Fred MacMurray
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.
The Apartment
as Jeff D. SheldrakeBud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way...
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Double Indemnity
as Walter NeffA rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he...
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The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' KeeferWhen a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first...
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The Absent-Minded Professor
as Ned BrainardBumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible...
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Remember the Night
as Jack SargentUnexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist...
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The Swarm
as Maj. Clarance TuttleScientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost...
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no...
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The Shaggy Dog
as Wilson DanielsThrough an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at...
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop...
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Son of Flubber
as Ned BrainardBeleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery...
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The Egg and I
as Bob MacDonaldWorld War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and...
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The Far Horizons
as Cpt. Meriwether LewisVirginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from...
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Charley and the Angel
as Charley ApplebyCharley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he...
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Pushover
as Paul SheridanA police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
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Never a Dull Moment
as Chris HaywardKay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a...
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Above Suspicion
as Richard MylesTwo newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
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Hands Across the Table
as Theodore Drew IIIA manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.
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The Happiest Millionaire
as Anthony J. Drexel BiddleA happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of...
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The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels,...
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The Miracle of the Bells
as William 'Bill' DunniganThe body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that...
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Gun for a Coward
as Will KeoughA young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a...
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Alice Adams
as Arthur RussellIn the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but...
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Follow Me, Boys!
as Lemuel SiddonsLem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle...
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The Rains of Ranchipur
as Thomas "Tom" RansomeIndia. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls...
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Face of a Fugitive
as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)A man who was falsly accused for murder escapes the sheriffs and starts a new life in a town at...
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self (archive footage)Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
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Dive Bomber
as Joe BlakeA military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will...
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Good Day for a Hanging
as Marshal Ben CutlerAs a youth, Eddie came into the town with his gang to rob the bank, but was caught and...
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There's Always Tomorrow
as Clifford GrovesWhen a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to...
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Take a Letter, Darling
as Tom VerneyA struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working...
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Jack HaleA well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.
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Father Was a Fullback
as George CooperCoach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of...
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Day of the Badman
as Judge Jim ScottJudge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to...
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress...
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Woman's World
as Sid BurnsNeeding to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an...
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The Lady Is Willing
as Corey McBainBold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a...
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The Oregon Trail
as Neal HarrisIn 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory....
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Borderline
as Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny MacklinThe Los Angeles police know that Pete Ritchie has been bringing drugs into the city, but they...
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Invitation to Happiness
as Albert 'King' ColeAn egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
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Bon Voyage!
as Harry WillardThe Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in...
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Show-Business at War
as SelfA multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
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The Moonlighter
as Wes AndersonWes Anderson (Fred MacMurray) is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is...
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Singapore
as Matt GordonAfter the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls....
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Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
as Harry BallingerA retired businessman notices that there has been a rash of ships and planes disappearing off...
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Fair Wind to Java
as Captain BollThe Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an...
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Disneyland '59
as SelfWalt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that...
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This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of...
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13 Hours by Air
as Jack GordonWomanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to...
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Murder, He Says
as Pete MarshallPete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public...
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The Texas Rangers
as Jim HawkinsTwo down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned...
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Smoky
as Clint BarkleyClint Barkley first sees Smoky as a runaway, and drives him back to the ranch where he meets the...
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Swing High, Swing Low
as Skid JohnsonIn Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly...
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The Gilded Lily
as Peter DawesSecretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her...
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Practically Yours
as Daniel BellamyIn this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be...
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The Forest Rangers
as Don StuartRanger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds...
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Callaway Went Thataway
as Mike FryeTwo smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them...
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Star Spangled Rhythm
as FrankPop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his...
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Kisses for My President
as Thad McCloudA hapless husband takes a back seat to his wife, the first female president of the United States.
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On Our Merry Way
as AlOliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper...
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New York Town
as Victor BallardVictor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York...
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Men with Wings
as Pat FalconerReporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,...
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Quantez
as GentryA gang of bank robbers with a posse in hot pursuit. Riding into the desert, they take refuge in...
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No Time for Love
as Jim RyanUpper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to hulking laborer digging a tunnel...
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Breakdowns of 1942
as SelfFlubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
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Too Many Husbands
as Bill CardewLong-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle...
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Captain Eddie
as Eddie RickenbackerWWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race...
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True Confession
as Kenneth BartlettA writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough...
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Gala Day at Disneyland
as SelfThe gala dedication ceremonies at the opening of three new major attractions at...
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
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Maid of Salem
as Roger CovermanWhen a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes...
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Suddenly It's Spring
as Peter MorelyA WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
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And the Angels Sing
as Happy MorganThe singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in...
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A Millionaire for Christy
as Peter Ulysses LockwoodChristy Sloane is sent on a business trip to inform radio personality Peter Lockwood that his...
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Sing, You Sinners
as David BeebeOf the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work...
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The Princess Comes Across
as King MantellA Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and...
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Cafe Society
as Crick O'BannonA pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to...
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Men Without Names
as Richard HoodA G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.
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Family Honeymoon
as Grant JordanGrant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the...
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Flight for Freedom
as Randy BrittonA fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los...
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The Bride Comes Home
as Cyrus AndersonA penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine....
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Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an...
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Little Old New York
as Charles BrownneInventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help...
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The Chadwick Family
as Ned ChadwickA father finds himself taking care of a family that, in addition to his son and three daughters,...
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At Gunpoint
as Jack WrightA general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.
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An Innocent Affair
as Vincent DoaneVincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his...
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Rangers of Fortune
as Gil FarraFred MacMurray stars as a US Army misfit who, with pals Albert Dekker and Gilbert Roland, roam...
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Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self (archive footage)A 2007 documentary on the making of "The Apartment."
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Honeymoon in Bali
as Bill BurnettBill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen,...
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Virginia
as Stonewall ElliottPost-Civil War romantic drama about defeated Southerners, starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred...
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Champagne Waltz
as Buzzy BellewIn Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of...
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Exclusive
as Ralph HoustonWhen Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City...
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as HimselfHedda Hopper guides us through some of Hollywood's sights; the home of William S. Hart and a Kay...
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Pardon My Past
as Eddie York / Francis PembertonEddie York (MacMurray) is mistaken for playboy Francis Pemberton and gets into trouble.
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Shadows of Suspense
as Self (archive footage)A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy...
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Joys
as SelfOver fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where...
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Car 99
as Trooper Ross MartinA story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its...
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Where Do We Go from Here?
as Bill MorganBill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has...
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Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
as Self (archive footage)Amiable and unassuming, Fred MacMurray went from small-town boy to one of Hollywood and...
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Grand Old Girl
as SandyAn elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
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NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as SelfWalt Disney Presents, Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, Disney’s Wonderful World, Walt...
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Standing Room Only
as Lee StevensDuring WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of...
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Inside 'the Swarm'
as SelfA behind-the-scenes/Making of documentary short focused on Irwin Allen's all-star disaster flick...
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Cocoanut Grove
as Johnny PrenticeBand tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.
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Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
as Self - PresenterFor most of us, including actor Fred MacMurray who presents the film, the noun atom and the...
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The Shaggy Dog Kids
as Self (archive footage)Reminiscences by the kids from the original 1959 Disney film.
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The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and...
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Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
as Self (archive footage)Actors remember the great Fred MacMurray.
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One Night In Lisbon
as Dwight HoustonSaucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite...
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My Three Sons
as Steve DouglasA widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - PresenterAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Accepting Award for Best TV ShowAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
as SelfThe Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as SelfThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...
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December Bride
as uncreditedDecember Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959,...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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The Bob Hope Show
as SelfThe Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...
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This Is Your Life
as SelfThis Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally...
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The 20th Century Fox Hour
as PetersonThe 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...
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Screen Director's Playhouse
as Peter TerrancePresented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed...
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Dinah!
as SelfDinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started...
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People's Choice Awards
as Self - PresenterAn American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public...
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as SelfIn 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...
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The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Fred MacMurrayThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from...
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Tony Orlando and Dawn
as SelfCBS gave the group a television variety show (entitled Tony Orlando and Dawn) from the summer of...
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The Hollywood Palace
as Self - HostThe Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly...
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The Wonderful World of Disney
as Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage)Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...
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The Wonderful World of Disney
as SelfWalt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...
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General Electric Theater
as Richard ElginGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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General Electric Theater
as Harry WingateGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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