacDonaldFilm
1947SingaporeMatt GordonFilm
1947Suddenly It's SpringPeter MorelyFilm
1946SmokyClint BarkleyFilm
1945Murder, He SaysPete MarshallFilm
1945Where Do We Go from Here?Bill MorganFilm
1945Pardon My PastEddie York / Francis PembertonFilm
1945Captain EddieEddie RickenbackerFilm
1944Double IndemnityWalter NeffFilm
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter, Self - Accepting Award for Best TV ShowSeries
1944And the Angels SingHappy MorganFilm
1944Standing Room OnlyLee StevensFilm
1944Practically YoursDaniel BellamyFilm
1943Above SuspicionRichard MylesFilm
1943No Time for LoveJim RyanFilm
1943Flight for FreedomRandy BrittonFilm
1943Show-Business at WarSelfFilm
1943The Last Will and Testament of Tom SmithNarrator Prolog (uncredited)Film
1942Take a Letter, DarlingTom VerneyFilm
1942The Lady Is WillingCorey McBainFilm
1942Star Spangled RhythmFrankFilm
1942The Forest RangersDon StuartFilm
1942Breakdowns of 1942SelfFilm
1941Dive BomberJoe BlakeFilm
1941New York TownVictor BallardFilm
1941VirginiaStonewall ElliottFilm
1941One Night In LisbonDwight HoustonFilm
1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1Self (uncredited)Film
1940Remember the NightJack SargentFilm
1940Too Many HusbandsBill CardewFilm
1940Little Old New YorkCharles BrownneFilm
1940Rangers of FortuneGil FarraFilm
1939Honeymoon in BaliBill BurnettFilm
1939Invitation to HappinessAlbert 'King' ColeFilm
1939Cafe SocietyCrick O'BannonFilm
1938Sing, You SinnersDavid BeebeFilm
1938Men with WingsPat FalconerFilm
1938Cocoanut GroveJohnny PrenticeFilm
1937True ConfessionKenneth BartlettFilm
1937Swing High, Swing LowSkid JohnsonFilm
1937Maid of SalemRoger CovermanFilm
1937ExclusiveRalph HoustonFilm
1937Champagne WaltzBuzzy BellewFilm
1936The Trail of the Lonesome PineJack HaleFilm
1936The Texas RangersJim HawkinsFilm
1936The Princess Comes AcrossKing MantellFilm
193613 Hours by AirJack GordonFilm
1936Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)SelfFilm
1935Alice AdamsArthur RussellFilm
1935Hands Across the TableTheodore Drew IIIFilm
1935The Gilded LilyPeter DawesFilm
1935The Bride Comes HomeCyrus AndersonFilm
1935Grand Old GirlSandyFilm
1935Men Without NamesAgent Dick Grant, alias Richard HoodFilm
1935Car 99Trooper Ross MartinFilm
1929Tiger RoseRancherFilm
1929Girls Gone WildExtra (uncredited)Film

Production (1)

1945Pardon My PastProducerFilm