
Fred MacMurray
Born August 30, 1908 · Kankakee, 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

The Apartment

Double Indemnity

The Swarm

The Absent-Minded Professor

The Caine Mutiny

Pushover

The Movie Orgy

The Happiest Millionaire

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Remember the Night

The Shaggy Dog

Pardon My Past

Son of Flubber

The Egg and I

Bon Voyage!

There's Always Tomorrow

Follow Me, Boys!
TV Shows

People's Choice Awards

The Steve Allen Show

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Dinah!

The Bob Hope Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Jack Benny Program

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

This Is Your Life

The 20th Century Fox Hour

December Bride

Screen Director's Playhouse

The Hollywood Palace

The Wonderful World of Disney

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Tony Orlando and Dawn

General Electric Theater
More Movies

Dive Bomber

Quantez

No Time for Love

The Far Horizons

Joys

Good Day for a Hanging

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Breakdowns of 1942

Face of a Fugitive

Anthony Quinn: An Original

The Princess Comes Across

The Forest Rangers

The Texas Rangers

Gun for a Coward

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Charley and the Angel

Family Honeymoon

The Miracle of the Bells

On Our Merry Way

Above Suspicion

Alice Adams

Borderline

Star Spangled Rhythm

Singapore

Too Many Husbands

Champagne Waltz

Day of the Badman

Invitation to Happiness

And the Angels Sing

An Innocent Affair

The Rains of Ranchipur

Woman's World

At Gunpoint

The Lady Is Willing

Swing High, Swing Low

This Is Bob Hope...

New York Town

Hands Across the Table

Men Without Names

Cafe Society

Maid of Salem

Inside 'the Swarm'

13 Hours by Air

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Men with Wings

Callaway Went Thataway

Never a Dull Moment

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

The Gilded Lily

Disneyland '59

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

Little Old New York

Murder, He Says

True Confession

One Night In Lisbon

Take a Letter, Darling

The Bride Comes Home

Honeymoon in Bali

The Moonlighter

Where Do We Go from Here?

The Oregon Trail

Father Was a Fullback

Show-Business at War

Girls Gone Wild

The Shaggy Dog Kids

Flight for Freedom

A Millionaire for Christy

Inside 'The Apartment'

Smoky

Grand Old Girl

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Fair Wind to Java

Kisses for My President

Rangers of Fortune

Car 99

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

Captain Eddie

Fred MacMurray: With Fondness

Practically Yours

Exclusive

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

Cocoanut Grove

Standing Room Only

The Chadwick Family

Gala Day at Disneyland

Suddenly It's Spring

Tiger Rose

Virginia

Sing, You Sinners

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1




