Fred MacMurray

Known for ActingBorn 1908-08-30Died 1991-11-05Kankakee, Illinois, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Champagne Waltz

The Forest Rangers

Virginia

Cocoanut Grove

Girls Gone Wild

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

People's Choice Awards

New York Town

This Is Bob Hope...

The Apartment

Inside 'the Swarm'

Gala Day at Disneyland

Double Indemnity

A Star Is Born World Premiere

The Wonderful World of Disney

The George Gobel Show

The Jack Benny Program

Kisses for My President

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

Honeymoon in Bali

Cafe Society

Disneyland '59

Car 99

The Caine Mutiny

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

There's Always Tomorrow

Woman's World

And the Angels Sing

Dinah!

Remember the Night

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Captain Eddie

The Oscars

What's My Line?

Screen Director's Playhouse

A Millionaire for Christy

The Bob Hope Show

The Movie Orgy

Day of the Badman

The Happiest Millionaire

The Egg and I

Practically Yours

Golden Globe Awards

No Time for Love

Show-Business at War

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

One Night In Lisbon

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1