Fred MacMurray
Actor
Born August 30, 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment'
Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
Self (archive footage)
The Shaggy Dog Kids
Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Self (archive footage)
100 Years at the Movies
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
The Swarm
Maj. Clarance Tuttle
Inside 'the Swarm'
Self
Joys
Self
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
Harry Ballinger
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
Dinah!
Self
The Chadwick Family
Ned Chadwick
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Charley and the Angel
Charley Appleby
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
The Happiest Millionaire
Anthony Biddle
Follow Me, Boys!
Lemuel Siddons
Kisses for My President
Thad McCloud
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Host
Son of Flubber
Ned Brainard
Bon Voyage!
Harry Willard
The Absent-Minded Professor
Ned Brainard
My Three Sons
Steve Douglas
The Apartment
Jeff D. Sheldrake
Gala Day at Disneyland
Self
The Oregon Trail
Neal Harris
Disneyland '59
Self
Face of a Fugitive
Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
The Shaggy Dog
Wilson Daniels
Good Day for a Hanging
Marshal Ben Cutler
Day of the Badman
Judge Jim Scott
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Fred MacMurray
Quantez
Gentry
Gun for a Coward
Will Keough
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self
There's Always Tomorrow
Clifford Groves
At Gunpoint
Jack Wright
The Rains of Ranchipur
Thomas "Tom" Ransome
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Peterson
Screen Director's Playhouse
Peter Terrance
The Far Horizons
Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
The Wonderful World of Disney
Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage)
December Bride
Woman's World
Sid Burns
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
Pushover
Paul Sheridan
The Caine Mutiny
Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
The Moonlighter
Wes Anderson
The Oscars
Self
General Electric Theater
Richard Elgin
Fair Wind to Java
Captain Boll
This Is Your Life
Self
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
Self - Presenter
Callaway Went Thataway
Mike Frye
A Millionaire for Christy
Peter Ulysses Lockwood
The Jack Benny Program
Fred MacMurray
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Never a Dull Moment
Chris Hayward
The Bob Hope Show
Self
Borderline
Johnny Macklin
What's My Line?
Self
Father Was a Fullback
George Cooper
Family Honeymoon
Grant Jordan
An Innocent Affair
Vincent Doane
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Miracle of the Bells
William 'Bill' Dunnigan
On Our Merry Way
Al
Singapore
Matt Gordon
The Egg and I
Bob MacDonald
Suddenly It's Spring
Peter Morely
Smoky
Clint Barkley
Pardon My Past
Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
Murder, He Says
Pete Marshall
Captain Eddie
Eddie Rickenbacker
Where Do We Go from Here?
Bill Morgan
Practically Yours
Daniel Bellamy
Double Indemnity
Walter Neff
And the Angels Sing
Happy Morgan
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Standing Room Only
Lee Stevens
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
Richard Myles
Show-Business at War
Self
Flight for Freedom
Randy Britton
No Time for Love
Jim Ryan
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
The Forest Rangers
Don Stuart
Take a Letter, Darling
Tom Verney
Star Spangled Rhythm
Frank
The Lady Is Willing
Corey McBain
New York Town
Victor Ballard
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Self (uncredited)
Dive Bomber
Joe Blake
One Night In Lisbon
Dwight Houston
Virginia
Stonewall Elliott
Rangers of Fortune
Gil Farra
Too Many Husbands
Bill Cardew
Little Old New York
Charles Brownne
Remember the Night
Jack Sargent
Honeymoon in Bali
Bill Burnett
Invitation to Happiness
Albert 'King' Cole
Cafe Society
Crick O'Bannon
Sing, You Sinners
David Beebe
Men with Wings
Pat Falconer
Cocoanut Grove
Johnny Prentice
True Confession
Kenneth Bartlett
Exclusive
Ralph Houston
Swing High, Swing Low
Skid Johnson
Maid of Salem
Roger Coverman
Champagne Waltz
Buzzy Bellew
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
The Texas Rangers
Jim Hawkins
The Princess Comes Across
King Mantell
13 Hours by Air
Jack Gordon
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Jack Hale
The Bride Comes Home
Cyrus Anderson
Hands Across the Table
Theodore Drew III
Alice Adams
Arthur Russell
Men Without Names
Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
Car 99
Trooper Ross Martin
The Gilded Lily
Peter Dawes
Grand Old Girl
Sandy
Tiger Rose
Rancher
Girls Gone Wild
Extra (uncredited)