Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

b. 1908 — d. 1991 (aged 83) Kankakee, Illinois, USA

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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.

Known For

Swing High, Swing Low

Swing High, Swing Low

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny

The Apartment

Filmography

The 11th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards

Entertainment This Week Salutes Paramount's 75th Anniversary

The ANTA Awards Honoring James Stewart

Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend

Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

Harry Ballinger

The Chadwick Family

The Chadwick Family

Herbie Day at Disneyland

Charley and the Angel

Charley and the Angel

Charley Appleby

The Walt Disney Story

The Walt Disney Story

Professor Ned Brainard ('The Absent-Minded Professor')

Walt Disney: A Golden Anniversary Salute

Carol Channing's Mad English Tea Party

The Happiest Millionaire

The Happiest Millionaire

Anthony J. Drexel Biddle - the Father

Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars

Follow Me, Boys!

Follow Me, Boys!

The 24th Annual Bing Crosby Golf Tournament

Kisses for My President

Kisses for My President

Son of Flubber

Prof. Ned Brainard

Bon Voyage!

Candid Hollywood

The Absent Minded Professor

The Absent Minded Professor

Professor Ned Brainard

The Apartment

Jeff D. Sheldrake

My Three Sons

Gala Day at Disneyland

Gala Day at Disneyland

American Cowboy

The Shaggy Dog

Good Day for a Hanging

Good Day for a Hanging

Face of a Fugitive

Face of a Fugitive

Jim Larsen aka Ray Kincaid

The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail

Day of the Badman

Day of the Badman

Judge Jim Scott

Bing Crosby and His Friends

Quantez

Hollywood Glamour on Ice

There's Always Tomorrow

There's Always Tomorrow

Clifford Groves

Gun for a Coward

Gun for a Coward

The Far Horizons

The Far Horizons

Captain Meriwether Lewis

The Rains of Ranchipur

The Rains of Ranchipur

At Gunpoint

Screen Snapshots, Series 34, No. 10: Hollywood Mothers

The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny

Pushover

Woman's World

The George Gobel Show

The George Gobel Show

Summer Playhouse

The Moonlighter

The Moonlighter

Fair Wind to Java

Fair Wind to Java

Atomic Energy Can Be a Blessing

Callaway Went Thataway

Callaway Went Thataway

A Millionaire for Christy

A Millionaire for Christy

Peter Ulysses Lockwood

Borderline

Johnny McEvoy - aka Johnny Macklin

Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment

Father Was a Fullback

Father Was a Fullback

Screen Snapshots, Series 29, No. 2: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc.

The Miracle of the Bells

The Miracle of the Bells

On Our Merry Way

On Our Merry Way

An Innocent Affair

An Innocent Affair

Family Honeymoon

Family Honeymoon

Popular Science J-8-1 Featuring Solar Secrets

1948 Self Actor

The Egg and I

Singapore

Suddenly It's Spring

Suddenly It's Spring

Smoky

Murder, He Says

Murder, He Says

Pardon My Past

Francis Pemberton

Where Do We Go from Here?

Where Do We Go from Here?

Captain Eddie

Capt. Edward Rickenbacker

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

Standing Room Only

Standing Room Only

And the Angels Sing

And the Angels Sing

Practically Yours

Practically Yours

Lieutenant S.G. Daniel Bellamy

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

Richard Myles aka Edward Smith

No Time for Love

No Time for Love

Flight for Freedom

Flight for Freedom

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

The Lady Is Willing

The Lady Is Willing

Dr. Corey T. McBain

Star Spangled Rhythm

Star Spangled Rhythm

Frank in Card-Playing Skit

Take a Letter, Darling

Take a Letter, Darling

The Forest Rangers

The Forest Rangers

Dive Bomber

Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake

Virginia

Stonewall Jackson Elliott

One Night in Lisbon

One Night in Lisbon

New York Town

Too Many Husbands

Too Many Husbands

Little Old New York

Little Old New York

Charles Brownne

Rangers of Fortune

Rangers of Fortune

Remember the Night

Remember the Night

Honeymoon in Bali

Honeymoon in Bali

Bill 'Willie' Burnett

Invitation to Happiness

Invitation to Happiness

Albert 'King' Cole

Cafe Society

Sing, You Sinners

Sing, You Sinners

Men with Wings

Patrick Falconer

Cocoanut Grove

Johnny Prentice

True Confession

True Confession

Kenneth Bartlett

Swing High, Swing Low

Swing High, Swing Low

Maid of Salem

Roger Coverman of Virginia

Exclusive

Champagne Waltz

Champagne Waltz

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across

Joe King Mantell

The Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers

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