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 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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Films (113)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008 · Self (archive footage)
The Shaggy Dog Kids
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996 · Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991 · Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986 · Self (uncredited)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978 · Self
The Swarm
1978 · Clarence
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978 · Self
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
1977
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · (archive footage)
Joys
1976 · Self
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975 · Harry Ballinger
The Chadwick Family
1974 · Ned Chadwick
Charley and the Angel
1973 · Charley Appleby
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)
The Happiest Millionaire
1967 · Anthony Biddle
Follow Me, Boys!
1966 · Lemuel Siddons
Kisses for My President
1964 · Thad McCloud
Son of Flubber
1963 · Ned Brainard
Bon Voyage!
1962 · Harry Willard
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961 · Ned Brainard
The Apartment
1960 · Jeff D. Sheldrake
Gala Day at Disneyland
1960 · Self
The Oregon Trail
1959 · Neal Harris
Disneyland '59
1959 · Self
Face of a Fugitive
1959 · Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
The Shaggy Dog
1959 · Wilson Daniels
Good Day for a Hanging
1959 · Marshal Ben Cutler
Day of the Badman
1958 · Judge Jim Scott
Quantez
1957 · Gentry
Gun for a Coward
1956 · Will Keough
There's Always Tomorrow
1956 · Clifford Groves
At Gunpoint
1955 · Jack Wright
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955 · Thomas "Tom" Ransome
The Far Horizons
1955 · Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
Woman's World
1954 · Sid Burns
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Self
Pushover
1954 · Paul Sheridan
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
The Moonlighter
1953 · Wes Anderson
Fair Wind to Java
1953 · Captain Boll
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
1952 · Self - Presenter
Callaway Went Thataway
1951 · Mike Frye
A Millionaire for Christy
1951 · Peter Ulysses Lockwood
Never a Dull Moment
1950 · Chris Hayward
Borderline
1950 · Johnny Macklin
Father Was a Fullback
1949 · George Cooper
Family Honeymoon
1948 · Grant Jordan
An Innocent Affair
1948 · Vincent Doane
The Miracle of the Bells
1948 · William 'Bill' Dunnigan
On Our Merry Way
1948 · Al
Singapore
1947 · Matt Gordon
The Egg and I
1947 · Bob MacDonald
Suddenly It's Spring
1947 · Peter Morely
Smoky
1946 · Clint Barkley
Pardon My Past
1945 · Eddie York / Francis Pemberton, Producer
Murder, He Says
1945 · Pete Marshall
Captain Eddie
1945 · Eddie Rickenbacker
Where Do We Go from Here?
1945 · Bill Morgan
Practically Yours
1944 · Daniel Bellamy
Double Indemnity
1944 · Walter Neff
And the Angels Sing
1944 · Happy Morgan
Standing Room Only
1944 · Lee Stevens
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943 · Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
1943 · Richard Myles
Show-Business at War
1943 · Self
Flight for Freedom
1943 · Randy Britton
No Time for Love
1943 · Jim Ryan
Breakdowns of 1942
1942 · Self
The Forest Rangers
1942 · Don Stuart
Take a Letter, Darling
1942 · Tom Verney
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 · Frank
The Lady Is Willing
1942 · Corey McBain
New York Town
1941 · Victor Ballard
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941 · Self (uncredited)
Dive Bomber
1941 · Joe Blake
One Night In Lisbon
1941 · Dwight Houston
Virginia
1941 · Stonewall Elliott
Rangers of Fortune
1940 · Gil Farra
Too Many Husbands
1940 · Bill Cardew
Little Old New York
1940 · Charles Brownne
Remember the Night
1940 · Jack Sargent
Honeymoon in Bali
1939 · Bill Burnett
Invitation to Happiness
1939 · Albert 'King' Cole
Cafe Society
1939 · Crick O'Bannon
Sing, You Sinners
1938 · David Beebe
Men with Wings
1938 · Pat Falconer
Cocoanut Grove
1938 · Johnny Prentice
True Confession
1937 · Kenneth Bartlett
Exclusive
1937 · Ralph Houston
Swing High, Swing Low
1937 · Skid Johnson
Maid of Salem
1937 · Roger Coverman
Champagne Waltz
1937 · Buzzy Bellew
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Self
The Texas Rangers
1936 · Jim Hawkins
The Princess Comes Across
1936 · King Mantell
13 Hours by Air
1936 · Jack Gordon
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 · Jack Hale
The Bride Comes Home
1935 · Cyrus Anderson
Hands Across the Table
1935 · Theodore Drew III
Alice Adams
1935 · Arthur Russell
Men Without Names
1935 · Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
Car 99
1935 · Trooper Ross Martin
The Gilded Lily
1935 · Peter Dawes
Grand Old Girl
1935 · Sandy
Tiger Rose
1929 · Rancher
Girls Gone Wild
1929 · Extra (uncredited)
Séries (24)
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Self - Presenter
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974 · Self
Dinah!
1974 · Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self - Host
My Three Sons
1960 · Steve Douglas
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957 · Fred MacMurray
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Peterson
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Peter Terrance
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage), Self, Wilson Daniels
December Bride
1954
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Self, Fred MacMurray
The Oscars
1953 · Self
General Electric Theater
1953 · Richard Elgin, Harry Wingate
This Is Your Life
1952 · Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · Fred MacMurray
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter, Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show