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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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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All Star Party for Clint Eastwood | Self | 1986-11-30 |
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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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NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Self | 1978-09-13 |
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The Swarm | Maj. Clarance Tuttle | 1978-06-26 |
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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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Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self (archive footage) | 1976-10-29 |
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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 | 1961-01-20 |
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The Apartment | Jeff D. Sheldrake | 1960-06-21 |
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Gala Day at Disneyland | Self | 1960-01-21 |
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The Oregon Trail | Neal Harris | 1959-08-31 |
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The Shaggy Dog | Wilson Daniels | 1959-03-19 |
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Disneyland '59 | Self | 1959-06-15 |
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Face of a Fugitive | Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid) | 1959-05-01 |
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Good Day for a Hanging | Marshal Ben Cutler | 1959-01-01 |
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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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There's Always Tomorrow | Clifford Groves | 1956-01-08 |
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Gun for a Coward | Will Keough | 1956-12-30 |
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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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Pushover | Paul Sheridan | 1954-07-14 |
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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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The Caine Mutiny | Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer | 1954-06-24 |
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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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A Millionaire for Christy | Peter Ulysses Lockwood | 1951-09-02 |
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Callaway Went Thataway | Mike Frye | 1951-11-15 |
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Borderline | Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin | 1950-03-01 |
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Never a Dull Moment | Chris Hayward | 1950-08-19 |
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Father Was a Fullback | George Cooper | 1949-09-30 |
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An Innocent Affair | Vincent Doane | 1948-10-15 |
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On Our Merry Way | Al | 1948-02-03 |
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Family Honeymoon | Grant Jordan | 1948-12-06 |
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The Miracle of the Bells | William 'Bill' Dunnigan | 1948-03-27 |
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Suddenly It's Spring | Peter Morely | 1947-02-13 |
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Singapore | Matt Gordon | 1947-08-13 |
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The Egg and I | Bob MacDonald | 1947-05-01 |
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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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Where Do We Go from Here? | Bill Morgan | 1945-05-23 |
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Murder, He Says | Pete Marshall | 1945-06-23 |
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Practically Yours | Daniel Bellamy | 1944-12-20 |
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Standing Room Only | Lee Stevens | 1944-01-07 |
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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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Above Suspicion | Richard Myles | 1943-05-31 |
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No Time for Love | Jim Ryan | 1943-04-09 |
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Show-Business at War | Self | 1943-05-21 |
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The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith | Narrator Prolog (uncredited) | 1943-09-09 |
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Flight for Freedom | Randy Britton | 1943-04-14 |
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The Forest Rangers | Don Stuart | 1942-10-21 |
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Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
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Take a Letter, Darling | Tom Verney | 1942-05-06 |
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The Lady Is Willing | Corey McBain | 1942-02-12 |
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Star Spangled Rhythm | Frank | 1942-03-05 |
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Virginia | Stonewall Elliott | 1941-01-28 |
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One Night In Lisbon | Dwight Houston | 1941-06-13 |
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New York Town | Victor Ballard | 1941-10-31 |
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 | Self (uncredited) | 1941-10-02 |
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Dive Bomber | Joe Blake | 1941-08-30 |
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Little Old New York | Charles Brownne | 1940-02-09 |
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Rangers of Fortune | Gil Farra | 1940-09-27 |
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Remember the Night | Jack Sargent | 1940-01-19 |
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Too Many Husbands | Bill Cardew | 1940-04-03 |
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Invitation to Happiness | Albert 'King' Cole | 1939-06-07 |
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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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Men with Wings | Pat Falconer | 1938-07-16 |
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Cocoanut Grove | Johnny Prentice | 1938-05-20 |
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Sing, You Sinners | David Beebe | 1938-09-02 |
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Exclusive | Ralph Houston | 1937-08-06 |
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Maid of Salem | Roger Coverman | 1937-02-12 |
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Champagne Waltz | Buzzy Bellew | 1937-02-05 |
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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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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | 1936-09-11 |
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The Princess Comes Across | King Mantell | 1936-05-22 |
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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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The Texas Rangers | Jim Hawkins | 1936-08-28 |
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Hands Across the Table | Theodore Drew III | 1935-10-18 |
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Grand Old Girl | Sandy | 1935-01-15 |
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The Bride Comes Home | Cyrus Anderson | 1935-12-25 |
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The Gilded Lily | Peter Dawes | 1935-01-25 |
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Car 99 | Trooper Ross Martin | 1935-03-02 |
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Alice Adams | Arthur Russell | 1935-08-23 |
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Men Without Names | Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood | 1935-06-29 |
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Tiger Rose | Rancher | 1929-12-21 |
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Girls Gone Wild | Extra (uncredited) | 1929-03-24 |
