Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 30, 1908
Place of Birth:
Kankakee, Illinois, USA
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Fred MacMurray
Biography
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.
MacMurray 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. Fred 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), Fred and fellow GI William Demarest are moving to Beaver Dam, WI to start a mink farm.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Inside 'The Apartment' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Fred MacMurray: With Fondness | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | The Shaggy Dog Kids | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Shadows of Suspense | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Anthony Quinn: An Original | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) |
| 1985 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage) |
| 1978 | The Swarm | Maj. Clarance Tuttle |
| 1978 | Inside 'the Swarm' | Self |
| 1978 | NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Self |
| 1977 | A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons | |
| 1976 | Joys | Self |
| 1975 | Beyond the Bermuda Triangle | Harry Ballinger |
| 1974 | The Chadwick Family | Ned Chadwick |
| 1973 | Charley and the Angel | Charley Appleby |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1967 | The Happiest Millionaire | Anthony J. Drexel Biddle |
| 1966 | Follow Me, Boys! | Lemuel Siddons |
| 1964 | Kisses for My President | Thad McCloud |
| 1963 | Son of Flubber | Ned Brainard |
| 1962 | Bon Voyage! | Harry Willard |
| 1961 | The Absent-Minded Professor | Ned Brainard |
| 1960 | The Apartment | Jeff D. Sheldrake |
| 1960 | Gala Day at Disneyland | Self |
| 1959 | Good Day for a Hanging | Marshal Ben Cutler |
| 1959 | The Shaggy Dog | Wilson Daniels |
| 1959 | Face of a Fugitive | Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid) |
| 1959 | The Oregon Trail | Neal Harris |
| 1959 | Disneyland '59 | Self |
| 1958 | Day of the Badman | Judge Jim Scott |
| 1957 | Quantez | Gentry |
| 1956 | There's Always Tomorrow | Clifford Groves |
| 1956 | Gun for a Coward | Will Keough |
| 1956 | It's a Most Unusual Day | Peter Terrance |
| 1955 | The Rains of Ranchipur | Thomas "Tom" Ransome |
| 1955 | The Far Horizons | Cpt. Meriwether Lewis |
| 1955 | At Gunpoint | Jack Wright |
| 1954 | The Caine Mutiny | Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer |
| 1954 | Pushover | Paul Sheridan |
| 1954 | Woman's World | Sid Burns |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self |
| 1953 | The Moonlighter | Wes Anderson |
| 1953 | Fair Wind to Java | Captain Boll |
| 1952 | Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing | Self - Presenter |
| 1951 | A Millionaire for Christy | Peter Ulysses Lockwood |
| 1951 | Callaway Went Thataway | Mike Frye |
| 1950 | Borderline | Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin |
| 1950 | Never a Dull Moment | Chris Hayward |
| 1949 | Father Was a Fullback | George Cooper |
| 1948 | The Miracle of the Bells | William 'Bill' Dunnigan |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Al |
| 1948 | Family Honeymoon | Grant Jordan |
| 1948 | An Innocent Affair | Vincent Doane |
| 1947 | The Egg and I | Bob MacDonald |
| 1947 | Singapore | Matt Gordon |
| 1947 | Suddenly It's Spring | Peter Morely |
| 1946 | Smoky | Clint Barkley |
| 1945 | Murder, He Says | Pete Marshall |
| 1945 | Pardon My Past | Eddie York / Francis Pemberton |
| 1945 | Where Do We Go from Here? | Bill Morgan |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Eddie Rickenbacker |
| 1944 | Double Indemnity | Walter Neff |
| 1944 | Practically Yours | Daniel Bellamy |
| 1944 | Standing Room Only | Lee Stevens |
| 1944 | And the Angels Sing | Happy Morgan |
| 1943 | No Time for Love | Jim Ryan |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion | Richard Myles |
| 1943 | Flight for Freedom | Randy Britton |
| 1943 | The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith | Narrator Prolog (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self |
| 1942 | The Lady Is Willing | Corey McBain |
| 1942 | Take a Letter, Darling | Tom Verney |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | Frank |
| 1942 | The Forest Rangers | Don Stuart |
| 1942 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self |
| 1941 | Dive Bomber | Joe Blake |
| 1941 | New York Town | Victor Ballard |
| 1941 | Virginia | Stonewall Elliott |
| 1941 | One Night In Lisbon | Dwight Houston |
| 1941 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 | Himself |
| 1940 | Remember the Night | Jack Sargent |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands | Bill Cardew |
| 1940 | Little Old New York | Charles Brownne |
| 1940 | Rangers of Fortune | Gil Farra |
| 1939 | Invitation to Happiness | Albert 'King' Cole |
| 1939 | Honeymoon in Bali | Bill Burnett |
| 1939 | Cafe Society | Crick O'Bannon |
| 1938 | Sing, You Sinners | David Beebe |
| 1938 | Men with Wings | Pat Falconer |
| 1938 | Cocoanut Grove | Johnny Prentice |
| 1937 | Maid of Salem | Roger Coverman |
| 1937 | Swing High, Swing Low | Skid Johnson |
| 1937 | True Confession | Kenneth Bartlett |
| 1937 | Exclusive | Ralph Houston |
| 1937 | Champagne Waltz | Buzzy Bellew |
| 1936 | The Princess Comes Across | King Mantell |
| 1936 | The Texas Rangers | Jim Hawkins |
| 1936 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Jack Hale |
| 1936 | 13 Hours by Air | Jack Gordon |
| 1936 | Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self |
| 1935 | Hands Across the Table | Theodore Drew III |
| 1935 | Alice Adams | Arthur Russell |
| 1935 | The Gilded Lily | Peter Dawes |
| 1935 | The Bride Comes Home | Cyrus Anderson |
| 1935 | Grand Old Girl | Sandy |
| 1935 | Car 99 | Trooper Ross Martin |
| 1935 | Men Without Names | Richard Hood |
| 1929 | Tiger Rose | Rancher |