Fred MacMurray
Acting
Born: 1908-08-30 in Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show
My Three Sons
Steve Douglas
What's My Line?
Self
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self
Dinah!
Self
The Bob Hope Show
Self
The Jack Benny Program
Fred MacMurray
The Oscars
Self
This Is Your Life
Self
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Peterson
December Bride
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Host
The Apartment
Jeff D. Sheldrake
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
Wilson Daniels
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Fred MacMurray
Screen Director's Playhouse
Peter Terrance
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
Double Indemnity
Walter Neff
The Caine Mutiny
Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Pushover
Paul Sheridan
The Swarm
Clarence
General Electric Theater
Richard Elgin
General Electric Theater
Harry Wingate
The Absent-Minded Professor
Ned Brainard
There's Always Tomorrow
Clifford Groves
The Far Horizons
Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
Son of Flubber
Ned Brainard
The Shaggy Dog
Wilson Daniels