Fred MacMurray
Born August 30, 1908 (Age: 117)
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Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Biography
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. 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.
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.
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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Filmography
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
2006
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 97
The Shaggy Dog Kids
2006
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 97
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 88
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 82
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 82
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 79
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
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as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
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Age: 73
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
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as Self
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Age: 70
The Swarm
1978
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as Maj. Clarance Tuttle
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Age: 69
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978
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as Self
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Age: 69
No Image
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
1977
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as
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Age: 69
The Chadwick Family
1974
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as Ned Chadwick
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Age: 65
Charley and the Angel
1973
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as Charley Appleby
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Age: 64
Kisses for My President
1964
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as Thad McCloud
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Age: 55
Son of Flubber
1963
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as Ned Brainard
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Age: 54
Bon Voyage!
1962
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as Harry Willard
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Age: 53
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
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as Ned Brainard
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Age: 52
The Apartment
1960
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as Jeff D. Sheldrake
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Age: 51
Gala Day at Disneyland
1960
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as Self
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Age: 51
The Oregon Trail
1959
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as Neal Harris
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Age: 51
Disneyland '59
1959
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as Self
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Age: 50
Face of a Fugitive
1959
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as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
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Age: 50
The Shaggy Dog
1959
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as Wilson Daniels
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Age: 50
Good Day for a Hanging
1959
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as Marshal Ben Cutler
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Age: 50
Day of the Badman
1958
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as Judge Jim Scott
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Age: 49
Gun for a Coward
1956
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as Will Keough
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Age: 48
No Image
It's a Most Unusual Day
1956
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as Peter Terrance
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Age: 47
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
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as Clifford Groves
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Age: 47
At Gunpoint
1955
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as Jack Wright
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Age: 47
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
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as Thomas "Tom" Ransome
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Age: 47
The Far Horizons
1955
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as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
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Age: 46
Woman's World
1954
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as Sid Burns
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Age: 46
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
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as Self
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Age: 46
Pushover
1954
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as Paul Sheridan
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Age: 45
The Caine Mutiny
1954
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as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
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Age: 45
The Moonlighter
1953
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as Wes Anderson
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Age: 45
Fair Wind to Java
1953
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as Captain Boll
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Age: 44
Never a Dull Moment
1950
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as Chris Hayward
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Age: 41
Borderline
1950
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as Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
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Age: 41
Pardon My Past
1945
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as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
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Age: 37
Murder, He Says
1945
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as Pete Marshall
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Age: 36
Captain Eddie
1945
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as Eddie Rickenbacker
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Age: 36
Where Do We Go from Here?
1945
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as Bill Morgan
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Age: 36
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
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as Self
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Age: 34
The Forest Rangers
1942
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as Don Stuart
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Age: 34
Take a Letter, Darling
1942
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as Tom Verney
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Age: 33
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
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as Frank
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Age: 33
The Lady Is Willing
1942
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as Corey McBain
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Age: 33
New York Town
1941
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as Victor Ballard
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Age: 33
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 33
Dive Bomber
1941
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as Joe Blake
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Age: 33
One Night In Lisbon
1941
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as Dwight Houston
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Age: 32
Virginia
1941
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as Stonewall Elliott
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Age: 32