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