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Fredric March

Acting Born Aug 31, 1897 Racine, Wisconsin, USA 24 credits

Biography

Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), as well as the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Years Ago (1947) and Long Day's Journey into Night (1956).

March is one of only two actors, the other being Helen Hayes, to have won both the Academy Award and the Tony Award twice.

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Full filmography

  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • MGM Parade (1955) as self
  • Omnibus (1952)
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Sam
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Captain Matt
  • Producers' Showcase (1954)
  • Lamp Unto My Feet (1948) as Albert Schweitzer (voice)
  • The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) as Al Stephenson
  • Mary of Scotland (1936) as Bothwell
  • Hombre (1967) as Dr. Alex Favor
  • It's a Big Country (1951) as Joe Esposito
  • Alexander the Great (1956) as Philip of Macedonia
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
  • Inherit the Wind (1960) as Matthew Harrison Brady
  • Seven Days in May (1964) as President Jordan Lyman
  • The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950) as Narrator (voice)
  • The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) as Rear Adm. George Tarrant
  • The Sign of the Cross (1932) as Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
  • Design for Living (1933) as Tom Chambers
  • A Christmas Carol (1954) as Ebenezer Scrooge
  • Les Misérables (1935) as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu