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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 30, 1908
Died
November 5, 1991
Place of Birth
Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Fred Mac Murray
- Frederick Martin MacMurray
- Fredrick Martin "Fred" MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
1.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
8.0
Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Shaggy Dog Kids
2006
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
2006
7.6
Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996
5.7
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
🎬
6.0
Self
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
Credits
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
2017
8.0
Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
The Shaggy Dog Kids
as Self (archive footage)
2006
0.0
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
as Self (archive footage)
2006
0.0
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
2004
7.6
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
as Self (archive footage)
1996
0.0
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1991
5.7
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
1990
6.7
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
1988
6.0
🎬
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
as Self
1986
6.0
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
1982
6.6
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1978
0.0
The Swarm
as Maj. Clarance Tuttle
1978
5.0
Inside 'the Swarm'
as Self
1978
7.0
🎬
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
1977
0.0
Joys
as Self
1976
4.0
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
as Harry Ballinger
1975
4.8
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
1975
9.0
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
1974
3.5
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Chadwick Family
as Ned Chadwick
1974
6.0
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Charley and the Angel
as Charley Appleby
1973
5.3
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.3
The Happiest Millionaire
as Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
1967
6.8
Follow Me, Boys!
as Lemuel Siddons
1966
6.6
Kisses for My President
as Thad McCloud
1964
7.0
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Host
1964
4.5
Son of Flubber
as Ned Brainard
1963
6.0
Bon Voyage!
as Harry Willard
1962
5.5
The Absent-Minded Professor
as Ned Brainard
1961
6.5
My Three Sons
as Steve Douglas
1960
6.5
The Apartment
as Jeff D. Sheldrake
1960
8.2
Gala Day at Disneyland
as Self
1960
6.0
The Oregon Trail
as Neal Harris
1959
5.5
Disneyland '59
as Self
1959
6.5
Face of a Fugitive
as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
1959
5.6
The Shaggy Dog
as Wilson Daniels
1959
6.2
Good Day for a Hanging
as Marshal Ben Cutler
1959
6.3
Day of the Badman
as Judge Jim Scott
1958
6.5
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Fred MacMurray
1957
8.6
Quantez
as Gentry
1957
5.3
Gun for a Coward
as Will Keough
1956
5.6
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
5.6
🎬
It's a Most Unusual Day
as Peter Terrance
1956
0.0
There's Always Tomorrow
as Clifford Groves
1956
7.1
At Gunpoint
as Jack Wright
1955
6.3
The Rains of Ranchipur
as Thomas "Tom" Ransome
1955
5.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Peterson
1955
5.4
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Peter Terrance
1955
6.5
The Far Horizons
as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
1955
6.2
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage)
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1954
7.8
December Bride
1954
5.5
🎬
The George Gobel Show
as Self
1954
7.3
🎬
The George Gobel Show
as Fred MacMurray
1954
7.3
Woman's World
as Sid Burns
1954
7.1
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
8.0
Pushover
as Paul Sheridan
1954
6.5
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
1954
7.2
The Moonlighter
as Wes Anderson
1953
5.7
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
General Electric Theater
as Richard Elgin
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Harry Wingate
1953
6.4
Fair Wind to Java
as Captain Boll
1953
5.1
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
as Self - Presenter
1952
5.0
Callaway Went Thataway
as Mike Frye
1951
5.1
A Millionaire for Christy
as Peter Ulysses Lockwood
1951
6.4
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Self
1950
6.3
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Never a Dull Moment
as Chris Hayward
1950
5.4
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
Borderline
as Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
1950
5.5
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Father Was a Fullback
as George Cooper
1949
6.0
Family Honeymoon
as Grant Jordan
1948
5.7
An Innocent Affair
as Vincent Doane
1948
3.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
The Miracle of the Bells
as William 'Bill' Dunnigan
1948
5.9
On Our Merry Way
as Al
1948
5.6
Singapore
as Matt Gordon
1947
5.9
The Egg and I
as Bob MacDonald
1947
7.0
Suddenly It's Spring
as Peter Morely
1947
3.9
Smoky
as Clint Barkley
1946
5.2
Pardon My Past
as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
1945
6.0
Murder, He Says
as Pete Marshall
1945
6.6
Captain Eddie
as Eddie Rickenbacker
1945
6.0
Where Do We Go from Here?
as Bill Morgan
1945
5.3
Practically Yours
as Daniel Bellamy
1944
0.0
Double Indemnity
as Walter Neff
1944
8.1
And the Angels Sing
as Happy Morgan
1944
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show
1944
7.2
Standing Room Only
as Lee Stevens
1944
5.0
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
1943
10.0
Above Suspicion
as Richard Myles
1943
6.1
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
Flight for Freedom
as Randy Britton
1943
5.4
No Time for Love
as Jim Ryan
1943
6.8
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
1942
6.0
The Forest Rangers
as Don Stuart
1942
0.0
Take a Letter, Darling
as Tom Verney
1942
6.5
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Frank
1942
6.0
The Lady Is Willing
as Corey McBain
1942
6.4
New York Town
as Victor Ballard
1941
10.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Self (uncredited)
1941
0.0
Dive Bomber
as Joe Blake
1941
6.4
One Night In Lisbon
as Dwight Houston
1941
0.0
Virginia
as Stonewall Elliott
1941
0.0
Rangers of Fortune
as Gil Farra
1940
5.0
Too Many Husbands
as Bill Cardew
1940
6.3
Little Old New York
as Charles Brownne
1940
4.3
Remember the Night
as Jack Sargent
1940
7.3
Honeymoon in Bali
as Bill Burnett
1939
6.2
Invitation to Happiness
as Albert 'King' Cole
1939
6.0
Cafe Society
as Crick O'Bannon
1939
6.0
Sing, You Sinners
as David Beebe
1938
6.7
Men with Wings
as Pat Falconer
1938
5.0
Cocoanut Grove
as Johnny Prentice
1938
0.0
True Confession
as Kenneth Bartlett
1937
5.8
Exclusive
as Ralph Houston
1937
6.0
Swing High, Swing Low
as Skid Johnson
1937
5.1
Maid of Salem
as Roger Coverman
1937
5.9
Champagne Waltz
as Buzzy Bellew
1937
0.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
1936
6.0
The Texas Rangers
as Jim Hawkins
1936
6.3
The Princess Comes Across
as King Mantell
1936
6.1
13 Hours by Air
as Jack Gordon
1936
4.6
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Jack Hale
1936
6.5
The Bride Comes Home
as Cyrus Anderson
1935
4.5
Hands Across the Table
as Theodore Drew III
1935
6.9
Alice Adams
as Arthur Russell
1935
6.6
Men Without Names
as Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
1935
6.0
Car 99
as Trooper Ross Martin
1935
5.0
The Gilded Lily
as Peter Dawes
1935
6.5
Grand Old Girl
as Sandy
1935
6.5
Tiger Rose
as Rancher
1929
0.0