Fred MacMurray

Acting

Born August 30, 1908 — Died November 5, 1991 Kankakee, Illinois, USA

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.

Movies(113)

This Is Bob Hope...

Self (archive footage)

2017

Inside 'The Apartment'

Self (archive footage)

2008

The Shaggy Dog Kids

Self (archive footage)

2006

Fred MacMurray: With Fondness

Self (archive footage)

2006

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)

2004

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

Self (archive footage)

1996

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Self (archive footage)

1991

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Self (archive footage)

1990

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Self (archive footage)

1988

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

Self

1986

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)

1982

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

Self

1978

The Swarm

Maj. Clarance Tuttle

1978

Inside 'the Swarm'

Self

1978

A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons

1977

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Self (archive footage)

1976

Joys

Self

1976

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

Harry Ballinger

1975

The Chadwick Family

Ned Chadwick

1974

Charley and the Angel

Charley Appleby

1973

The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage)

1968

The Happiest Millionaire

Anthony J. Drexel Biddle

1967

Follow Me, Boys!

Lemuel Siddons

1966

Kisses for My President

Thad McCloud

1964

Son of Flubber

Ned Brainard

1963

Bon Voyage!

Harry Willard

1962

The Absent-Minded Professor

Ned Brainard

1961

The Apartment

Jeff D. Sheldrake

1960

Gala Day at Disneyland

Self

1960

The Oregon Trail

Neal Harris

1959

Disneyland '59

Self

1959

Face of a Fugitive

Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)

1959

The Shaggy Dog

Wilson Daniels

1959

Good Day for a Hanging

Marshal Ben Cutler

1959

Day of the Badman

Judge Jim Scott

1958

Quantez

Gentry

1957

Gun for a Coward

Will Keough

1956

There's Always Tomorrow

Clifford Groves

1956

At Gunpoint

Jack Wright

1955

The Rains of Ranchipur

Thomas "Tom" Ransome

1955

The Far Horizons

Cpt. Meriwether Lewis

1955

Woman's World

Sid Burns

1954

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Self

1954

Pushover

Paul Sheridan

1954

The Caine Mutiny

Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer

1954

The Moonlighter

Wes Anderson

1953

Fair Wind to Java

Captain Boll

1953

Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing

Self - Presenter

1952

Callaway Went Thataway

Mike Frye

1951

A Millionaire for Christy

Peter Ulysses Lockwood

1951

Never a Dull Moment

Chris Hayward

1950

Borderline

Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin

1950

Father Was a Fullback

George Cooper

1949

Family Honeymoon

Grant Jordan

1948

An Innocent Affair

Vincent Doane

1948

The Miracle of the Bells

William 'Bill' Dunnigan

1948

On Our Merry Way

1948

Singapore

Matt Gordon

1947

The Egg and I

Bob MacDonald

1947

Suddenly It's Spring

Peter Morely

1947

Smoky

Clint Barkley

1946

Pardon My Past

Eddie York / Francis Pemberton

1945

Murder, He Says

Pete Marshall

1945

Captain Eddie

Eddie Rickenbacker

1945

Where Do We Go from Here?

Bill Morgan

1945

Practically Yours

Daniel Bellamy

1944

Double Indemnity

Walter Neff

1944

And the Angels Sing

Happy Morgan

1944

Standing Room Only

Lee Stevens

1944

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

Narrator Prolog (uncredited)

1943

Above Suspicion

Richard Myles

1943

Show-Business at War

Self

1943

Flight for Freedom

Randy Britton

1943

No Time for Love

Jim Ryan

1943

Breakdowns of 1942

Self

1942

The Forest Rangers

Don Stuart

1942

Take a Letter, Darling

Tom Verney

1942

Star Spangled Rhythm

Frank

1942

The Lady Is Willing

Corey McBain

1942

New York Town

Victor Ballard

1941

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

Self (uncredited)

1941

Dive Bomber

Joe Blake

1941

One Night In Lisbon

Dwight Houston

1941

Virginia

Stonewall Elliott

1941

Rangers of Fortune

Gil Farra

1940

Too Many Husbands

Bill Cardew

1940

Little Old New York

Charles Brownne

1940

Remember the Night

Jack Sargent

1940

Honeymoon in Bali

Bill Burnett

1939

Invitation to Happiness

Albert 'King' Cole

1939

Cafe Society

Crick O'Bannon

1939

Sing, You Sinners

David Beebe

1938

Men with Wings

Pat Falconer

1938

Cocoanut Grove

Johnny Prentice

1938

True Confession

Kenneth Bartlett

1937

Exclusive

Ralph Houston

1937

Swing High, Swing Low

Skid Johnson

1937

Maid of Salem

Roger Coverman

1937

Champagne Waltz

Buzzy Bellew

1937

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Self

1936

The Texas Rangers

Jim Hawkins

1936

The Princess Comes Across

King Mantell

1936

13 Hours by Air

Jack Gordon

1936

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Jack Hale

1936

The Bride Comes Home

Cyrus Anderson

1935

Hands Across the Table

Theodore Drew III

1935

Alice Adams

Arthur Russell

1935

Men Without Names

Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood

1935

Car 99

Trooper Ross Martin

1935

The Gilded Lily

Peter Dawes

1935

Grand Old Girl

Sandy

1935

Tiger Rose

Rancher

1929

Girls Gone Wild

Extra (uncredited)

1929

Fred MacMurray

TV Shows(23)

Movies(113)