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Fred MacMurray
Actor, Producer
Born August 30, 1908Died November 5, 1991 (83 years)
Born to Maleta Martin and Frederick MacMurray (concert violinist). Fred sang and played in orchestras to earn tuition. He was educated at Carroll College, Wis. Fred 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.
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
Filmography
| 2011 | A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! · as Cast |
| 2009 | The Rules of Film Noir · as Walter Neff (clip From Double Indemnity (1944)) |
| 2008 | The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics · as Various Roles |
| 2004 | Hit Celebrity TV Commercials · as Steve Douglas - For Hunt's Ketchup |
| 2003 | Los Angeles Plays Itself · as Walter Neff In Double Indemnity (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special · as Cast |
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years · as Steve Douglas |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · as (in "double Indemnity") (archive Footage) |
| 1979 | The Wild West · as Cast |
| 1978 | The Swarm · as Maj. Clarance Tuttle |
| 1975 | Beyond the Bermuda Triangle · as Harry Ballinger |
| 1974 | The Chadwick Family · as Ned Chadwick |
| 1973 | Charley and the Angel · as Charley Appleby |
| 1967 | The Happiest Millionaire · as Anthony J. Drexel Biddle |
| 1966 | Follow Me, Boys! · as Lemuel Siddons |
| 1964 | Kisses for My President · as Thad Mccloud |
| 1962 | Son of Flubber · as Ned Brainard |
| 1962 | Bon Voyage! · as Harry Willard |
| 1961 | The Absent Minded Professor · as Ned Brainard |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Steve Douglas |
| 1960 | The Apartment · as Jeff D. Sheldrake |
| 1959 | The Oregon Trail · as Neal Harris |
| 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 | Cimarron City (TV Series) · as Laird Garner |
| 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 |
| 1955 | At Gunpoint · as Jack Wright |
| 1955 | The Rains of Ranchipur · as Thomas "tom" Ransome |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) · as Peterson |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Peter Terrance |
| 1955 | The Far Horizons · as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis |
| 1955 | The $64,000 Question (TV Series) · as Substitute Host |
| 1954 | December Bride (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Woman's World · as Sid Burns |
| 1954 | Pushover · as Paul Sheridan |
| 1954 | The Caine Mutiny · as Lt. Thomas 'tom' Keefer |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | The Moonlighter · as Wes Anderson |
| 1953 | Fair Wind to Java · as Captain Boll |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Richard Elgin |
| 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 | Family Honeymoon · as Grant Jordan |
| 1948 | An Innocent Affair · as Vincent Doane |
| 1948 | The Miracle of the Bells · as William 'bill' Dunnigan |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way · as Al |
| 1947 | Singapore · as Matt Gordon |
| 1947 | The Egg and I · as Bob Macdonald |
| 1947 | Suddenly It's Spring · as Peter Morely |
| 1946 | Smoky · as Clint Barkley |
| 1945 | Pardon My Past · as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton |
| 1945 | Murder, He Says · as Pete Marshall |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie · as Eddie Rickenbacker |
| 1945 | Where Do We Go from Here? · as Bill Morgan |
| 1944 | Practically Yours · as Daniel Bellamy |
| 1944 | And the Angels Sing · as Happy Morgan |
| 1944 | Double Indemnity · as Walter Neff |
| 1944 | Standing Room Only · as Lee Stevens |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion · as Richard Myles |
| 1943 | Flight for Freedom · as Randy Britton |
| 1943 | No Time for Love · as Jim Ryan |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm · as Frank |
| 1942 | The Forest Rangers · as Don Stuart |
| 1942 | Take a Letter, Darling · as Tom Verney |
| 1942 | The Lady Is Willing · as Corey Mcbain |
| 1941 | New York Town · as Victor Ballard |
| 1941 | Dive Bomber · as Joe Blake |
| 1941 | Virginia · as Stonewall Elliott |
| 1941 | One Night in Lisbon · as Dwight Houston |
| 1940 | Rangers of Fortune · as Gil Farra |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands · as Bill Cardew |
| 1940 | Little Old New York · as Charles Brownne |
| 1939 | Remember the Night · as Jack Sargent |
| 1939 | Honeymoon in Bali · as Bill Burnett |
| 1939 | Invitation to Happiness · as Albert 'king' Cole |
| 1939 | Cafe Society · as Crick O'bannon |
| 1938 | Men with Wings · as Pat Falconer |
| 1938 | Sing, You Sinners · as David Beebe |
| 1938 | Cocoanut Grove · as Johnny Prentice |
| 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 |
| 1937 | Champagne Waltz · as Buzzy Bellew |
| 1936 | The Texas Rangers · as Jim Hawkins |
| 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 | Hands Across the Table · as Theodore Drew Iii |
| 1935 | Men Without Names · as Richard Hood |
| 1935 | Car 99 · as Trooper Ross Martin |
| 1935 | The Gilded Lily · as Peter Dawes |
| 1935 | Grand Old Girl · as Sandy |
| 1934 | Friends of Mr. Sweeney · as Walk-On Part |
| 1929 | Girls Gone Wild · as Extra |