About
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...
Known for
My Three SonsSeries • 1960
The Jack Benny ProgramSeries • 1950
December BrideSeries • 1954
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955
The ApartmentMovie • 1960
Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries • 1955
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1954
Double IndemnityMovie • 1944
The SwarmMovie • 1978
The Caine MutinyMovie • 1954
The Absent-Minded ProfessorMovie • 1961
The Happiest MillionaireMovie • 1967
The Shaggy DogMovie • 1959
PushoverMovie • 1954
Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidMovie • 1982
Remember the NightMovie • 1940
The Trail of the Lonesome PineMovie • 1936
There's Always TomorrowMovie • 1956
Alice AdamsMovie • 1935
The Egg and IMovie • 1947
Son of FlubberMovie • 1963
No Time for LoveMovie • 1943
Face of a FugitiveMovie • 1959
Woman's WorldMovie • 1954