1
Fred MacMurray
Born · August 30, 1908
Died · November 5, 1991 (83 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Bio
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.
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
8.0
2017
Inside 'The Apartment'
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2008
Shadows of Suspense
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2006
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2006
The Shaggy Dog Kids
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2006
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
7.7
2004
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1996
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
5.7
1991
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
6.5
1990
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1988
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self (archive footage)
5.6
1985
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
6.6
1982
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
0.0
1978
The Swarm
Maj. Clarance Tuttle
5.0
1978
Inside 'the Swarm'
Self
10.0
1978
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
0.0
1977
Joys
Self
4.0
1976
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
Harry Ballinger
4.8
1975
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
8.8
1975
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self · (2 episodes)
3.5
1974
Dinah!
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1974
The Chadwick Family
Ned Chadwick
6.0
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (2 episodes)
6.3
1973
Charley and the Angel
Charley Appleby
5.2
1973
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
6.5
1968
The Happiest Millionaire
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
6.8
1967
Follow Me, Boys!
Lemuel Siddons
6.6
1966
Kisses for My President
Thad McCloud
7.0
1964
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Host · (1 episode)
4.5
1964
Son of Flubber
Ned Brainard
5.9
1963
Bon Voyage!
Harry Willard
5.3
1962
The Absent-Minded Professor
Ned Brainard
6.5
1961
My Three Sons
Steve Douglas · (380 episodes)
6.5
1960
The Apartment
Jeff D. Sheldrake
8.2
1960
Gala Day at Disneyland
Self
6.0
1960
The Oregon Trail
Neal Harris
5.3
1959
Disneyland '59
Self
6.5
1959
Face of a Fugitive
Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
5.5
1959
The Shaggy Dog
Wilson Daniels
6.1
1959
Good Day for a Hanging
Marshal Ben Cutler
6.2
1959
Day of the Badman
Judge Jim Scott
6.5
1958
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Fred MacMurray · (1 episode)
8.7
1957
Quantez
Gentry
5.5
1957
Gun for a Coward
Will Keough
5.5
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · (3 episodes)
5.3
1956
The Steve Allen Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
It's a Most Unusual Day
Peter Terrance
0.0
1956
There's Always Tomorrow
Clifford Groves
7.1
1956
At Gunpoint
Jack Wright
6.3
1955
The Rains of Ranchipur
Thomas "Tom" Ransome
4.9
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Peterson · (1 episode)
5.2
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
Peter Terrance · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
The Far Horizons
Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
6.2
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.8
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self · (2 episodes)
7.8
1954
December Bride
(1 episode)
5.5
1954
The George Gobel Show
Self · (6 episodes)
7.0
1954
The George Gobel Show
Fred MacMurray · (1 episode)
7.0
1954
Woman's World
Sid Burns
7.1
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
8.0
1954
Pushover
Paul Sheridan
6.5
1954
The Caine Mutiny
Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
7.2
1954
The Moonlighter
Wes Anderson
5.7
1953
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
6.9
1953
General Electric Theater
Richard Elgin · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Harry Wingate · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
Fair Wind to Java
Captain Boll
4.9
1953
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1952
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
Self - Presenter
5.0
1952
Callaway Went Thataway
Mike Frye
5.1
1951
A Millionaire for Christy
Peter Ulysses Lockwood
6.4
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (2 episodes)
7.0
1950
Never a Dull Moment
Chris Hayward
5.4
1950
The Bob Hope Show
Self · (4 episodes)
7.0
1950
Borderline
Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
5.5
1950
What's My Line?
Self · (3 episodes)
6.8
1950
Father Was a Fullback
George Cooper
6.0
1949
Family Honeymoon
Grant Jordan
5.7
1948
An Innocent Affair
Vincent Doane
4.7
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
1948
The Miracle of the Bells
William 'Bill' Dunnigan
6.3
1948
On Our Merry Way
Al
5.5
1948
Singapore
Matt Gordon
5.9
1947
The Egg and I
Bob MacDonald
7.0
1947
Suddenly It's Spring
Peter Morely
4.3
1947
Smoky
Clint Barkley
5.2
1946
Pardon My Past
Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
6.0
1945
Murder, He Says
Pete Marshall
6.6
1945
Captain Eddie
Eddie Rickenbacker
6.0
1945
Where Do We Go from Here?
Bill Morgan
5.3
1945
Practically Yours
Daniel Bellamy
0.0
1944
Double Indemnity
Walter Neff
8.1
1944
And the Angels Sing
Happy Morgan
7.4
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Standing Room Only
Lee Stevens
5.0
1944
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
10.0
1943
Above Suspicion
Richard Myles
6.5
1943
Show-Business at War
Self
7.0
1943
Flight for Freedom
Randy Britton
5.2
1943
No Time for Love
Jim Ryan
6.7
1943
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
6.0
1942
The Forest Rangers
Don Stuart
0.0
1942
Take a Letter, Darling
Tom Verney
6.5
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
Frank
5.9
1942
The Lady Is Willing
Corey McBain
6.5
1942
New York Town
Victor Ballard
10.0
1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Himself
0.0
1941
One Night In Lisbon
Dwight Houston
0.0
1941
Virginia
Stonewall Elliott
0.0
1941
Dive Bomber
Joe Blake
6.3
1941
Rangers of Fortune
Gil Farra
5.0
1940
Too Many Husbands
Bill Cardew
6.3
1940
Little Old New York
Charles Brownne
4.0
1940
Remember the Night
Jack Sargent
7.3
1940
Honeymoon in Bali
Bill Burnett
6.2
1939
Invitation to Happiness
Albert 'King' Cole
0.0
1939
Cafe Society
Crick O'Bannon
6.0
1939
Sing, You Sinners
David Beebe
6.7
1938
Men with Wings
Pat Falconer
6.0
1938
Cocoanut Grove
Johnny Prentice
0.0
1938
True Confession
Kenneth Bartlett
5.8
1937
Exclusive
Ralph Houston
6.0
1937
Swing High, Swing Low
Skid Johnson
5.1
1937
Maid of Salem
Roger Coverman
5.9
1937
Champagne Waltz
Buzzy Bellew
0.0
1937
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
6.0
1936
The Texas Rangers
Jim Hawkins
6.4
1936
The Princess Comes Across
King Mantell
6.1
1936
13 Hours by Air
Jack Gordon
4.3
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Jack Hale
6.4
1936
The Bride Comes Home
Cyrus Anderson
4.8
1935
Hands Across the Table
Theodore Drew III
6.8
1935
Alice Adams
Arthur Russell
6.7
1935
Men Without Names
Richard Hood
6.0
1935
Car 99
Trooper Ross Martin
5.0
1935
The Gilded Lily
Peter Dawes
6.4
1935
Grand Old Girl
Sandy
6.5
1935
Tiger Rose
Rancher
0.0
1929