Acting
Fred MacMurray
EN cinema · 113 credits
Born
30 August 1908
Died
5 November 1991 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Also known as Fred Mac Murray
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...
as Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
as Self (archive footage)
The Shaggy Dog Kids
as Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
as Self (uncredited)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
The Swarm
as Clarence
Joys
as Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
as Harry Ballinger
The Chadwick Family
as Ned Chadwick
Charley and the Angel
as Charley Appleby
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
The Happiest Millionaire
as Anthony Biddle
Follow Me, Boys!
as Lemuel Siddons
Kisses for My President
as Thad McCloud
Son of Flubber
as Ned Brainard
Bon Voyage!
as Harry Willard
The Absent-Minded Professor
as Ned Brainard
The Apartment
as Jeff D. Sheldrake
Good Day for a Hanging
as Marshal Ben Cutler
The Shaggy Dog
as Wilson Daniels
Face of a Fugitive
as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
The Oregon Trail
as Neal Harris
Disneyland '59
as Self
Day of the Badman
as Judge Jim Scott
Quantez
as Gentry
There's Always Tomorrow
as Clifford Groves
Gun for a Coward
as Will Keough
The Rains of Ranchipur
as Thomas "Tom" Ransome
The Far Horizons
as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
At Gunpoint
as Jack Wright
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
Pushover
as Paul Sheridan
Woman's World
as Sid Burns
The Moonlighter
as Wes Anderson
Fair Wind to Java
as Captain Boll
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
as Self - Presenter
A Millionaire for Christy
as Peter Ulysses Lockwood
Callaway Went Thataway
as Mike Frye
Borderline
as Johnny Macklin
Never a Dull Moment
as Chris Hayward
Father Was a Fullback
as George Cooper
The Miracle of the Bells
as William 'Bill' Dunnigan
Family Honeymoon
as Grant Jordan
An Innocent Affair
as Vincent Doane
The Egg and I
as Bob MacDonald
Singapore
as Matt Gordon
Suddenly It's Spring
as Peter Morely
Smoky
as Clint Barkley
Murder, He Says
as Pete Marshall
Pardon My Past
as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton, Producer
Where Do We Go from Here?
as Bill Morgan
Captain Eddie
as Eddie Rickenbacker
Double Indemnity
as Walter Neff
Practically Yours
as Daniel Bellamy
Standing Room Only
as Lee Stevens
And the Angels Sing
as Happy Morgan
No Time for Love
as Jim Ryan
Above Suspicion
as Richard Myles
Flight for Freedom
as Randy Britton
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing
as Corey McBain
Take a Letter, Darling
as Tom Verney
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Frank
The Forest Rangers
as Don Stuart
Dive Bomber
as Joe Blake
New York Town
as Victor Ballard
Virginia
as Stonewall Elliott
One Night In Lisbon
as Dwight Houston
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Self (uncredited)
Remember the Night
as Jack Sargent
Too Many Husbands
as Bill Cardew
Little Old New York
as Charles Brownne
Rangers of Fortune
as Gil Farra
Invitation to Happiness
as Albert 'King' Cole
Honeymoon in Bali
as Bill Burnett
Cafe Society
as Crick O'Bannon
Sing, You Sinners
as David Beebe
Men with Wings
as Pat Falconer
Cocoanut Grove
as Johnny Prentice
Maid of Salem
as Roger Coverman
Swing High, Swing Low
as Skid Johnson
True Confession
as Kenneth Bartlett
Exclusive
as Ralph Houston
Champagne Waltz
as Buzzy Bellew
The Princess Comes Across
as King Mantell
The Texas Rangers
as Jim Hawkins
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Jack Hale
13 Hours by Air
as Jack Gordon
Hands Across the Table
as Theodore Drew III
Alice Adams
as Arthur Russell
The Gilded Lily
as Peter Dawes
The Bride Comes Home
as Cyrus Anderson
Grand Old Girl
as Sandy
Car 99
as Trooper Ross Martin
Men Without Names
as Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
Tiger Rose
as Rancher
Girls Gone Wild
as Extra (uncredited)