Fred MacMurray

Known For: Acting
Born: August 30, 1908
Place of Birth: Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Died: November 5, 1991

Fred MacMurray

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 spe…

Filmography

This Is Bob Hope...

2017 · Self (archive footage)

Inside 'The Apartment'

2008 · Self (archive footage)

Fred MacMurray: With Fondness

2006 · Self (archive footage)

The Shaggy Dog Kids

2006 · Self (archive footage)

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

1996 · Self (archive footage)

100 Years at the Movies

1994 · Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991 · Self (archive footage)

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990 · Self (archive footage)

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

1986 · Self (uncredited)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982 · (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

1978 · Self

The Swarm

1978 · Maj. Clarance Tuttle

Inside 'the Swarm'

1978 · Self

A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons

A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons

1977

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 · Self (archive footage)

Joys

1976 · Self

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

1975 · Harry Ballinger

People's Choice Awards

1975 · Self - Presenter

Tony Orlando and Dawn

1974 · Self

Dinah!

1974 · Self

The Chadwick Family

1974 · Ned Chadwick

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973 · Self

Charley and the Angel

1973 · Charley Appleby

The Movie Orgy

1968 · Self (archive footage)

The Happiest Millionaire

1967 · Anthony Biddle

Follow Me, Boys!

1966 · Lemuel Siddons

Kisses for My President

1964 · Thad McCloud

The Hollywood Palace

1964 · Self - Host

Son of Flubber

1963 · Ned Brainard

Bon Voyage!

1962 · Harry Willard

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961 · Ned Brainard

My Three Sons

1960 · Steve Douglas

The Apartment

1960 · Jeff D. Sheldrake

Gala Day at Disneyland

1960 · Self

The Oregon Trail

1959 · Neal Harris

Disneyland '59

1959 · Self

Face of a Fugitive

1959 · Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)

The Shaggy Dog

1959 · Wilson Daniels

Good Day for a Hanging

1959 · Marshal Ben Cutler

Day of the Badman

1958 · Judge Jim Scott

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957 · Fred MacMurray

Quantez

1957 · Gentry

Gun for a Coward

1956 · Will Keough

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956 · Self

The Steve Allen Show

1956 · Self

There's Always Tomorrow

1956 · Clifford Groves

At Gunpoint

1955 · Jack Wright

The Rains of Ranchipur

1955 · Thomas "Tom" Ransome

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955 · Peterson

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955 · Peter Terrance

The Far Horizons

1955 · Cpt. Meriwether Lewis

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage), Self, Wilson Daniels

December Bride

1954

The George Gobel Show

The George Gobel Show

1954 · Self, Fred MacMurray

Woman's World

1954 · Sid Burns

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954 · Self

Pushover

1954 · Paul Sheridan

The Caine Mutiny

1954 · Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer

The Moonlighter

1953 · Wes Anderson

The Oscars

1953 · Self

General Electric Theater

1953 · Richard Elgin, Harry Wingate

Fair Wind to Java

1953 · Captain Boll

This Is Your Life

1952 · Self

Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing

1952 · Self - Presenter

Callaway Went Thataway

1951 · Mike Frye

A Millionaire for Christy

1951 · Peter Ulysses Lockwood

The Jack Benny Program

1950 · Fred MacMurray

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

1950 · Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · Self

Never a Dull Moment

1950 · Chris Hayward

The Bob Hope Show

1950 · Self

Borderline

1950 · Johnny Macklin

What's My Line?

1950 · Self

Father Was a Fullback

1949 · George Cooper

Family Honeymoon

1948 · Grant Jordan

An Innocent Affair

1948 · Vincent Doane

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

The Miracle of the Bells

1948 · William 'Bill' Dunnigan

On Our Merry Way

1948 · Al

Singapore

1947 · Matt Gordon

The Egg and I

1947 · Bob MacDonald

Suddenly It's Spring

1947 · Peter Morely

Smoky

1946 · Clint Barkley

Pardon My Past

1945 · Eddie York / Francis Pemberton, Producer

Murder, He Says

1945 · Pete Marshall

Captain Eddie

1945 · Eddie Rickenbacker

Where Do We Go from Here?

1945 · Bill Morgan

Practically Yours

1944 · Daniel Bellamy

Double Indemnity

1944 · Walter Neff

And the Angels Sing

1944 · Happy Morgan

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Presenter, Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show

Standing Room Only

1944 · Lee Stevens

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

1943 · Narrator Prolog (uncredited)

Above Suspicion

1943 · Richard Myles

Show-Business at War

1943 · Self

Flight for Freedom

1943 · Randy Britton

No Time for Love

1943 · Jim Ryan

Breakdowns of 1942

1942 · Self

The Forest Rangers

1942 · Don Stuart

Take a Letter, Darling

1942 · Tom Verney

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942 · Frank

The Lady Is Willing

1942 · Corey McBain

New York Town

1941 · Victor Ballard

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

1941 · Self (uncredited)

Dive Bomber

1941 · Joe Blake

One Night In Lisbon

1941 · Dwight Houston

Virginia

1941 · Stonewall Elliott

Rangers of Fortune

1940 · Gil Farra

Too Many Husbands

1940 · Bill Cardew

Little Old New York

1940 · Charles Brownne

Remember the Night

1940 · Jack Sargent

Honeymoon in Bali

1939 · Bill Burnett

Invitation to Happiness

1939 · Albert 'King' Cole

Cafe Society

1939 · Crick O'Bannon

Sing, You Sinners

1938 · David Beebe

Men with Wings

1938 · Pat Falconer

Cocoanut Grove

1938 · Johnny Prentice

True Confession

1937 · Kenneth Bartlett

Exclusive

1937 · Ralph Houston

Swing High, Swing Low

1937 · Skid Johnson

Maid of Salem

1937 · Roger Coverman

Champagne Waltz

1937 · Buzzy Bellew

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936 · Self

The Texas Rangers

1936 · Jim Hawkins

The Princess Comes Across

1936 · King Mantell

13 Hours by Air

1936 · Jack Gordon

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936 · Jack Hale

The Bride Comes Home

1935 · Cyrus Anderson

Hands Across the Table

1935 · Theodore Drew III

Alice Adams

1935 · Arthur Russell

Men Without Names

1935 · Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood

Car 99

1935 · Trooper Ross Martin

The Gilded Lily

1935 · Peter Dawes

Grand Old Girl

1935 · Sandy

Tiger Rose

1929 · Rancher

Girls Gone Wild

1929 · Extra (uncredited)

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