Fred MacMurray
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-08-30
Day of Death
1991-11-05 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Fred MacMurray
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(2017)
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
The Shaggy Dog Kids
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
(1996)
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
as Self (archive footage)
(1991)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
(1990)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1986)
(1982)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
(1978)
The Swarm
as Maj. Clarance Tuttle
(1978)
Inside 'the Swarm'
as Self
(1978)
(1977)
(1976)
Joys
as Self
(1975)
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
as Harry Ballinger
(1974)
The Chadwick Family
as Ned Chadwick
(1973)
Charley and the Angel
as Charley Appleby
(1968)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1967)
The Happiest Millionaire
as Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
(1966)
Follow Me, Boys!
as Lemuel Siddons
(1964)
Kisses for My President
as Thad McCloud
(1963)
Son of Flubber
as Ned Brainard
(1962)
Bon Voyage!
as Harry Willard
(1961)
The Absent-Minded Professor
as Ned Brainard
(1960)
The Apartment
as Jeff D. Sheldrake
(1960)
Gala Day at Disneyland
as Self
(1959)
The Oregon Trail
as Neal Harris
(1959)
Disneyland '59
as Self
(1959)
Good Day for a Hanging
as Marshal Ben Cutler
(1959)
Face of a Fugitive
as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
(1959)
The Shaggy Dog
as Wilson Daniels
(1958)
Day of the Badman
as Judge Jim Scott
(1957)
Quantez
as Gentry
(1956)
Gun for a Coward
as Will Keough
(1956)
There's Always Tomorrow
as Clifford Groves
(1956)
It's a Most Unusual Day
as Peter Terrance
(1955)
The Rains of Ranchipur
as Thomas "Tom" Ransome
(1955)
The Far Horizons
as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
(1955)
At Gunpoint
as Jack Wright
(1954)
Woman's World
as Sid Burns
(1954)
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
(1954)
(1954)
Pushover
as Paul Sheridan
(1953)
Fair Wind to Java
as Captain Boll
(1953)
The Moonlighter
as Wes Anderson
(1952)
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
as Self - Presenter
(1951)
Callaway Went Thataway
as Mike Frye
(1951)
A Millionaire for Christy
as Peter Ulysses Lockwood
(1950)
Never a Dull Moment
as Chris Hayward
(1950)
Borderline
as Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
(1949)
Father Was a Fullback
as George Cooper
(1948)
On Our Merry Way
as Al
(1948)
The Miracle of the Bells
as William 'Bill' Dunnigan
(1948)
Family Honeymoon
as Grant Jordan
(1948)
An Innocent Affair
as Vincent Doane
(1947)
The Egg and I
as Bob MacDonald
(1947)
Suddenly It's Spring
as Peter Morely
(1947)
Singapore
as Matt Gordon
(1946)
Smoky
as Clint Barkley
(1945)
Murder, He Says
as Pete Marshall
(1945)
Captain Eddie
as Eddie Rickenbacker
(1945)
Where Do We Go from Here?
as Bill Morgan
(1945)
Pardon My Past
as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
(1944)
Double Indemnity
as Walter Neff
(1944)
Standing Room Only
as Lee Stevens
(1944)
Practically Yours
as Daniel Bellamy
(1944)
And the Angels Sing
as Happy Morgan
(1943)
Above Suspicion
as Richard Myles
(1943)
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
(1943)
Flight for Freedom
as Randy Britton
(1943)
No Time for Love
as Jim Ryan
(1943)
Show-Business at War
as Self
(1942)
The Lady Is Willing
as Corey McBain
(1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Frank
(1942)
The Forest Rangers
as Don Stuart
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1942)
Take a Letter, Darling
as Tom Verney
(1941)
Dive Bomber
as Joe Blake
(1941)
One Night In Lisbon
as Dwight Houston
(1941)
New York Town
as Victor Ballard
(1941)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Himself
(1941)
Virginia
as Stonewall Elliott
(1940)
Little Old New York
as Charles Brownne
(1940)
Remember the Night
as Jack Sargent
(1940)
Rangers of Fortune
as Gil Farra
(1940)
Too Many Husbands
as Bill Cardew
(1939)
Invitation to Happiness
as Albert 'King' Cole
(1939)
Honeymoon in Bali
as Bill Burnett
(1939)
Cafe Society
as Crick O'Bannon
(1938)
Sing, You Sinners
as David Beebe
(1938)
Cocoanut Grove
as Johnny Prentice
(1938)
Men with Wings
as Pat Falconer
(1937)
Champagne Waltz
as Buzzy Bellew
(1937)
True Confession
as Kenneth Bartlett
(1937)
Exclusive
as Ralph Houston
(1937)
Swing High, Swing Low
as Skid Johnson
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Roger Coverman
(1936)
The Texas Rangers
as Jim Hawkins
(1936)
(1936)
The Princess Comes Across
as King Mantell
(1936)
13 Hours by Air
as Jack Gordon
(1936)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Jack Hale
(1935)
The Bride Comes Home
as Cyrus Anderson
(1935)
Alice Adams
as Arthur Russell
(1935)
Car 99
as Trooper Ross Martin
(1935)
Men Without Names
as Richard Hood
(1935)
The Gilded Lily
as Peter Dawes
(1935)
Hands Across the Table
as Theodore Drew III
(1935)
Grand Old Girl
as Sandy
(1929)
Tiger Rose
as Rancher
Crew
(1945)
Pardon My Past
Producer