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

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

My Three Sons

What's My Line?

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Oscars

The Jack Benny Program

The Colgate Comedy Hour

All Movies (112)

• This Is Bob Hope...2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Inside 'The Apartment'2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Shaggy Dog Kids2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fred MacMurray: With Fondness2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Anthony Quinn: An Original1990 · as Self (archive footage)
• Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC1988 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• All Star Party for Clint Eastwood1986 · as Self (uncredited)
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982 · as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
• NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney1978 · as Self
• The Swarm1978 · as Maj. Clarance Tuttle
• Inside 'the Swarm'1978 · as Self
• A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons1977
• Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976 · as Self (archive footage)
• Joys1976 · as Self
• Beyond the Bermuda Triangle1975 · as Harry Ballinger
• The Chadwick Family1974 · as Ned Chadwick
• Charley and the Angel1973 · as Charley Appleby
• The Movie Orgy1968 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Happiest Millionaire1967 · as Anthony Biddle
• Follow Me, Boys!1966 · as Lemuel Siddons
• Kisses for My President1964 · as Thad McCloud
• Son of Flubber1963 · as Ned Brainard
• Bon Voyage!1962 · as Harry Willard
• The Absent-Minded Professor1961 · as Ned Brainard
• The Apartment1960 · as Jeff D. Sheldrake
• Gala Day at Disneyland1960 · as Self
• The Oregon Trail1959 · as Neal Harris
• Disneyland '591959 · as Self
• Face of a Fugitive1959 · as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
• The Shaggy Dog1959 · as Wilson Daniels
• Good Day for a Hanging1959 · as Marshal Ben Cutler
• Day of the Badman1958 · as Judge Jim Scott
• Quantez1957 · as Gentry
• Gun for a Coward1956 · as Will Keough
• There's Always Tomorrow1956 · as Clifford Groves
• At Gunpoint1955 · as Jack Wright
• The Rains of Ranchipur1955 · as Thomas "Tom" Ransome
• The Far Horizons1955 · as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
• Woman's World1954 · as Sid Burns
• A Star Is Born World Premiere1954 · as Self
• Pushover1954 · as Paul Sheridan
• The Caine Mutiny1954 · as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
• The Moonlighter1953 · as Wes Anderson
• Fair Wind to Java1953 · as Captain Boll
• Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing1952 · as Self - Presenter
• Callaway Went Thataway1951 · as Mike Frye
• A Millionaire for Christy1951 · as Peter Ulysses Lockwood
• Never a Dull Moment1950 · as Chris Hayward
• Borderline1950 · as Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
• Father Was a Fullback1949 · as George Cooper
• Family Honeymoon1948 · as Grant Jordan
• An Innocent Affair1948 · as Vincent Doane
• The Miracle of the Bells1948 · as William 'Bill' Dunnigan
• On Our Merry Way1948 · as Al
• Singapore1947 · as Matt Gordon
• The Egg and I1947 · as Bob MacDonald
• Suddenly It's Spring1947 · as Peter Morely
• Smoky1946 · as Clint Barkley
• Pardon My Past1945 · as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
• Murder, He Says1945 · as Pete Marshall
• Captain Eddie1945 · as Eddie Rickenbacker
• Where Do We Go from Here?1945 · as Bill Morgan
• Practically Yours1944 · as Daniel Bellamy
• Double Indemnity1944 · as Walter Neff
• And the Angels Sing1944 · as Happy Morgan
• Standing Room Only1944 · as Lee Stevens
• The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith1943 · as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
• Above Suspicion1943 · as Richard Myles
• Show-Business at War1943 · as Self
• Flight for Freedom1943 · as Randy Britton
• No Time for Love1943 · as Jim Ryan
• Breakdowns of 19421942 · as Self
• The Forest Rangers1942 · as Don Stuart
• Take a Letter, Darling1942 · as Tom Verney
• Star Spangled Rhythm1942 · as Frank
• The Lady Is Willing1942 · as Corey McBain
• New York Town1941 · as Victor Ballard
• Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 11941 · as Self (uncredited)
• Dive Bomber1941 · as Joe Blake
• One Night In Lisbon1941 · as Dwight Houston
• Virginia1941 · as Stonewall Elliott
• Rangers of Fortune1940 · as Gil Farra
• Too Many Husbands1940 · as Bill Cardew
• Little Old New York1940 · as Charles Brownne
• Remember the Night1940 · as Jack Sargent
• Honeymoon in Bali1939 · as Bill Burnett
• Invitation to Happiness1939 · as Albert 'King' Cole
• Cafe Society1939 · as Crick O'Bannon
• Sing, You Sinners1938 · as David Beebe
• Men with Wings1938 · as Pat Falconer
• Cocoanut Grove1938 · as Johnny Prentice
• True Confession1937 · as Kenneth Bartlett
• Exclusive1937 · as Ralph Houston
• Swing High, Swing Low1937 · as Skid Johnson
• Maid of Salem1937 · as Roger Coverman
• Champagne Waltz1937 · as Buzzy Bellew
• Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)1936 · as Self
• The Texas Rangers1936 · as Jim Hawkins
• The Princess Comes Across1936 · as King Mantell
• 13 Hours by Air1936 · as Jack Gordon
• The Trail of the Lonesome Pine1936 · as Jack Hale
• The Bride Comes Home1935 · as Cyrus Anderson
• Hands Across the Table1935 · as Theodore Drew III
• Alice Adams1935 · as Arthur Russell
• Men Without Names1935 · as Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
• Car 991935 · as Trooper Ross Martin
• The Gilded Lily1935 · as Peter Dawes
• Grand Old Girl1935 · as Sandy
• Tiger Rose1929 · as Rancher
• Girls Gone Wild1929 · as Extra (uncredited)

All TV Shows (29)

• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Presenter
• Tony Orlando and Dawn1974 · as Self
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• The Hollywood Palace1964 · as Self - Host
• My Three Sons1960 · as Steve Douglas
• The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour1957 · as Fred MacMurray
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956 · as Self
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self
• The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as Peterson
• Screen Director's Playhouse1955 · as Peter Terrance
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage)
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Self
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Wilson Daniels
• December Bride1954
• The George Gobel Show1954 · as Self
• The George Gobel Show1954 · as Fred MacMurray
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Richard Elgin
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Harry Wingate
• This Is Your Life1952 · as Self
• The Jack Benny Program1950 · as Fred MacMurray
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show