Acting · Kankakee, Illinois, USA · Born August 30, 1908
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 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), he and fellow GI William Demarest are moving to Beaver Dam, WI to start a mink farm.
MovieThis Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieInside 'The Apartment'
2008
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Shaggy Dog Kids
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFred MacMurray: With Fondness
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBarbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAnthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
as Self (uncredited)
MovieDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
MovieNBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
as Self
MovieThe Swarm
1978
as Maj. Clarance Tuttle
MovieInside 'the Swarm'
1978
as Self
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
1977
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJoys
1976
as Self
MovieBeyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975
as Harry Ballinger
TVPeople's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
TVTony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
MovieThe Chadwick Family
1974
as Ned Chadwick
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MovieCharley and the Angel
1973
as Charley Appleby
MovieThe Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Happiest Millionaire
1967
as Anthony Biddle
MovieFollow Me, Boys!
1966
as Lemuel Siddons
MovieKisses for My President
1964
as Thad McCloud
TVThe Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self - Host
MovieSon of Flubber
1963
as Ned Brainard
MovieBon Voyage!
1962
as Harry Willard
MovieThe Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as Ned Brainard
TVMy Three Sons
1960
as Steve Douglas
MovieThe Apartment
1960
as Jeff D. Sheldrake
MovieGala Day at Disneyland
1960
as Self
MovieThe Oregon Trail
1959
as Neal Harris
MovieDisneyland '59
1959
as Self
MovieFace of a Fugitive
1959
as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
MovieThe Shaggy Dog
1959
as Wilson Daniels
MovieGood Day for a Hanging
1959
as Marshal Ben Cutler
MovieDay of the Badman
1958
as Judge Jim Scott
TVThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
as Fred MacMurray
MovieQuantez
1957
as Gentry
MovieGun for a Coward
1956
as Will Keough
TVThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
MovieThere's Always Tomorrow
1956
as Clifford Groves
MovieAt Gunpoint
1955
as Jack Wright
MovieThe Rains of Ranchipur
1955
as Thomas "Tom" Ransome
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Peterson
TVScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Peter Terrance
MovieThe Far Horizons
1955
as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage)
TVDecember Bride
1954
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
MovieWoman's World
1954
as Sid Burns
MovieA Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
MoviePushover
1954
as Paul Sheridan
MovieThe Caine Mutiny
1954
as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
MovieThe Moonlighter
1953
as Wes Anderson
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Richard Elgin
MovieFair Wind to Java
1953
as Captain Boll
TVThis Is Your Life
1952
as Self
MovieAtomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
1952
as Self - Presenter
MovieCallaway Went Thataway
1951
as Mike Frye
MovieA Millionaire for Christy
1951
as Peter Ulysses Lockwood
TVThe Jack Benny Program
1950
as Fred MacMurray
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Self
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MovieNever a Dull Moment
1950
as Chris Hayward
TVThe Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
MovieBorderline
1950
as Johnny Macklin
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieFather Was a Fullback
1949
as George Cooper
MovieFamily Honeymoon
1948
as Grant Jordan
MovieAn Innocent Affair
1948
as Vincent Doane
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieThe Miracle of the Bells
1948
as William 'Bill' Dunnigan
MovieOn Our Merry Way
1948
as Al
MovieSingapore
1947
as Matt Gordon
MovieThe Egg and I
1947
as Bob MacDonald
MovieSuddenly It's Spring
1947
as Peter Morely
MovieSmoky
1946
as Clint Barkley
MoviePardon My Past
1945
as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
MovieMurder, He Says
1945
as Pete Marshall
MovieCaptain Eddie
1945
as Eddie Rickenbacker
MovieWhere Do We Go from Here?
1945
as Bill Morgan
MoviePractically Yours
1944
as Daniel Bellamy
MovieDouble Indemnity
1944
as Walter Neff
MovieAnd the Angels Sing
1944
as Happy Morgan
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
MovieStanding Room Only
1944
as Lee Stevens
MovieThe Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943
as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
MovieAbove Suspicion
1943
as Richard Myles
MovieShow-Business at War
1943
as Self
MovieFlight for Freedom
1943
as Randy Britton
MovieNo Time for Love
1943
as Jim Ryan
MovieBreakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
MovieThe Forest Rangers
1942
as Don Stuart
MovieTake a Letter, Darling
1942
as Tom Verney
MovieStar Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Frank
MovieThe Lady Is Willing
1942
as Corey McBain
MovieNew York Town
1941
as Victor Ballard
MovieHedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
as Self (uncredited)
MovieDive Bomber
1941
as Joe Blake
MovieOne Night In Lisbon
1941
as Dwight Houston
MovieVirginia
1941
as Stonewall Elliott
MovieRangers of Fortune
1940
as Gil Farra
MovieToo Many Husbands
1940
as Bill Cardew
MovieLittle Old New York
1940
as Charles Brownne
MovieRemember the Night
1940
as Jack Sargent
MovieHoneymoon in Bali
1939
as Bill Burnett
MovieInvitation to Happiness
1939
as Albert 'King' Cole
MovieCafe Society
1939
as Crick O'Bannon
MovieSing, You Sinners
1938
as David Beebe
MovieMen with Wings
1938
as Pat Falconer
MovieCocoanut Grove
1938
as Johnny Prentice
MovieTrue Confession
1937
as Kenneth Bartlett
MovieExclusive
1937
as Ralph Houston
MovieSwing High, Swing Low
1937
as Skid Johnson
MovieMaid of Salem
1937
as Roger Coverman
MovieChampagne Waltz
1937
as Buzzy Bellew
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
MovieThe Texas Rangers
1936
as Jim Hawkins
MovieThe Princess Comes Across
1936
as King Mantell
Movie13 Hours by Air
1936
as Jack Gordon
MovieThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as Jack Hale
MovieThe Bride Comes Home
1935
as Cyrus Anderson
MovieHands Across the Table
1935
as Theodore Drew III
MovieAlice Adams
1935
as Arthur Russell
MovieMen Without Names
1935
as Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
MovieCar 99
1935
as Trooper Ross Martin
MovieThe Gilded Lily
1935
as Peter Dawes
MovieGrand Old Girl
1935
as Sandy
MovieTiger Rose
1929
as Rancher
MovieGirls Gone Wild
1929
as Extra (uncredited)
