Fred MacMurray

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    Fred Mac Murray, Frederick Martin MacMurray, Fredrick Martin "Fred" MacMurray

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1908-08-30
  • event Death Date 1991-11-05
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 8.5
  • info Birth Place Kankakee, Illinois, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Fred MacMurray

8.3

The Apartment

1960-06-21

8.1

Double Indemnity

1944-07-06

7.2

The Caine Mutiny

1954-06-24

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Inside 'The Apartment'

2008-01-06

6.3

The Movie Orgy

1968-01-01

6.4

Pushover

1954-07-14

6.2

The Princess Comes Across

1936-05-22

6.8

Hands Across the Table

1935-10-18

6.7

No Time for Love

1943-04-09

6.8

The Happiest Millionaire

1967-11-30

6.7

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982-05-21

6.4

Above Suspicion

1943-05-31

6.5

Follow Me, Boys!

1966-12-01

7.4

Remember the Night

1940-01-19

7

The Egg and I

1947-05-01

6.2

Good Day for a Hanging

1959-01-01

6.1

The Miracle of the Bells

1948-03-27

7.1

There's Always Tomorrow

1956-01-08

6.6

Alice Adams

1935-08-23

6.2

The Shaggy Dog

1959-03-19

5.4

Face of a Fugitive

1959-05-01

5.5

Borderline

1950-03-01

4.9

The Rains of Ranchipur

1955-12-14

6.3

Dive Bomber

1941-01-01

4.9

The Swarm

1978-07-14

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The Shaggy Dog Kids

2006-03-07

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Fred MacMurray: With Fondness

2006-03-07

6.5

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961-03-16

6.3

The Texas Rangers

1936-08-28

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Invitation to Happiness

1939-06-07

5.9

Son of Flubber

1963-01-16

7.7

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004-07-28

6.9

The Lady Is Willing

1942-02-12

5.7

Singapore

1947-08-13

5.5

On Our Merry Way

1948-02-03

6.4

The Gilded Lily

1935-01-25

5.9

Maid of Salem

1937-02-12

6.3

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936-03-13

6.2

The Far Horizons

1955-07-04

5.6

Gun for a Coward

1956-12-30

5.7

Family Honeymoon

1948-12-06

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New York Town

1941-10-31

6.2

Honeymoon in Bali

1939-09-29

5.1

Swing High, Swing Low

1937-03-12

6.5

Take a Letter, Darling

1942-05-06

5.4

Bon Voyage!

1962-05-17

5.2

Charley and the Angel

1973-03-23

6.3

Too Many Husbands

1940-04-03

5.9

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942-03-05

6

Father Was a Fullback

1949-09-30

4.8

The Bride Comes Home

1935-12-25

6.3

At Gunpoint

1955-12-25

6.6

Murder, He Says

1945-06-23

10

Inside 'the Swarm'

1978-01-01

6

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

1988-05-16

6.7

Sing, You Sinners

1938-09-02

5.7

The Moonlighter

1953-09-19

7.1

Woman's World

1954-09-30

5.8

True Confession

1937-12-24

5.5

Quantez

1957-09-06

5.2

Flight for Freedom

1943-04-14

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The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

1943-09-09

3.8

Suddenly It's Spring

1947-02-13

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Practically Yours

1944-12-20

6.4

A Millionaire for Christy

1951-09-02

6.5

Grand Old Girl

1935-01-15

7

Kisses for My President

1964-08-21

7

Pardon My Past

1945-12-24

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Standing Room Only

1944-01-07

5.2

Smoky

1946-06-26

4

Little Old New York

1940-02-09

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Virginia

1941-01-28

6

Exclusive

1937-08-06

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Cocoanut Grove

1938-05-20

5

Men with Wings

1938-07-16

4.7

An Innocent Affair

1948-10-15

7.8

And the Angels Sing

1944-04-25

5

Car 99

1935-03-02

4.6

13 Hours by Air

1936-04-30

5.3

Where Do We Go from Here?

1945-05-23

4.9

Fair Wind to Java

1953-01-28

5.3

The Oregon Trail

1959-08-31

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Tiger Rose

1929-12-21

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The Forest Rangers

1942-10-21

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Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

1996-12-17

6

Cafe Society

1939-03-03

5.2

Callaway Went Thataway

1951-11-15

5.4

Never a Dull Moment

1950-08-19

6

Men Without Names

1935-06-29

6.5

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990-09-10

4.8

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

1975-11-06

5

Rangers of Fortune

1940-09-27

5

Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing

1952-01-01

0

One Night In Lisbon

1941-06-13

6

Captain Eddie

1945-06-18

0

Champagne Waltz

1937-02-05

0

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

1941-10-02

0

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

1978-09-13

6.5

Day of the Badman

1958-01-29

5.7

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991-07-15

4

Joys

1976-03-05

7

Show-Business at War

1943-05-21

6

The Chadwick Family

1974-04-17

8

This Is Bob Hope...

2017-12-29

8

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954-09-28

6

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936-09-11

5.4

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1985-03-03

6

Gala Day at Disneyland

1960-01-21

6.5

Disneyland '59

1959-06-15

6

Breakdowns of 1942

1942-12-31

0

Shadows of Suspense

2006-08-22

5.5

December Bride

1954-10-04

7

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950-09-10

6.5

My Three Sons

1960-09-29

8.8

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957-11-06

5.5

General Electric Theater

1953-02-01

4.5

The Hollywood Palace

1964-01-04

6.4

This Is Your Life

1952-10-01

4

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956-10-05

4.5

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973-04-02

4

The Steve Allen Show

1956-06-24

7

The Oscars

1953-03-19

3.5

Tony Orlando and Dawn

1974-12-04

6

The George Gobel Show

1954-10-02

5.5

General Electric Theater

1953-02-01

6

Dinah!

1974-10-21

7

The Bob Hope Show

1950-04-09

6.6

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

8.8

People's Choice Awards

1975-03-04

4.2

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955-10-05

5.5

Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954-10-27

6

The George Gobel Show

1954-10-02

6.6

What's My Line?

1950-02-02

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954-10-27

6.5

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955-10-05

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