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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Fred MacMurray: With Fondness | Self (archive footage) | 2006-03-07 |
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The Shaggy Dog Kids | 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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NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Self | 1978-09-13 |
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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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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 | 1961-01-20 |
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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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Face of a Fugitive | Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid) | 1959-05-01 |
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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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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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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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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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At Gunpoint | Jack Wright | 1955-12-25 |
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The Far Horizons | Cpt. Meriwether Lewis | 1955-07-04 |
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The Rains of Ranchipur | Thomas "Tom" Ransome | 1955-12-14 |
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The Caine Mutiny | Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer | 1954-06-24 |
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Pushover | Paul Sheridan | 1954-07-14 |
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Woman's World | Sid Burns | 1954-09-30 |
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A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | 1954-09-28 |
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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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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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On Our Merry Way | Al | 1948-02-03 |
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An Innocent Affair | Vincent Doane | 1948-10-15 |
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The Miracle of the Bells | William 'Bill' Dunnigan | 1948-03-27 |
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Family Honeymoon | Grant Jordan | 1948-12-06 |
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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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Where Do We Go from Here? | Bill Morgan | 1945-05-23 |
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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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Practically Yours | Daniel Bellamy | 1944-12-20 |
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And the Angels Sing | Happy Morgan | 1944-04-25 |
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Standing Room Only | Lee Stevens | 1944-01-07 |
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Double Indemnity | Walter Neff | 1944-07-06 |
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Show-Business at War | Self | 1943-05-21 |
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Above Suspicion | Richard Myles | 1943-05-31 |
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The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith | Narrator Prolog (uncredited) | 1943-09-09 |
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No Time for Love | Jim Ryan | 1943-04-09 |
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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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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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Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
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Star Spangled Rhythm | Frank | 1942-03-05 |
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One Night In Lisbon | Dwight Houston | 1941-06-13 |
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 | Himself | 1941-10-02 |
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New York Town | Victor Ballard | 1941-10-31 |
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Virginia | Stonewall Elliott | 1941-01-28 |
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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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Too Many Husbands | Bill Cardew | 1940-04-03 |
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Remember the Night | Jack Sargent | 1940-01-19 |
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Rangers of Fortune | Gil Farra | 1940-09-27 |
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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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Honeymoon in Bali | Bill Burnett | 1939-09-29 |
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Sing, You Sinners | David Beebe | 1938-09-02 |
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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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Exclusive | Ralph Houston | 1937-08-06 |
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Swing High, Swing Low | Skid Johnson | 1937-03-12 |
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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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Champagne Waltz | Buzzy Bellew | 1937-02-05 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | 1936-09-11 |
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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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13 Hours by Air | Jack Gordon | 1936-04-30 |
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Jack Hale | 1936-03-13 |
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Alice Adams | Arthur Russell | 1935-08-23 |
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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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Men Without Names | Richard Hood | 1935-06-29 |
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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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The Bride Comes Home | Cyrus Anderson | 1935-12-25 |
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Tiger Rose | Rancher | 1929-12-21 |
