
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 |