Fred MacMurray

Personal Info

Birthday

August 30, 1908

Day of Death

1991-11-05

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Kankakee, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Fred Mac Murray

Frederick Martin MacMurray

Fredrick Martin "Fred" MacMurray

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.

Known For

My Three Sons

Murder, He Says

Fair Wind to Java

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The Apartment

Father Was a Fullback

Filmography

2017
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
as Self (archive footage)
The Shaggy Dog Kids
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
1996
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
1986
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
as Self
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
1978
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
The Swarm
as Maj. Clarance Tuttle
Inside 'the Swarm'
as Self
1976
Joys
as Self
1975
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
as Harry Ballinger
1974
The Chadwick Family
as Ned Chadwick
1973
Charley and the Angel
as Charley Appleby
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1967
The Happiest Millionaire
as Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
1966
Follow Me, Boys!
as Lemuel Siddons
1964
Kisses for My President
as Thad McCloud
1963
Son of Flubber
as Ned Brainard
1962
Bon Voyage!
as Harry Willard
1961
The Absent-Minded Professor
as Ned Brainard
1960
The Apartment
as Jeff D. Sheldrake
Gala Day at Disneyland
as Self
1959
The Oregon Trail
as Neal Harris
Disneyland '59
as Self
Face of a Fugitive
as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
The Shaggy Dog
as Wilson Daniels
Good Day for a Hanging
as Marshal Ben Cutler
1958
Day of the Badman
as Judge Jim Scott
1957
Quantez
as Gentry
1956
Gun for a Coward
as Will Keough
It's a Most Unusual Day
as Peter Terrance
There's Always Tomorrow
as Clifford Groves
1955
At Gunpoint
as Jack Wright
The Rains of Ranchipur
as Thomas "Tom" Ransome
The Far Horizons
as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
1954
Woman's World
as Sid Burns
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
Pushover
as Paul Sheridan
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
1953
The Moonlighter
as Wes Anderson
Fair Wind to Java
as Captain Boll
1952
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
as Self - Presenter
1951
Callaway Went Thataway
as Mike Frye
A Millionaire for Christy
as Peter Ulysses Lockwood
1950
Never a Dull Moment
as Chris Hayward
Borderline
as Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
1949
Father Was a Fullback
as George Cooper
1948
Family Honeymoon
as Grant Jordan
An Innocent Affair
as Vincent Doane
The Miracle of the Bells
as William 'Bill' Dunnigan
On Our Merry Way
as Al
1947
Singapore
as Matt Gordon
The Egg and I
as Bob MacDonald
Suddenly It's Spring
as Peter Morely
1946
Smoky
as Clint Barkley
1945
Pardon My Past
as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
Murder, He Says
as Pete Marshall
Captain Eddie
as Eddie Rickenbacker
Where Do We Go from Here?
as Bill Morgan
1944
Practically Yours
as Daniel Bellamy
Double Indemnity
as Walter Neff
And the Angels Sing
as Happy Morgan
Standing Room Only
as Lee Stevens
1943
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
as Richard Myles
Show-Business at War
as Self
Flight for Freedom
as Randy Britton
No Time for Love
as Jim Ryan
1942
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
The Forest Rangers
as Don Stuart
Take a Letter, Darling
as Tom Verney
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Frank
The Lady Is Willing
as Corey McBain
1941
New York Town
as Victor Ballard
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Himself
Dive Bomber
as Joe Blake
One Night In Lisbon
as Dwight Houston
Virginia
as Stonewall Elliott
1940
Rangers of Fortune
as Gil Farra
Too Many Husbands
as Bill Cardew
Little Old New York
as Charles Brownne
Remember the Night
as Jack Sargent
1939
Honeymoon in Bali
as Bill Burnett
Invitation to Happiness
as Albert 'King' Cole
Cafe Society
as Crick O'Bannon
1938
Sing, You Sinners
as David Beebe
Men with Wings
as Pat Falconer
Cocoanut Grove
as Johnny Prentice
1937
True Confession
as Kenneth Bartlett
Exclusive
as Ralph Houston
Swing High, Swing Low
as Skid Johnson
Maid of Salem
as Roger Coverman
Champagne Waltz
as Buzzy Bellew
1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
The Texas Rangers
as Jim Hawkins
The Princess Comes Across
as King Mantell
13 Hours by Air
as Jack Gordon
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Jack Hale
1935
The Bride Comes Home
as Cyrus Anderson
Hands Across the Table
as Theodore Drew III
Alice Adams
as Arthur Russell
Men Without Names
as Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
Car 99
as Trooper Ross Martin
The Gilded Lily
as Peter Dawes
Grand Old Girl
as Sandy
1929
Tiger Rose
as Rancher