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