Fred MacMurray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 30, 1908
- Died
- Nov 5, 1991 (aged 83)
- Place of birth
- Kankakee, Illinois, USA
- Credits
- 137
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
The Apartment
1960Movie
Jeff D. Sheldrake
Double Indemnity
1944Movie
Walter Neff
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982Movie
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
The Caine Mutiny
1954Movie
Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
The Swarm
1978Movie
Clarence
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961Movie
Ned Brainard
Filmography
This Is Bob Hope...
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
2006Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Shaggy Dog Kids
2006Movie
Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996Movie
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991Movie
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990Movie
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986Movie
Self (uncredited)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985Movie
(archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982Movie
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978Movie
Self
The Swarm
1978Movie
Clarence
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978Movie
Self
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
1977Movie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976Movie
(archive footage)
Joys
1976Movie
Self
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975Movie
Harry Ballinger
People's Choice Awards
1975TV
Self - Presenter
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974TV
Self
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
The Chadwick Family
1974Movie
Ned Chadwick
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973TV
Self
Charley and the Angel
1973Movie
Charley Appleby
The Movie Orgy
1968Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Happiest Millionaire
1967Movie
Anthony Biddle
Follow Me, Boys!
1966Movie
Lemuel Siddons
Kisses for My President
1964Movie
Thad McCloud
The Hollywood Palace
1964TV
Self - Host
Son of Flubber
1963Movie
Ned Brainard
Bon Voyage!
1962Movie
Harry Willard
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961Movie
Ned Brainard
My Three Sons
1960TV
Steve Douglas
The Apartment
1960Movie
Jeff D. Sheldrake
Gala Day at Disneyland
1960Movie
Self
The Oregon Trail
1959Movie
Neal Harris
Disneyland '59
1959Movie
Self
Face of a Fugitive
1959Movie
Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
The Shaggy Dog
1959Movie
Wilson Daniels
Good Day for a Hanging
1959Movie
Marshal Ben Cutler
Day of the Badman
1958Movie
Judge Jim Scott
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957TV
Fred MacMurray
Quantez
1957Movie
Gentry
Gun for a Coward
1956Movie
Will Keough
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956TV
Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956TV
Self
There's Always Tomorrow
1956Movie
Clifford Groves
At Gunpoint
1955Movie
Jack Wright
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955Movie
Thomas "Tom" Ransome
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955TV
Peterson
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955TV
Peter Terrance
The Far Horizons
1955Movie
Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage), Self, Wilson Daniels
December Bride
1954TV
The George Gobel Show
1954TV
Self, Fred MacMurray
Woman's World
1954Movie
Sid Burns
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954Movie
Self
Pushover
1954Movie
Paul Sheridan
The Caine Mutiny
1954Movie
Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
The Moonlighter
1953Movie
Wes Anderson
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Richard Elgin, Harry Wingate
Fair Wind to Java
1953Movie
Captain Boll
This Is Your Life
1952TV
Self
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
1952Movie
Self - Presenter
Callaway Went Thataway
1951Movie
Mike Frye
A Millionaire for Christy
1951Movie
Peter Ulysses Lockwood
The Jack Benny Program
1950TV
Fred MacMurray
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950TV
Self
Never a Dull Moment
1950Movie
Chris Hayward
The Bob Hope Show
1950TV
Self
Borderline
1950Movie
Johnny Macklin
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
Father Was a Fullback
1949Movie
George Cooper
Family Honeymoon
1948Movie
Grant Jordan
An Innocent Affair
1948Movie
Vincent Doane
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
The Miracle of the Bells
1948Movie
William 'Bill' Dunnigan
On Our Merry Way
1948Movie
Al
Singapore
1947Movie
Matt Gordon
The Egg and I
1947Movie
Bob MacDonald
Suddenly It's Spring
1947Movie
Peter Morely
Smoky
1946Movie
Clint Barkley
Pardon My Past
1945Movie
Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
Murder, He Says
1945Movie
Pete Marshall
Captain Eddie
1945Movie
Eddie Rickenbacker
Where Do We Go from Here?
1945Movie
Bill Morgan
Practically Yours
1944Movie
Daniel Bellamy
Double Indemnity
1944Movie
Walter Neff
And the Angels Sing
1944Movie
Happy Morgan
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter, Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show
Standing Room Only
1944Movie
Lee Stevens
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943Movie
Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
1943Movie
Richard Myles
Show-Business at War
1943Movie
Self
Flight for Freedom
1943Movie
Randy Britton
No Time for Love
1943Movie
Jim Ryan
Breakdowns of 1942
1942Movie
Self
The Forest Rangers
1942Movie
Don Stuart
Take a Letter, Darling
1942Movie
Tom Verney
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942Movie
Frank
The Lady Is Willing
1942Movie
Corey McBain
New York Town
1941Movie
Victor Ballard
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941Movie
Self (uncredited)
Dive Bomber
1941Movie
Joe Blake
One Night In Lisbon
1941Movie
Dwight Houston
Virginia
1941Movie
Stonewall Elliott
Rangers of Fortune
1940Movie
Gil Farra
Too Many Husbands
1940Movie
Bill Cardew
Little Old New York
1940Movie
Charles Brownne
Remember the Night
1940Movie
Jack Sargent
Honeymoon in Bali
1939Movie
Bill Burnett
Invitation to Happiness
1939Movie
Albert 'King' Cole
Cafe Society
1939Movie
Crick O'Bannon
Sing, You Sinners
1938Movie
David Beebe
Men with Wings
1938Movie
Pat Falconer
Cocoanut Grove
1938Movie
Johnny Prentice
True Confession
1937Movie
Kenneth Bartlett
Exclusive
1937Movie
Ralph Houston
Swing High, Swing Low
1937Movie
Skid Johnson
Maid of Salem
1937Movie
Roger Coverman
Champagne Waltz
1937Movie
Buzzy Bellew
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936Movie
Self
The Texas Rangers
1936Movie
Jim Hawkins
The Princess Comes Across
1936Movie
King Mantell
13 Hours by Air
1936Movie
Jack Gordon
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936Movie
Jack Hale
The Bride Comes Home
1935Movie
Cyrus Anderson
Hands Across the Table
1935Movie
Theodore Drew III
Alice Adams
1935Movie
Arthur Russell
Men Without Names
1935Movie
Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
Car 99
1935Movie
Trooper Ross Martin
The Gilded Lily
1935Movie
Peter Dawes
Grand Old Girl
1935Movie
Sandy
Tiger Rose
1929Movie
Rancher
Girls Gone Wild
1929Movie
Extra (uncredited)