Fred MacMurray
Acting
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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movieThis Is Bob Hope...
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieInside 'The Apartment'
2008
Self (archive footage)
movieFred MacMurray: With Fondness
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Shaggy Dog Kids
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieFred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996
Self (archive footage)
movieBarbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
Self (archive footage)
movieAnthony Quinn: An Original
1990
Self (archive footage)
movieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
movieThe Swarm
1978
Maj. Clarance Tuttle
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Self (archive footage)
movieJoys
1976
Self
movieBeyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975
Harry Ballinger
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975
Self - Presenter
tvDinah!
1974
Self
movieThe Chadwick Family
1974
Ned Chadwick
movieCharley and the Angel
1973
Charley Appleby
movieThe Movie Orgy
1968
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Happiest Millionaire
1967
Anthony Biddle
movieFollow Me, Boys!
1966
Lemuel Siddons
movieKisses for My President
1964
Thad McCloud
tvThe Hollywood Palace
1964
Self - Host
movieSon of Flubber
1963
Ned Brainard
movieBon Voyage!
1962
Harry Willard
movieThe Absent-Minded Professor
1961
Ned Brainard
tvMy Three Sons
1960
Steve Douglas
movieThe Apartment
1960
Jeff D. Sheldrake
movieThe Oregon Trail
1959
Neal Harris
movieFace of a Fugitive
1959
Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
movieThe Shaggy Dog
1959
Wilson Daniels
movieGood Day for a Hanging
1959
Marshal Ben Cutler
movieDay of the Badman
1958
Judge Jim Scott
tvThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
Fred MacMurray
movieQuantez
1957
Gentry
movieGun for a Coward
1956
Will Keough
movieThere's Always Tomorrow
1956
Clifford Groves
movieAt Gunpoint
1955
Jack Wright
movieThe Rains of Ranchipur
1955
Thomas "Tom" Ransome
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Peterson
tvScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
Peter Terrance
movieThe Far Horizons
1955
Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage) / Self / Wilson Daniels
The George Gobel Show
1954
Self / Fred MacMurray
movieWoman's World
1954
Sid Burns
moviePushover
1954
Paul Sheridan
movieThe Caine Mutiny
1954
Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
movieThe Moonlighter
1953
Wes Anderson
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Richard Elgin / Harry Wingate
movieFair Wind to Java
1953
Captain Boll
movieAtomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
1952
Self - Presenter
movieCallaway Went Thataway
1951
Mike Frye
movieA Millionaire for Christy
1951
Peter Ulysses Lockwood
tvThe Jack Benny Program
1950
Fred MacMurray
movieNever a Dull Moment
1950
Chris Hayward
movieBorderline
1950
Johnny Macklin
movieFather Was a Fullback
1949
George Cooper
movieFamily Honeymoon
1948
Grant Jordan
movieAn Innocent Affair
1948
Vincent Doane
movieThe Miracle of the Bells
1948
William 'Bill' Dunnigan
movieSingapore
1947
Matt Gordon
movieThe Egg and I
1947
Bob MacDonald
movieSuddenly It's Spring
1947
Peter Morely
movieSmoky
1946
Clint Barkley
moviePardon My Past
1945
Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
movieMurder, He Says
1945
Pete Marshall
movieCaptain Eddie
1945
Eddie Rickenbacker
movieWhere Do We Go from Here?
1945
Bill Morgan
moviePractically Yours
1944
Daniel Bellamy
movieDouble Indemnity
1944
Walter Neff
movieAnd the Angels Sing
1944
Happy Morgan
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Presenter / Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show
movieStanding Room Only
1944
Lee Stevens
movieThe Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943
Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
movieAbove Suspicion
1943
Richard Myles
movieFlight for Freedom
1943
Randy Britton
movieNo Time for Love
1943
Jim Ryan
movieThe Forest Rangers
1942
Don Stuart
movieTake a Letter, Darling
1942
Tom Verney
movieThe Lady Is Willing
1942
Corey McBain
movieNew York Town
1941
Victor Ballard
movieHedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
Self (uncredited)
movieDive Bomber
1941
Joe Blake
movieOne Night In Lisbon
1941
Dwight Houston
movieVirginia
1941
Stonewall Elliott
movieRangers of Fortune
1940
Gil Farra
movieToo Many Husbands
1940
Bill Cardew
movieLittle Old New York
1940
Charles Brownne
movieRemember the Night
1940
Jack Sargent
movieHoneymoon in Bali
1939
Bill Burnett
movieInvitation to Happiness
1939
Albert 'King' Cole
movieCafe Society
1939
Crick O'Bannon
movieSing, You Sinners
1938
David Beebe
movieMen with Wings
1938
Pat Falconer
movieCocoanut Grove
1938
Johnny Prentice
movieTrue Confession
1937
Kenneth Bartlett
movieExclusive
1937
Ralph Houston
movieSwing High, Swing Low
1937
Skid Johnson
movieMaid of Salem
1937
Roger Coverman
movieChampagne Waltz
1937
Buzzy Bellew
movieThe Texas Rangers
1936
Jim Hawkins
movieThe Princess Comes Across
1936
King Mantell
movie13 Hours by Air
1936
Jack Gordon
movieThe Bride Comes Home
1935
Cyrus Anderson
movieHands Across the Table
1935
Theodore Drew III
movieAlice Adams
1935
Arthur Russell
movieMen Without Names
1935
Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
movieCar 99
1935
Trooper Ross Martin
movieThe Gilded Lily
1935
Peter Dawes
movieTiger Rose
1929
Rancher
movieGirls Gone Wild
1929
Extra (uncredited)
Production1
moviePardon My Past
1945
Producer