Fred MacMurray
ActingFred 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.
Known For
The Apartment
Jeff D. Sheldrake
Double Indemnity
Walter Neff
The Caine Mutiny
Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
The Swarm
Maj. Clarance Tuttle
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
The Absent-Minded Professor
Ned Brainard
Son of Flubber
Ned Brainard
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
The Far Horizons
Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
Filmography — Acting
The Apartment
Jeff D. Sheldrake
Double Indemnity
Walter Neff
The Caine Mutiny
Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
The Swarm
Maj. Clarance Tuttle
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
The Absent-Minded Professor
Ned Brainard
Son of Flubber
Ned Brainard
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
The Far Horizons
Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
The Gilded Lily
Peter Dawes
Joys
Self
Pushover
Paul Sheridan
The Shaggy Dog
Wilson Daniels
The Miracle of the Bells
William 'Bill' Dunnigan
Remember the Night
Jack Sargent
There's Always Tomorrow
Clifford Groves
Follow Me, Boys!
Lemuel Siddons
On Our Merry Way
Al
The Egg and I
Bob MacDonald
Singapore
Matt Gordon
The Happiest Millionaire
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage)
At Gunpoint
Jack Wright
The Chadwick Family
Ned Chadwick
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
Day of the Badman
Judge Jim Scott
Above Suspicion
Richard Myles
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
The Texas Rangers
Jim Hawkins
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
Alice Adams
Arthur Russell
Good Day for a Hanging
Marshal Ben Cutler
Woman's World
Sid Burns
Hands Across the Table
Theodore Drew III
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Jack Hale
Borderline
Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
Swing High, Swing Low
Skid Johnson
Callaway Went Thataway
Mike Frye
The Oregon Trail
Neal Harris
The Rains of Ranchipur
Thomas "Tom" Ransome
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
Captain Eddie
Eddie Rickenbacker
Exclusive
Ralph Houston
Kisses for My President
Thad McCloud
Father Was a Fullback
George Cooper
Gun for a Coward
Will Keough
True Confession
Kenneth Bartlett
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
Take a Letter, Darling
Tom Verney
Face of a Fugitive
Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
Charley and the Angel
Charley Appleby
Disneyland '59
Self
Show-Business at War
Self
The Princess Comes Across
King Mantell
Smoky
Clint Barkley
The Forest Rangers
Don Stuart
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
Harry Ballinger
Rangers of Fortune
Gil Farra
New York Town
Victor Ballard
No Time for Love
Jim Ryan
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
Dive Bomber
Joe Blake
Sing, You Sinners
David Beebe
13 Hours by Air
Jack Gordon
The Bride Comes Home
Cyrus Anderson
Quantez
Gentry
Champagne Waltz
Buzzy Bellew
An Innocent Affair
Vincent Doane
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Self (archive footage)
Bon Voyage!
Harry Willard
Honeymoon in Bali
Bill Burnett
And the Angels Sing
Happy Morgan
Family Honeymoon
Grant Jordan
Inside 'the Swarm'
Self
The Lady Is Willing
Corey McBain
Standing Room Only
Lee Stevens
Star Spangled Rhythm
Frank
Little Old New York
Charles Brownne
Fair Wind to Java
Captain Boll
Too Many Husbands
Bill Cardew
Men with Wings
Pat Falconer
Murder, He Says
Pete Marshall
Cafe Society
Crick O'Bannon
Where Do We Go from Here?
Bill Morgan
Flight for Freedom
Randy Britton
Practically Yours
Daniel Bellamy
A Millionaire for Christy
Peter Ulysses Lockwood
Car 99
Trooper Ross Martin
Never a Dull Moment
Chris Hayward
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Self (uncredited)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self
Maid of Salem
Roger Coverman
Cocoanut Grove
Johnny Prentice
Grand Old Girl
Sandy
The Moonlighter
Wes Anderson
Suddenly It's Spring
Peter Morely
Gala Day at Disneyland
Self
Men Without Names
Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
Inside 'The Apartment'
Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
Self (archive footage)
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
Pardon My Past
Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
Tiger Rose
Rancher
One Night In Lisbon
Dwight Houston
Invitation to Happiness
Albert 'King' Cole
The Shaggy Dog Kids
Self (archive footage)
Girls Gone Wild
Extra (uncredited)
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
Self - Presenter
Virginia
Stonewall Elliott
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)