Fred MacMurray
Born to Maleta Martin and Frederick MacMurray (concert violinist). Fred sang and played in orchestras to earn tuition. He was educated at Carroll College, Wis. Fred 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.
Acted in
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Shadows of Suspense
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Shaggy Dog Kids
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
as Self
The Swarm
1978
as Maj. Clarance Tuttle
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978
as Self
Joys
1976
as Self
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975
as Harry Ballinger
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Chadwick Family
1974
as Ned Chadwick
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Charley and the Angel
1973
as Charley Appleby
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
The Happiest Millionaire
1967
as Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
as Lemuel Siddons
Kisses for My President
1964
as Thad McCloud
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self - Host
Son of Flubber
1963
as Ned Brainard
Bon Voyage!
1962
as Harry Willard
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as Ned Brainard
My Three Sons
1960
as Steve Douglas
The Apartment
1960
as Jeff D. Sheldrake
Gala Day at Disneyland
1960
as Self
The Oregon Trail
1959
as Neal Harris
Disneyland '59
1959
as Self
Face of a Fugitive
1959
as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
The Shaggy Dog
1959
as Wilson Daniels
Good Day for a Hanging
1959
as Marshal Ben Cutler
Day of the Badman
1958
as Judge Jim Scott
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
as Fred MacMurray
Quantez
1957
as Gentry
Gun for a Coward
1956
as Will Keough
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
It's a Most Unusual Day
1956
as Peter Terrance
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
as Clifford Groves
At Gunpoint
1955
as Jack Wright
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
as Thomas "Tom" Ransome
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Peterson
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Peter Terrance
The Far Horizons
1955
as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Self
December Bride
1954
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Fred MacMurray
Woman's World
1954
as Sid Burns
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
Pushover
1954
as Paul Sheridan
The Caine Mutiny
1954
as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
The Moonlighter
1953
as Wes Anderson
The Oscars
1953
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Richard Elgin
General Electric Theater
1953
as Harry Wingate
Fair Wind to Java
1953
as Captain Boll
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
1952
as Self - Presenter
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
as Mike Frye
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
as Peter Ulysses Lockwood
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Never a Dull Moment
1950
as Chris Hayward
Borderline
1950
as Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Father Was a Fullback
1949
as George Cooper
Family Honeymoon
1948
as Grant Jordan
An Innocent Affair
1948
as Vincent Doane
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
as William 'Bill' Dunnigan
On Our Merry Way
1948
as Al
Singapore
1947
as Matt Gordon
The Egg and I
1947
as Bob MacDonald
Suddenly It's Spring
1947
as Peter Morely
Smoky
1946
as Clint Barkley
Pardon My Past
1945
as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
Murder, He Says
1945
as Pete Marshall
Captain Eddie
1945
as Eddie Rickenbacker
Where Do We Go from Here?
1945
as Bill Morgan
Practically Yours
1944
as Daniel Bellamy
Double Indemnity
1944
as Walter Neff
And the Angels Sing
1944
as Happy Morgan
Standing Room Only
1944
as Lee Stevens
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943
as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
1943
as Richard Myles
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
Flight for Freedom
1943
as Randy Britton
No Time for Love
1943
as Jim Ryan
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
The Forest Rangers
1942
as Don Stuart
Take a Letter, Darling
1942
as Tom Verney
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Frank
The Lady Is Willing
1942
as Corey McBain
New York Town
1941
as Victor Ballard
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
as Himself
One Night In Lisbon
1941
as Dwight Houston
Virginia
1941
as Stonewall Elliott
Dive Bomber
1941
as Joe Blake
Rangers of Fortune
1940
as Gil Farra
Too Many Husbands
1940
as Bill Cardew
Little Old New York
1940
as Charles Brownne
Remember the Night
1940
as Jack Sargent
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
as Bill Burnett
Invitation to Happiness
1939
as Albert 'King' Cole
Cafe Society
1939
as Crick O'Bannon
Sing, You Sinners
1938
as David Beebe
Men with Wings
1938
as Pat Falconer
Cocoanut Grove
1938
as Johnny Prentice
True Confession
1937
as Kenneth Bartlett
Exclusive
1937
as Ralph Houston
Swing High, Swing Low
1937
as Skid Johnson
Maid of Salem
1937
as Roger Coverman
Champagne Waltz
1937
as Buzzy Bellew
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
The Texas Rangers
1936
as Jim Hawkins
The Princess Comes Across
1936
as King Mantell
13 Hours by Air
1936
as Jack Gordon
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as Jack Hale
The Bride Comes Home
1935
as Cyrus Anderson
Hands Across the Table
1935
as Theodore Drew III
Alice Adams
1935
as Arthur Russell
Men Without Names
1935
as Richard Hood
Car 99
1935
as Trooper Ross Martin
The Gilded Lily
1935
as Peter Dawes
Grand Old Girl
1935
as Sandy
Tiger Rose
1929
as Rancher