Fred MacMurray
Acting
1908-08-30 · 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...
2017 · Movie
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008 · Movie
The Shaggy Dog Kids
2006 · Movie
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
2006 · Movie
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996 · Movie
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991 · Movie
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990 · Movie
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Movie
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986 · Movie
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · Movie
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · Movie
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978 · Movie
The Swarm
1978 · Movie
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978 · Movie
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
1977 · Movie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Movie
Joys
1976 · Movie
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975 · Movie
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Series
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974 · Series
Dinah!
1974 · Series
The Chadwick Family
1974 · Movie
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Series
Charley and the Angel
1973 · Movie
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Movie
The Happiest Millionaire
1967 · Movie
Follow Me, Boys!
1966 · Movie
Kisses for My President
1964 · Movie
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Series
Son of Flubber
1963 · Movie
Bon Voyage!
1962 · Movie
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961 · Movie
My Three Sons
1960 · Series
The Apartment
1960 · Movie
Gala Day at Disneyland
1960 · Movie
The Oregon Trail
1959 · Movie
Disneyland '59
1959 · Movie
Face of a Fugitive
1959 · Movie
The Shaggy Dog
1959 · Movie
Good Day for a Hanging
1959 · Movie
Day of the Badman
1958 · Movie
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957 · Series
Quantez
1957 · Movie
Gun for a Coward
1956 · Movie
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
There's Always Tomorrow
1956 · Movie
At Gunpoint
1955 · Movie
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955 · Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Series
The Far Horizons
1955 · Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
December Bride
1954 · Series
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Series
Woman's World
1954 · Movie
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Movie
Pushover
1954 · Movie
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · Movie
The Moonlighter
1953 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Fair Wind to Java
1953 · Movie
This Is Your Life
1952 · Series
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
1952 · Movie
Callaway Went Thataway
1951 · Movie
A Millionaire for Christy
1951 · Movie
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · Series
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
Never a Dull Moment
1950 · Movie
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Series
Borderline
1950 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Father Was a Fullback
1949 · Movie
Family Honeymoon
1948 · Movie
An Innocent Affair
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
The Miracle of the Bells
1948 · Movie
On Our Merry Way
1948 · Movie
Singapore
1947 · Movie
The Egg and I
1947 · Movie
Suddenly It's Spring
1947 · Movie
Smoky
1946 · Movie
Pardon My Past
1945 · Movie
Murder, He Says
1945 · Movie
Captain Eddie
1945 · Movie
Where Do We Go from Here?
1945 · Movie
Practically Yours
1944 · Movie
Double Indemnity
1944 · Movie
And the Angels Sing
1944 · Movie
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
Standing Room Only
1944 · Movie
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943 · Movie
Above Suspicion
1943 · Movie
Show-Business at War
1943 · Movie
Flight for Freedom
1943 · Movie
No Time for Love
1943 · Movie
Breakdowns of 1942
1942 · Movie
The Forest Rangers
1942 · Movie
Take a Letter, Darling
1942 · Movie
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 · Movie
The Lady Is Willing
1942 · Movie
New York Town
1941 · Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941 · Movie
Dive Bomber
1941 · Movie
One Night In Lisbon
1941 · Movie
Virginia
1941 · Movie
Rangers of Fortune
1940 · Movie
Too Many Husbands
1940 · Movie
Little Old New York
1940 · Movie
Remember the Night
1940 · Movie
Honeymoon in Bali
1939 · Movie
Invitation to Happiness
1939 · Movie
Cafe Society
1939 · Movie
Sing, You Sinners
1938 · Movie
Men with Wings
1938 · Movie
Cocoanut Grove
1938 · Movie
True Confession
1937 · Movie
Exclusive
1937 · Movie
Swing High, Swing Low
1937 · Movie
Maid of Salem
1937 · Movie
Champagne Waltz
1937 · Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Movie
The Texas Rangers
1936 · Movie
The Princess Comes Across
1936 · Movie
13 Hours by Air
1936 · Movie
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 · Movie
The Bride Comes Home
1935 · Movie
Hands Across the Table
1935 · Movie
Alice Adams
1935 · Movie
Men Without Names
1935 · Movie
Car 99
1935 · Movie
The Gilded Lily
1935 · Movie
Grand Old Girl
1935 · Movie
Tiger Rose
1929 · Movie
Girls Gone Wild
1929 · Movie