Fred MacMurray
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.
136 acting credits
Acting · 136
Golden Globe Awards
1944
My Three Sons
1960
What's My Line?
1950
The Oscars
1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Dinah!
1974
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Bob Hope Show
1950
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
This Is Your Life
1952
December Bride
1954
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Apartment
1960
The George Gobel Show
1954
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
Double Indemnity
1944
General Electric Theater
1953
The Caine Mutiny
1954
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
The Swarm
1978
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
The Shaggy Dog
1959
The Movie Orgy
1968
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
The Egg and I
1947
Pushover
1954
Joys
1976
The Far Horizons
1955
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
Above Suspicion
1943
Good Day for a Hanging
1959
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
Alice Adams
1935
Face of a Fugitive
1959
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
The Gilded Lily
1935
The Oregon Trail
1959
The Lady Is Willing
1942
Gun for a Coward
1956
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
Charley and the Angel
1973
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
The Texas Rangers
1936
Never a Dull Moment
1950
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
Remember the Night
1940
Hands Across the Table
1935
The Happiest Millionaire
1967
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
Singapore
1947
Maid of Salem
1937
Son of Flubber
1963
Show-Business at War
1943
The Princess Comes Across
1936
No Time for Love
1943
Borderline
1950
Bon Voyage!
1962
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
Family Honeymoon
1948
Day of the Badman
1958
And the Angels Sing
1944
Kisses for My President
1964
Smoky
1946
Exclusive
1937
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
Men with Wings
1938
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943
Rangers of Fortune
1940
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
Woman's World
1954
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Cafe Society
1939
Fair Wind to Java
1953
Murder, He Says
1945
Quantez
1957
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
Swing High, Swing Low
1937
Disneyland '59
1959
Father Was a Fullback
1949
Flight for Freedom
1943
Dive Bomber
1941
The Moonlighter
1953
New York Town
1941
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975
An Innocent Affair
1948
13 Hours by Air
1936
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978
Car 99
1935
Too Many Husbands
1940
Cocoanut Grove
1938
True Confession
1937
Where Do We Go from Here?
1945
On Our Merry Way
1948
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
The Forest Rangers
1942
Little Old New York
1940
Practically Yours
1944
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996
Sing, You Sinners
1938
Captain Eddie
1945
Take a Letter, Darling
1942
The Bride Comes Home
1935
Pardon My Past
1945
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008
At Gunpoint
1955
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
1977
Men Without Names
1935
Champagne Waltz
1937
Standing Room Only
1944
Virginia
1941
Suddenly It's Spring
1947
The Chadwick Family
1974
Invitation to Happiness
1939
Grand Old Girl
1935
Tiger Rose
1929
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
Gala Day at Disneyland
1960
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
2006
One Night In Lisbon
1941
Girls Gone Wild
1929
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
1952
The Shaggy Dog Kids
2006