Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 30, 1908
Died
Nov 05, 1991
Place of Birth
Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Credits
137 titles
Fred MacMurray
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
Filmography
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment'
Self (archive footage)
The Shaggy Dog Kids
Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self (uncredited)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
The Swarm
Clarence
Inside 'the Swarm'
Self
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
Joys
Self
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
Harry Ballinger
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
Dinah!
Self
The Chadwick Family
Ned Chadwick
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Charley and the Angel
Charley Appleby
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
The Happiest Millionaire
Anthony Biddle
Follow Me, Boys!
Lemuel Siddons
Kisses for My President
Thad McCloud
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Host
Son of Flubber
Ned Brainard
Bon Voyage!
Harry Willard
The Absent-Minded Professor
Ned Brainard
My Three Sons
Steve Douglas
The Apartment
Jeff D. Sheldrake
Gala Day at Disneyland
Self
The Oregon Trail
Neal Harris
Disneyland '59
Self
Face of a Fugitive
Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
The Shaggy Dog
Wilson Daniels
Good Day for a Hanging
Marshal Ben Cutler
Day of the Badman
Judge Jim Scott
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Fred MacMurray
Quantez
Gentry
Gun for a Coward
Will Keough
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self
There's Always Tomorrow
Clifford Groves
At Gunpoint
Jack Wright
The Rains of Ranchipur
Thomas "Tom" Ransome
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Peterson