
Fred MacMurray
0 FOLLOWERS • 54 CREDITS • AUG 30, 1908 - NOV 5, 1991 • 83
Biography
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.
Known For

The Ed Sullivan Show

Lux Video Theatre

General Electric Theater

What's My Line?

The Oscars

Golden Globe Awards

The Steve Allen Show

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Wonderful World of Disney

The 20th Century Fox Hour

December Bride

Tony Orlando and Dawn

The George Gobel Show

People's Choice Awards

The Movie Orgy

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

The Swarm

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

This Is Your Life

Star Spangled Rhythm

Cafe Society

Sing, You Sinners

Maid of Salem

Swing High, Swing Low

The Gilded Lily

The Bride Comes Home

Remember the Night

Virginia

Standing Room Only

The Princess Comes Across

Invitation to Happiness

True Confession

Suddenly It's Spring

And the Angels Sing

No Time for Love

My Three Sons

The Texas Rangers

Champagne Waltz

13 Hours by Air

Honeymoon in Bali

One Night In Lisbon

Murder, He Says

Car 99

Practically Yours

The Far Horizons

Men Without Names

Double Indemnity

The Forest Rangers

Men with Wings

New York Town

Rangers of Fortune

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

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