Fred MacMurray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 30, 1908
- Died
- November 5, 1991 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Shaggy Dog Kids
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie · as (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie · as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
The Swarm
Movie · as Clarence
Inside 'the Swarm'
Movie · as Self
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Movie · as Self
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
Movie
Joys
Movie · as Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie · as (archive footage)
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
Movie · as Harry Ballinger
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Chadwick Family
Movie · as Ned Chadwick
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Charley and the Angel
Movie · as Charley Appleby
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Movie Orgy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Happiest Millionaire
Movie · as Anthony Biddle
Follow Me, Boys!
Movie · as Lemuel Siddons
Kisses for My President
Movie · as Thad McCloud
The Hollywood Palace
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Son of Flubber
Movie · as Ned Brainard
Bon Voyage!
Movie · as Harry Willard
The Absent-Minded Professor
Movie · as Ned Brainard
The Apartment
Movie · as Jeff D. Sheldrake
Gala Day at Disneyland
Movie · as Self
My Three Sons
TV · as Steve Douglas · 380 eps
Good Day for a Hanging
Movie · as Marshal Ben Cutler
The Shaggy Dog
Movie · as Wilson Daniels
Face of a Fugitive
Movie · as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
The Oregon Trail
Movie · as Neal Harris
Disneyland '59
Movie · as Self
Day of the Badman
Movie · as Judge Jim Scott
Quantez
Movie · as Gentry
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV · as Fred MacMurray · 1 ep
There's Always Tomorrow
Movie · as Clifford Groves
Gun for a Coward
Movie · as Will Keough
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rains of Ranchipur
Movie · as Thomas "Tom" Ransome
The Far Horizons
Movie · as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
At Gunpoint
Movie · as Jack Wright
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · as Peterson · 1 ep
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV · as Peter Terrance · 1 ep
The Caine Mutiny
Movie · as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
Pushover
Movie · as Paul Sheridan
Woman's World
Movie · as Sid Burns
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie · as Self
December Bride
TV · 1 ep
The George Gobel Show
TV · as Self, Fred MacMurray · 6 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage), Self, Wilson Daniels · 1 ep
The Moonlighter
Movie · as Wes Anderson
Fair Wind to Java
Movie · as Captain Boll
General Electric Theater
TV · as Richard Elgin, Harry Wingate · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
Movie · as Self - Presenter
This Is Your Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Millionaire for Christy
Movie · as Peter Ulysses Lockwood
Callaway Went Thataway
Movie · as Mike Frye
Borderline
Movie · as Johnny Macklin
Never a Dull Moment
Movie · as Chris Hayward
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Self · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Fred MacMurray · 1 ep
Father Was a Fullback
Movie · as George Cooper
The Miracle of the Bells
Movie · as William 'Bill' Dunnigan
On Our Merry Way
Movie · as Al
Family Honeymoon
Movie · as Grant Jordan
An Innocent Affair
Movie · as Vincent Doane
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Egg and I
Movie · as Bob MacDonald
Singapore
Movie · as Matt Gordon
Suddenly It's Spring
Movie · as Peter Morely
Smoky
Movie · as Clint Barkley
Murder, He Says
Movie · as Pete Marshall
Pardon My Past
Movie · as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
Where Do We Go from Here?
Movie · as Bill Morgan
Captain Eddie
Movie · as Eddie Rickenbacker
Double Indemnity
Movie · as Walter Neff
Practically Yours
Movie · as Daniel Bellamy
Standing Room Only
Movie · as Lee Stevens
And the Angels Sing
Movie · as Happy Morgan
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show · 1 ep
No Time for Love
Movie · as Jim Ryan
Above Suspicion
Movie · as Richard Myles
Flight for Freedom
Movie · as Randy Britton
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Movie · as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
Show-Business at War
Movie · as Self
The Lady Is Willing
Movie · as Corey McBain
Take a Letter, Darling
Movie · as Tom Verney
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie · as Frank
The Forest Rangers
Movie · as Don Stuart
Breakdowns of 1942
Movie · as Self
Dive Bomber
Movie · as Joe Blake
New York Town
Movie · as Victor Ballard
Virginia
Movie · as Stonewall Elliott
One Night In Lisbon
Movie · as Dwight Houston
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Remember the Night
Movie · as Jack Sargent
Too Many Husbands
Movie · as Bill Cardew
Little Old New York
Movie · as Charles Brownne
Rangers of Fortune
Movie · as Gil Farra
Invitation to Happiness
Movie · as Albert 'King' Cole
Honeymoon in Bali
Movie · as Bill Burnett
Cafe Society
Movie · as Crick O'Bannon
Sing, You Sinners
Movie · as David Beebe
Men with Wings
Movie · as Pat Falconer
Cocoanut Grove
Movie · as Johnny Prentice
Maid of Salem
Movie · as Roger Coverman
Swing High, Swing Low
Movie · as Skid Johnson
True Confession
Movie · as Kenneth Bartlett
Exclusive
Movie · as Ralph Houston
Champagne Waltz
Movie · as Buzzy Bellew
The Princess Comes Across
Movie · as King Mantell
The Texas Rangers
Movie · as Jim Hawkins
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Movie · as Jack Hale
13 Hours by Air
Movie · as Jack Gordon
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Movie · as Self
Hands Across the Table
Movie · as Theodore Drew III
Alice Adams
Movie · as Arthur Russell
The Gilded Lily
Movie · as Peter Dawes
The Bride Comes Home
Movie · as Cyrus Anderson
Grand Old Girl
Movie · as Sandy
Car 99
Movie · as Trooper Ross Martin
Men Without Names
Movie · as Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
Tiger Rose
Movie · as Rancher
Girls Gone Wild
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)