Fred MacMurray

Acting

August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991 (died at 83)

Kankakee, Illinois, USA

Male

113 Movies

28 TV Shows

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.

Double Indemnity

1944 8.1

as Walter Neff

Age 35 (now 83)

The Apartment

1960 8.2

as Jeff D. Sheldrake

Age 51 (now 83)

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961 6.5

as Ned Brainard

Age 52 (now 83)

The Caine Mutiny

1954 7.2

as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer

Age 45 (now 83)

Remember the Night

1940 7.3

as Jack Sargent

Age 31 (now 83)

The Shaggy Dog

1959 6.2

as Wilson Daniels

Age 50 (now 83)

There's Always Tomorrow

1956 7.2

as Clifford Groves

Age 47 (now 83)

Pushover

1954 6.5

as Paul Sheridan

Age 45 (now 83)

Son of Flubber

1963 6.1

as Ned Brainard

Age 54 (now 83)

The Happiest Millionaire

1967 6.9

as Anthony Biddle

Age 59 (now 83)

Alice Adams

1935 6.7

as Arthur Russell

Age 26 (now 83)

My Three Sons

1960 6.6

as Steve Douglas

Age 52 (now 83) 380 eps

380 eps

The Egg and I

1947 7.1

as Bob MacDonald

Age 38 (now 83)

Murder, He Says

1945 6.8

as Pete Marshall

Age 36 (now 83)

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936 6.5

as Jack Hale

Age 27 (now 83)

Follow Me, Boys!

1966 6.7

as Lemuel Siddons

Age 58 (now 83)

This Is Bob Hope...

2017 8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Age 109 (now 83)

Inside 'The Apartment'

2008

as Self (archive footage)

Age 99 (now 83)

Fred MacMurray: With Fondness

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Age 97 (now 83)

The Shaggy Dog Kids

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Age 97 (now 83)

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

1996 7.0

as Self (archive footage)

Age 88 (now 83)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991 6.5

as Self (archive footage)

Age 82 (now 83)

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990 6.8

as Self (archive footage)

Age 82 (now 83)

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

1988 6.0

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Age 79 (now 83)

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

1986 6.0

as Self (uncredited)

Age 78 (now 83)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982 6.7

as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)

Age 73 (now 83)

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

1978 7.0

as Self

Age 70 (now 83)

The Swarm

1978 5.0

as Maj. Clarance Tuttle

Age 69 (now 83)

Inside 'the Swarm'

1978 8.0

as Self

Age 69 (now 83)

A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons

1977

Age 69 (now 83)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

as Self (archive footage)

Age 68 (now 83)

Joys

1976 6.0

as Self

Age 67 (now 83)

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

1975 5.0

as Harry Ballinger

Age 67 (now 83)

The Chadwick Family

1974 6.5

as Ned Chadwick

Age 65 (now 83)

Charley and the Angel

1973 5.6

as Charley Appleby

Age 64 (now 83)

The Movie Orgy

1968 6.6

as Self (archive footage)

Age 59 (now 83)

The Happiest Millionaire

1967 6.9

as Anthony Biddle

Age 59 (now 83)

Follow Me, Boys!

1966 6.7

as Lemuel Siddons

Age 58 (now 83)

Kisses for My President

1964 7.6

as Thad McCloud

Age 55 (now 83)

Son of Flubber

1963 6.1

as Ned Brainard

Age 54 (now 83)

Bon Voyage!

1962 5.6

as Harry Willard

Age 53 (now 83)

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961 6.5

as Ned Brainard

Age 52 (now 83)

The Apartment

1960 8.2

as Jeff D. Sheldrake

Age 51 (now 83)

Gala Day at Disneyland

1960 8.0

as Self

Age 51 (now 83)

The Oregon Trail

1959 5.7

as Neal Harris

Age 51 (now 83)

Disneyland '59

1959 7.3

as Self

Age 50 (now 83)

Face of a Fugitive

1959 5.7

as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)

Age 50 (now 83)

The Shaggy Dog

1959 6.2

as Wilson Daniels

Age 50 (now 83)

Good Day for a Hanging

1959 6.4

as Marshal Ben Cutler

Age 50 (now 83)

Day of the Badman

1958 6.8

as Judge Jim Scott

Age 49 (now 83)

Quantez

1957 5.8

as Gentry

Age 49 (now 83)

Gun for a Coward

1956 6.0

as Will Keough

Age 48 (now 83)

There's Always Tomorrow

1956 7.2

as Clifford Groves

Age 47 (now 83)

At Gunpoint

1955 6.7

as Jack Wright

Age 47 (now 83)

The Rains of Ranchipur

1955 5.4

as Thomas "Tom" Ransome

Age 47 (now 83)

The Far Horizons

1955 6.3

as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis

Age 46 (now 83)

Woman's World

1954 7.2

as Sid Burns

Age 46 (now 83)

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954 8.0

as Self

Age 46 (now 83)

Pushover

1954 6.5

as Paul Sheridan

Age 45 (now 83)

The Caine Mutiny

1954 7.2

as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer

Age 45 (now 83)

The Moonlighter

1953 6.0

as Wes Anderson

Age 45 (now 83)

Fair Wind to Java

1953 5.6

as Captain Boll

Age 44 (now 83)

Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing

1952 5.0

as Self - Presenter

Age 43 (now 83)

Callaway Went Thataway

1951 5.6

as Mike Frye

Age 43 (now 83)

A Millionaire for Christy

1951 7.0

as Peter Ulysses Lockwood

Age 43 (now 83)

Never a Dull Moment

1950 6.1

as Chris Hayward

Age 41 (now 83)

Borderline

1950 5.6

as Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin

Age 41 (now 83)

Father Was a Fullback

1949 6.5

as George Cooper

Age 41 (now 83)

Family Honeymoon

1948 6.3

as Grant Jordan

Age 40 (now 83)

An Innocent Affair

1948 4.8

as Vincent Doane

Age 40 (now 83)

The Miracle of the Bells

1948 6.1

as William 'Bill' Dunnigan

Age 39 (now 83)

On Our Merry Way

1948 5.7

as Al

Age 39 (now 83)

Singapore

1947 6.1

as Matt Gordon

Age 38 (now 83)

The Egg and I

1947 7.1

as Bob MacDonald

Age 38 (now 83)

Suddenly It's Spring

1947 4.3

as Peter Morely

Age 38 (now 83)

Smoky

1946 5.7

as Clint Barkley

Age 37 (now 83)

Pardon My Past

1945 6.7

as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton

Age 37 (now 83)

Pardon My Past

1945 6.7

Producer

Age 37 (now 83)

Murder, He Says

1945 6.8

as Pete Marshall

Age 36 (now 83)

Captain Eddie

1945 7.3

as Eddie Rickenbacker

Age 36 (now 83)

Where Do We Go from Here?

1945 5.4

as Bill Morgan

Age 36 (now 83)

Practically Yours

1944 7.0

as Daniel Bellamy

Age 36 (now 83)

Double Indemnity

1944 8.1

as Walter Neff

Age 35 (now 83)

And the Angels Sing

1944 7.3

as Happy Morgan

Age 35 (now 83)

Standing Room Only

1944 5.7

as Lee Stevens

Age 35 (now 83)

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

1943 8.5

as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)

Age 35 (now 83)

Above Suspicion

1943 6.2

as Richard Myles

Age 34 (now 83)

Show-Business at War

1943 7.0

as Self

Age 34 (now 83)

Flight for Freedom

1943 5.8

as Randy Britton

Age 34 (now 83)

No Time for Love

1943 7.0

as Jim Ryan

Age 34 (now 83)

Breakdowns of 1942

1942 6.0

as Self

Age 34 (now 83)

The Forest Rangers

1942 9.0

as Don Stuart

Age 34 (now 83)

Take a Letter, Darling

1942 6.6

as Tom Verney

Age 33 (now 83)

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942 6.2

as Frank

Age 33 (now 83)

The Lady Is Willing

1942 6.5

as Corey McBain

Age 33 (now 83)

New York Town

1941 8.5

as Victor Ballard

Age 33 (now 83)

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

1941 7.0

as Self (uncredited)

Age 33 (now 83)

Dive Bomber

1941 6.5

as Joe Blake

Age 32 (now 83)

One Night In Lisbon

1941 7.0

as Dwight Houston

Age 32 (now 83)

Virginia

1941 9.0

as Stonewall Elliott

Age 32 (now 83)

Rangers of Fortune

1940 6.5

as Gil Farra

Age 32 (now 83)

Too Many Husbands

1940 6.5

as Bill Cardew

Age 31 (now 83)

Little Old New York

1940 5.0

as Charles Brownne

Age 31 (now 83)

Remember the Night

1940 7.3

as Jack Sargent

Age 31 (now 83)

Honeymoon in Bali

1939 7.5

as Bill Burnett

Age 31 (now 83)

Invitation to Happiness

1939 7.0

as Albert 'King' Cole

Age 30 (now 83)

Cafe Society

1939 7.5

as Crick O'Bannon

Age 30 (now 83)

Sing, You Sinners

1938 7.1

as David Beebe

Age 30 (now 83)

Men with Wings

1938 5.4

as Pat Falconer

Age 29 (now 83)

Cocoanut Grove

1938 9.0

as Johnny Prentice

Age 29 (now 83)

True Confession

1937 6.1

as Kenneth Bartlett

Age 29 (now 83)

Exclusive

1937 7.0

as Ralph Houston

Age 28 (now 83)

Swing High, Swing Low

1937 5.4

as Skid Johnson

Age 28 (now 83)

Maid of Salem

1937 6.2

as Roger Coverman

Age 28 (now 83)

Champagne Waltz

1937 10.0

as Buzzy Bellew

Age 28 (now 83)

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936 6.0

as Self

Age 28 (now 83)

The Texas Rangers

1936 6.6

as Jim Hawkins

Age 27 (now 83)

The Princess Comes Across

1936 6.3

as King Mantell

Age 27 (now 83)

13 Hours by Air

1936 5.3

as Jack Gordon

Age 27 (now 83)

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936 6.5

as Jack Hale

Age 27 (now 83)

The Bride Comes Home

1935 5.1

as Cyrus Anderson

Age 27 (now 83)

Hands Across the Table

1935 7.0

as Theodore Drew III

Age 27 (now 83)

Alice Adams

1935 6.7

as Arthur Russell

Age 26 (now 83)

Men Without Names

1935 6.3

as Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood

Age 26 (now 83)

Car 99

1935 7.5

as Trooper Ross Martin

Age 26 (now 83)

The Gilded Lily

1935 6.7

as Peter Dawes

Age 26 (now 83)

Grand Old Girl

1935 7.0

as Sandy

Age 26 (now 83)

Tiger Rose

1929 7.0

as Rancher

Age 21 (now 83)

Girls Gone Wild

1929 9.0

as Extra (uncredited)

Age 20 (now 83)