Fred MacMurray
Known for Acting · 136 credits
- Born
- 1908-08-30
- Died
- 1991-11-05
- Place of birth
- Kankakee, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Fred Mac Murray
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.
Known For
TV Shows (24)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show
My Three Sons
1960
as Steve Douglas
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Fred MacMurray
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Self
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Peterson
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
December Bride
1954
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Peter Terrance
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage) / Self / Wilson Daniels
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self - Host
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self / Fred MacMurray
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
as Fred MacMurray
General Electric Theater
1953
as Richard Elgin / Harry Wingate
Movies (112)
The Apartment
1960
as Jeff D. Sheldrake
Double Indemnity
1944
as Walter Neff
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Family Honeymoon
1948
as Grant Jordan
The Caine Mutiny
1954
as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
Pushover
1954
as Paul Sheridan
Quantez
1957
as Gentry
Pardon My Past
1945
as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
as Lemuel Siddons
The Forest Rangers
1942
as Don Stuart
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
The Swarm
1978
as Maj. Clarance Tuttle
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as Ned Brainard
The Far Horizons
1955
as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
And the Angels Sing
1944
as Happy Morgan
Charley and the Angel
1973
as Charley Appleby
The Happiest Millionaire
1967
as Anthony Biddle
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Frank
Joys
1976
as Self
Good Day for a Hanging
1959
as Marshal Ben Cutler
Invitation to Happiness
1939
as Albert 'King' Cole
Son of Flubber
1963
as Ned Brainard
On Our Merry Way
1948
as Al
An Innocent Affair
1948
as Vincent Doane
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
as Clifford Groves
Girls Gone Wild
1929
as Extra (uncredited)
Face of a Fugitive
1959
as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
The Shaggy Dog
1959
as Wilson Daniels
The Gilded Lily
1935
as Peter Dawes
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Dive Bomber
1941
as Joe Blake
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
Disneyland '59
1959
as Self
Hands Across the Table
1935
as Theodore Drew III
Day of the Badman
1958
as Judge Jim Scott
The Oregon Trail
1959
as Neal Harris
Remember the Night
1940
as Jack Sargent
Where Do We Go from Here?
1945
as Bill Morgan
Bon Voyage!
1962
as Harry Willard
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as Jack Hale
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
True Confession
1937
as Kenneth Bartlett
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Singapore
1947
as Matt Gordon
Fair Wind to Java
1953
as Captain Boll
Father Was a Fullback
1949
as George Cooper
Men Without Names
1935
as Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
Kisses for My President
1964
as Thad McCloud
Swing High, Swing Low
1937
as Skid Johnson
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
as Mike Frye
Gun for a Coward
1956
as Will Keough
Flight for Freedom
1943
as Randy Britton
Above Suspicion
1943
as Richard Myles
One Night In Lisbon
1941
as Dwight Houston
Too Many Husbands
1940
as Bill Cardew
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996
as Self (archive footage)
At Gunpoint
1955
as Jack Wright
The Egg and I
1947
as Bob MacDonald
Men with Wings
1938
as Pat Falconer
Maid of Salem
1937
as Roger Coverman
Alice Adams
1935
as Arthur Russell
No Time for Love
1943
as Jim Ryan
The Moonlighter
1953
as Wes Anderson
Little Old New York
1940
as Charles Brownne
Woman's World
1954
as Sid Burns
Borderline
1950
as Johnny Macklin
Standing Room Only
1944
as Lee Stevens
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
as Thomas "Tom" Ransome
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978
as Self
13 Hours by Air
1936
as Jack Gordon
Murder, He Says
1945
as Pete Marshall
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
as Bill Burnett
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
as William 'Bill' Dunnigan
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
as Self (uncredited)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
as Self
Captain Eddie
1945
as Eddie Rickenbacker
Take a Letter, Darling
1942
as Tom Verney
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
Exclusive
1937
as Ralph Houston
Sing, You Sinners
1938
as David Beebe
The Shaggy Dog Kids
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Car 99
1935
as Trooper Ross Martin
Never a Dull Moment
1950
as Chris Hayward
The Lady Is Willing
1942
as Corey McBain
New York Town
1941
as Victor Ballard
Grand Old Girl
1935
as Sandy
The Chadwick Family
1974
as Ned Chadwick
Cafe Society
1939
as Crick O'Bannon
Champagne Waltz
1937
as Buzzy Bellew
The Texas Rangers
1936
as Jim Hawkins
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
Gala Day at Disneyland
1960
as Self
The Princess Comes Across
1936
as King Mantell
Suddenly It's Spring
1947
as Peter Morely
Cocoanut Grove
1938
as Johnny Prentice
Rangers of Fortune
1940
as Gil Farra
Practically Yours
1944
as Daniel Bellamy
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975
as Harry Ballinger
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Smoky
1946
as Clint Barkley
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
as Peter Ulysses Lockwood
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
as Self (uncredited)
The Bride Comes Home
1935
as Cyrus Anderson
Virginia
1941
as Stonewall Elliott
Tiger Rose
1929
as Rancher
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943
as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
1952
as Self - Presenter
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
1977
About Fred MacMurray
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 t… With 136 credits spanning from 1929 to 2017, Fred MacMurray has appeared in 112 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Fred MacMurray Movies
- The Apartment (1960) — as Jeff D. Sheldrake
- Double Indemnity (1944) — as Walter Neff
- The Movie Orgy (1968) — as Self (archive footage)
- Family Honeymoon (1948) — as Grant Jordan
- The Caine Mutiny (1954) — as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
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