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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
This Is Bob Hope...
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/12/2017
Inside 'The Apartment'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/01/2008
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/03/2006
The Shaggy Dog Kids
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/03/2006
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Character:Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
Release Date:28/07/2004
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/12/1996
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/07/1991
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/09/1990
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1988
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Character:Self
Release Date:30/11/1986
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Character:(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
Release Date:21/05/1982
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Self
Release Date:13/09/1978
The Swarm
Character:Maj. Clarance Tuttle
Release Date:26/06/1978
Inside 'the Swarm'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1978
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
Character:
Release Date:25/11/1977
Joys
Character:Self
Release Date:05/03/1976
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
Character:Harry Ballinger
Release Date:06/11/1975
The Chadwick Family
Character:Ned Chadwick
Release Date:17/04/1974
Charley and the Angel
Character:Charley Appleby
Release Date:23/03/1973
The Movie Orgy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1968
The Happiest Millionaire
Character:Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Release Date:30/11/1967
Follow Me, Boys!
Character:Lemuel Siddons
Release Date:01/12/1966
Kisses for My President
Character:Thad McCloud
Release Date:21/08/1964
Son of Flubber
Character:Ned Brainard
Release Date:16/01/1963
Bon Voyage!
Character:Harry Willard
Release Date:17/05/1962
The Absent-Minded Professor
Character:Ned Brainard
Release Date:20/01/1961
The Apartment
Character:Jeff D. Sheldrake
Release Date:21/06/1960
Gala Day at Disneyland
Character:Self
Release Date:21/01/1960
The Oregon Trail
Character:Neal Harris
Release Date:31/08/1959
Disneyland '59
Character:Self
Release Date:15/06/1959
Face of a Fugitive
Character:Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
Release Date:01/05/1959
The Shaggy Dog
Character:Wilson Daniels
Release Date:19/03/1959
Good Day for a Hanging
Character:Marshal Ben Cutler
Release Date:01/01/1959
Day of the Badman
Character:Judge Jim Scott
Release Date:29/01/1958
Quantez
Character:Gentry
Release Date:06/09/1957
Gun for a Coward
Character:Will Keough
Release Date:30/12/1956
It's a Most Unusual Day
Character:Peter Terrance
Release Date:14/03/1956
There's Always Tomorrow
Character:Clifford Groves
Release Date:08/01/1956
At Gunpoint
Character:Jack Wright
Release Date:25/12/1955
The Rains of Ranchipur
Character:Thomas "Tom" Ransome
Release Date:14/12/1955
The Far Horizons
Character:Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
Release Date:04/07/1955
Woman's World
Character:Sid Burns
Release Date:30/09/1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/1954
Pushover
Character:Paul Sheridan
Release Date:14/07/1954
The Caine Mutiny
Character:Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
Release Date:24/06/1954
The Moonlighter
Character:Wes Anderson
Release Date:19/09/1953
Fair Wind to Java
Character:Captain Boll
Release Date:28/01/1953
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
Character:Self - Presenter
Release Date:01/01/1952
Callaway Went Thataway
Character:Mike Frye
Release Date:15/11/1951
A Millionaire for Christy
Character:Peter Ulysses Lockwood
Release Date:02/09/1951
Never a Dull Moment
Character:Chris Hayward
Release Date:19/08/1950
Borderline
Character:Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
Release Date:01/03/1950
Father Was a Fullback
Character:George Cooper
Release Date:30/09/1949
Family Honeymoon
Character:Grant Jordan
Release Date:06/12/1948
An Innocent Affair
Character:Vincent Doane
Release Date:15/10/1948
The Miracle of the Bells
Character:William 'Bill' Dunnigan
Release Date:27/03/1948
On Our Merry Way
Character:Al
Release Date:03/02/1948
Singapore
Character:Matt Gordon
Release Date:13/08/1947
The Egg and I
Character:Bob MacDonald
Release Date:01/05/1947
Suddenly It's Spring
Character:Peter Morely
Release Date:13/02/1947
Smoky
Character:Clint Barkley
Release Date:26/06/1946
Pardon My Past
Character:Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
Release Date:24/12/1945
Murder, He Says
Character:Pete Marshall
Release Date:23/06/1945
Captain Eddie
Character:Eddie Rickenbacker
Release Date:18/06/1945
Where Do We Go from Here?
Character:Bill Morgan
Release Date:23/05/1945
Practically Yours
Character:Daniel Bellamy
Release Date:20/12/1944
Double Indemnity
Character:Walter Neff
Release Date:06/07/1944
And the Angels Sing
Character:Happy Morgan
Release Date:25/04/1944
Standing Room Only
Character:Lee Stevens
Release Date:07/01/1944
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Character:Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
Release Date:09/09/1943
Above Suspicion
Character:Richard Myles
Release Date:31/05/1943
Show-Business at War
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1943
Flight for Freedom
Character:Randy Britton
Release Date:14/04/1943
No Time for Love
Character:Jim Ryan
Release Date:09/04/1943
Breakdowns of 1942
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1942
The Forest Rangers
Character:Don Stuart
Release Date:21/10/1942
Take a Letter, Darling
Character:Tom Verney
Release Date:06/05/1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
Character:Frank
Release Date:05/03/1942
The Lady Is Willing
Character:Corey McBain
Release Date:12/02/1942
New York Town
Character:Victor Ballard
Release Date:31/10/1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:02/10/1941
Dive Bomber
Character:Joe Blake
Release Date:30/08/1941
One Night In Lisbon
Character:Dwight Houston
Release Date:13/06/1941
Virginia
Character:Stonewall Elliott
Release Date:28/01/1941
Rangers of Fortune
Character:Gil Farra
Release Date:27/09/1940
Too Many Husbands
Character:Bill Cardew
Release Date:03/04/1940
Little Old New York
Character:Charles Brownne
Release Date:09/02/1940
Remember the Night
Character:Jack Sargent
Release Date:19/01/1940
Honeymoon in Bali
Character:Bill Burnett
Release Date:29/09/1939
Invitation to Happiness
Character:Albert 'King' Cole
Release Date:07/06/1939
Cafe Society
Character:Crick O'Bannon
Release Date:03/03/1939
Sing, You Sinners
Character:David Beebe
Release Date:02/09/1938
Men with Wings
Character:Pat Falconer
Release Date:16/07/1938
Cocoanut Grove
Character:Johnny Prentice
Release Date:20/05/1938
True Confession
Character:Kenneth Bartlett
Release Date:24/12/1937
Exclusive
Character:Ralph Houston
Release Date:06/08/1937
Swing High, Swing Low
Character:Skid Johnson
Release Date:12/03/1937
Maid of Salem
Character:Roger Coverman
Release Date:12/02/1937
Champagne Waltz
Character:Buzzy Bellew
Release Date:05/02/1937
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/1936
The Texas Rangers
Character:Jim Hawkins
Release Date:28/08/1936
The Princess Comes Across
Character:King Mantell
Release Date:22/05/1936
13 Hours by Air
Character:Jack Gordon
Release Date:30/04/1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Character:Jack Hale
Release Date:13/03/1936
The Bride Comes Home
Character:Cyrus Anderson
Release Date:25/12/1935
Hands Across the Table
Character:Theodore Drew III
Release Date:18/10/1935
Alice Adams
Character:Arthur Russell
Release Date:23/08/1935
Men Without Names
Character:Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
Release Date:29/06/1935
Car 99
Character:Trooper Ross Martin
Release Date:02/03/1935
The Gilded Lily
Character:Peter Dawes
Release Date:25/01/1935
Grand Old Girl
Character:Sandy
Release Date:15/01/1935
Tiger Rose
Character:Rancher
Release Date:21/12/1929
Television Appearances
People's Choice Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Character:Self
Dinah!
Character:Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
The Hollywood Palace
Character:Self - Host
My Three Sons
Character:Steve Douglas
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Character:Fred MacMurray
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:Peterson
Screen Director's Playhouse
Character:Peter Terrance
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Self
December Bride
Character:
The George Gobel Show
Character:Self
The George Gobel Show
Character:Fred MacMurray
The Oscars
Character:Self
General Electric Theater
Character:Richard Elgin
General Electric Theater
Character:Harry Wingate
This Is Your Life
Character:Self
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show
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