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Fred MacMurray

Acting Born Aug 30, 1908 Kankakee, Illinois, USA 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show

My Three Sons

as Steve Douglas
Film

Fantastic Mr. Fox

as Self
Film

The Apartment

as Jeff D. Sheldrake

Full filmography

  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show
  • My Three Sons (1960) as Steve Douglas
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • The Jack Benny Program (1950) as Fred MacMurray
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self
  • People's Choice Awards (1975) as Self - Presenter
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
  • The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self
  • Dinah! (1974) as Self
  • The Bob Hope Show (1950) as Self
  • The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) as Peterson
  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) as Self
  • This Is Your Life (1952) as Self
  • December Bride (1954)
  • The Hollywood Palace (1964) as Self - Host
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Self
  • The Apartment (1960) as Jeff D. Sheldrake
  • Screen Director's Playhouse (1955) as Peter Terrance
  • The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
  • The George Gobel Show (1954) as Fred MacMurray
  • The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage)
  • The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Self