1908-08-30 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.
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This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-29 |
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Inside 'The Apartment' | Self (archive footage) | 2008-01-06 |
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The Shaggy Dog Kids | Self (archive footage) | 2006-03-07 |
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Fred MacMurray: With Fondness | Self (archive footage) | 2006-03-07 |
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Shadows of Suspense | Self (archive footage) | 2006-08-22 |
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Los Angeles Plays Itself | Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage) | 2004-07-28 |
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Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door | Self (archive footage) | 1996-12-17 |
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | 1991-07-15 |
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Anthony Quinn: An Original | Self (archive footage) | 1990-09-10 |
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) | 1988-05-16 |
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self (archive footage) | 1985-03-03 |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
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Inside 'the Swarm' | Self | 1978-01-01 |
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The Swarm | Maj. Clarance Tuttle | 1978-07-14 |
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NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Self | 1978-09-13 |
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A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons | 1977-11-25 | |
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Joys | Self | 1976-03-05 |
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Beyond the Bermuda Triangle | Harry Ballinger | 1975-11-06 |
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The Chadwick Family | Ned Chadwick | 1974-04-17 |
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Charley and the Angel | Charley Appleby | 1973-03-23 |
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The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
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The Happiest Millionaire | Anthony J. Drexel Biddle | 1967-11-30 |
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Follow Me, Boys! | Lemuel Siddons | 1966-12-01 |
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Kisses for My President | Thad McCloud | 1964-08-21 |
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Son of Flubber | Ned Brainard | 1963-01-16 |
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Bon Voyage! | Harry Willard | 1962-05-17 |
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The Absent-Minded Professor | Ned Brainard | 1961-03-16 |
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Gala Day at Disneyland | Self | 1960-01-21 |
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The Apartment | Jeff D. Sheldrake | 1960-06-21 |
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The Shaggy Dog | Wilson Daniels | 1959-03-19 |
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The Oregon Trail | Neal Harris | 1959-08-31 |
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Good Day for a Hanging | Marshal Ben Cutler | 1959-01-01 |
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Face of a Fugitive | Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid) | 1959-05-01 |
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Disneyland '59 | Self | 1959-06-15 |
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Day of the Badman | Judge Jim Scott | 1958-01-29 |
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Quantez | Gentry | 1957-09-06 |
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It's a Most Unusual Day | Peter Terrance | 1956-03-14 |
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Gun for a Coward | Will Keough | 1956-12-30 |
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There's Always Tomorrow | Clifford Groves | 1956-01-08 |
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At Gunpoint | Jack Wright | 1955-12-25 |
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The Rains of Ranchipur | Thomas "Tom" Ransome | 1955-12-14 |
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The Far Horizons | Cpt. Meriwether Lewis | 1955-07-04 |
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The Caine Mutiny | Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer | 1954-06-24 |
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A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | 1954-09-28 |
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Woman's World | Sid Burns | 1954-09-30 |
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Pushover | Paul Sheridan | 1954-07-14 |
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Fair Wind to Java | Captain Boll | 1953-01-28 |
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The Moonlighter | Wes Anderson | 1953-09-19 |
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Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing | Self - Presenter | 1952-01-01 |
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Callaway Went Thataway | Mike Frye | 1951-11-15 |
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A Millionaire for Christy | Peter Ulysses Lockwood | 1951-09-02 |
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Never a Dull Moment | Chris Hayward | 1950-08-19 |
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Borderline | Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin | 1950-03-01 |
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Father Was a Fullback | George Cooper | 1949-09-30 |
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Family Honeymoon | Grant Jordan | 1948-12-06 |
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On Our Merry Way | Al | 1948-02-03 |
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The Miracle of the Bells | William 'Bill' Dunnigan | 1948-03-27 |
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An Innocent Affair | Vincent Doane | 1948-10-15 |
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Suddenly It's Spring | Peter Morely | 1947-02-13 |
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The Egg and I | Bob MacDonald | 1947-05-01 |
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Singapore | Matt Gordon | 1947-08-13 |
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Smoky | Clint Barkley | 1946-06-26 |
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Captain Eddie | Eddie Rickenbacker | 1945-06-18 |
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Pardon My Past | Eddie York / Francis Pemberton | 1945-12-24 |
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Murder, He Says | Pete Marshall | 1945-06-23 |
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Where Do We Go from Here? | Bill Morgan | 1945-05-23 |
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And the Angels Sing | Happy Morgan | 1944-04-25 |
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Double Indemnity | Walter Neff | 1944-07-06 |
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Standing Room Only | Lee Stevens | 1944-01-07 |
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Practically Yours | Daniel Bellamy | 1944-12-20 |
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Show-Business at War | Self | 1943-05-21 |
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Flight for Freedom | Randy Britton | 1943-04-14 |
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Above Suspicion | Richard Myles | 1943-05-31 |
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No Time for Love | Jim Ryan | 1943-04-09 |
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The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith | Narrator Prolog (uncredited) | 1943-09-09 |
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Take a Letter, Darling | Tom Verney | 1942-05-06 |
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Star Spangled Rhythm | Frank | 1942-03-05 |
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The Lady Is Willing | Corey McBain | 1942-02-12 |
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Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
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The Forest Rangers | Don Stuart | 1942-10-21 |
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Dive Bomber | Joe Blake | 1941-01-01 |
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One Night In Lisbon | Dwight Houston | 1941-06-13 |
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Virginia | Stonewall Elliott | 1941-01-28 |
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New York Town | Victor Ballard | 1941-10-31 |
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 | Himself | 1941-10-02 |
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Rangers of Fortune | Gil Farra | 1940-09-27 |
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Too Many Husbands | Bill Cardew | 1940-04-03 |
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Remember the Night | Jack Sargent | 1940-01-19 |
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Little Old New York | Charles Brownne | 1940-02-09 |
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Honeymoon in Bali | Bill Burnett | 1939-09-29 |
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Cafe Society | Crick O'Bannon | 1939-03-03 |
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Invitation to Happiness | Albert 'King' Cole | 1939-06-07 |
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Men with Wings | Pat Falconer | 1938-07-16 |
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Sing, You Sinners | David Beebe | 1938-09-02 |
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Cocoanut Grove | Johnny Prentice | 1938-05-20 |
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Maid of Salem | Roger Coverman | 1937-02-12 |
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True Confession | Kenneth Bartlett | 1937-12-24 |
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Swing High, Swing Low | Skid Johnson | 1937-03-12 |
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Champagne Waltz | Buzzy Bellew | 1937-02-05 |
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Exclusive | Ralph Houston | 1937-08-06 |
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The Texas Rangers | Jim Hawkins | 1936-08-28 |
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The Princess Comes Across | King Mantell | 1936-05-22 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | 1936-09-11 |
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Jack Hale | 1936-03-13 |
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13 Hours by Air | Jack Gordon | 1936-04-30 |
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Hands Across the Table | Theodore Drew III | 1935-10-18 |
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Car 99 | Trooper Ross Martin | 1935-03-02 |
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The Bride Comes Home | Cyrus Anderson | 1935-12-25 |
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Men Without Names | Richard Hood | 1935-06-29 |
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Alice Adams | Arthur Russell | 1935-08-23 |
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The Gilded Lily | Peter Dawes | 1935-01-25 |
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Grand Old Girl | Sandy | 1935-01-15 |
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Tiger Rose | Rancher | 1929-12-21 |
