Fred MacMurray
Biography
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.
Acting (109 movies)
The Apartment
1960
Double Indemnity
1944
The Caine Mutiny
1954
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008
The Movie Orgy
1968
Pushover
1954
The Princess Comes Across
1936
Hands Across the Table
1935
No Time for Love
1943
The Happiest Millionaire
1967
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
Above Suspicion
1943
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
Remember the Night
1940
The Egg and I
1947
Good Day for a Hanging
1959
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
Alice Adams
1935
The Shaggy Dog
1959
Face of a Fugitive
1959
Borderline
1950
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
Dive Bomber
1941
The Swarm
1978
The Shaggy Dog Kids
2006
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
2006
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
The Texas Rangers
1936
Invitation to Happiness
1939
Son of Flubber
1963
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
The Lady Is Willing
1942
Singapore
1947
On Our Merry Way
1948
The Gilded Lily
1935
Maid of Salem
1937
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
The Far Horizons
1955
Gun for a Coward
1956
Family Honeymoon
1948
New York Town
1941
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
Swing High, Swing Low
1937
Take a Letter, Darling
1942
Bon Voyage!
1962
Charley and the Angel
1973
Too Many Husbands
1940
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Father Was a Fullback
1949
The Bride Comes Home
1935
At Gunpoint
1955
Murder, He Says
1945
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Sing, You Sinners
1938
The Moonlighter
1953
Woman's World
1954
True Confession
1937
Quantez
1957
Flight for Freedom
1943
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943
Suddenly It's Spring
1947
Practically Yours
1944
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
Grand Old Girl
1935
Kisses for My President
1964
Pardon My Past
1945
Standing Room Only
1944
Smoky
1946
Little Old New York
1940
Virginia
1941
Exclusive
1937
Men with Wings
1938
Cocoanut Grove
1938
An Innocent Affair
1948
And the Angels Sing
1944
13 Hours by Air
1936
Car 99
1935
Where Do We Go from Here?
1945
Fair Wind to Java
1953
The Oregon Trail
1959
Tiger Rose
1929
The Forest Rangers
1942
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996
Cafe Society
1939
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
Men Without Names
1935
Never a Dull Moment
1950
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975
Rangers of Fortune
1940
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
1952
One Night In Lisbon
1941
Captain Eddie
1945
Champagne Waltz
1937
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
Day of the Badman
1958
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Pardon My Past | 1945 | Producer |