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.
Remember the Night
as Jack SargentWhen Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with...
Movie pageDouble Indemnity
as Walter NeffA rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he...
Movie pageThe Apartment
as Jeff D. SheldrakeBud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way...
Movie pageThe Caine Mutiny
as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' KeeferWhen a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first...
Movie pageDead 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...
Movie pageThe Swarm
as Maj. Clarance TuttleScientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost...
Movie pageThe Shaggy Dog
as Wilson DanielsThrough an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at...
Movie pageThe Absent-Minded Professor
as Ned BrainardBumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible...
Movie pageAlice Adams
as Arthur RussellIn the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but...
Movie pageDive Bomber
as Joe BlakeA military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will...
Movie pageLos 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...
Movie pageThe Happiest Millionaire
as Anthony J. Drexel BiddleA happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of...
Movie pageThe Far Horizons
as Cpt. Meriwether LewisVirginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from...
Movie pageDay of the Badman
as Judge Jim ScottJudge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to...
Movie pageAbove Suspicion
as Richard MylesTwo newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
Movie pagePushover
as Paul SheridanA police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
Movie pageGood 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...
Movie pageSon of Flubber
as Ned BrainardBeleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery...
Movie pageWoman's World
as Sid BurnsNeeding to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an...
Movie pageTake a Letter, Darling
as Tom VerneyA struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working...
Movie pageShow-Business at War
as SelfA multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
Movie pageToo Many Husbands
as Bill CardewLong-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle...
Movie pageFace 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...
Movie pageSing, You Sinners
as David BeebeOf the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work...
Movie pageKisses for My President
as Thad McCloudA hapless husband takes a back seat to his wife, the first female president of the United States.
Movie pageGeorge Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as uncreditedBiography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
Movie pageBorderline
as Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny MacklinTwo undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, thee find them selves falling...
Movie pageBon Voyage!
as Harry WillardThe Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in...
Movie pageThe Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels,...
Movie pageHands Across the Table
as Theodore Drew IIIA manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.
Movie pageThe Egg and I
as Bob MacDonaldWorld War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and...
Movie pageFair Wind to Java
as Captain BollThe Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an...
Movie pageThere's Always Tomorrow
as Clifford GrovesWhen a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to...
Movie pageJoys
as SelfOver fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where...
Movie pageThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Jack HaleA well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.
Movie pageNew York Town
as Victor BallardVictor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York...
Movie pagePardon My Past
as Eddie York / Francis PembertonEddie York (MacMurray) is mistaken for playboy Francis Pemberton and gets into trouble.
Movie pageThe Gilded Lily
as Peter DawesSecretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her...
Movie pageAt Gunpoint
as Jack WrightA general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.
Movie pageMaid of Salem
as Roger CovermanWhen a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes...
Movie pageSingapore
as Matt GordonAfter the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls....
Movie pageNever a Dull Moment
as Chris HaywardKay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a...
Movie pageThe Oregon Trail
as Neal HarrisIn 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory....
Movie pageGun for a Coward
as Will KeoughA young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a...
Movie pageFamily Honeymoon
as Grant JordanGrant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the...
Movie page13 Hours by Air
as Jack GordonWomanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to...
Movie pageAnd the Angels Sing
as Happy MorganThe singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in...
Movie pageThe Princess Comes Across
as King MantellA Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and...
Movie pageThe Moonlighter
as Wes AndersonWes Anderson (Fred MacMurray) is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is...
Movie pageQuantez
as GentryA gang of bank robbers with a posse in hot pursuit. Riding into the desert, they take refuge in...
Movie pageMurder, He Says
as Pete MarshallPete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public...
Movie pageBarbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress...
Movie pageStar Spangled Rhythm
as FrankPop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his...
Movie pageThis 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...
Movie pageCallaway Went Thataway
as Mike FryeTwo smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them...
Movie pageFlight for Freedom
as Randy BrittonA fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los...
Movie pageThe Rains of Ranchipur
as Thomas "Tom" RansomeIndia. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls...
Movie pageMen with Wings
as Pat FalconerReporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,...
Movie pageCharley and the Angel
as Charley ApplebyCharley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he...
Movie pageMen Without Names
as Richard HoodA G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.
Movie pageCaptain Eddie
as Eddie RickenbackerWWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race...
Movie pageNo Time for Love
as Jim RyanUpper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to hulking laborer digging a tunnel...
Movie pageStanding Room Only
as Lee StevensDuring WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of...
Movie pageFather Was a Fullback
as George CooperCoach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of...
Movie pageThe Texas Rangers
as Jim HawkinsTwo down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned...
Movie pageDisneyland '59
as SelfWalt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that...
Movie pageAn Innocent Affair
as Vincent DoaneVincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his...
Movie pageFollow Me, Boys!
as Lemuel SiddonsLem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle...
Movie pageBreakdowns of 1942
as SelfFlubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
Movie pageOn Our Merry Way
as AlOliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper...
Movie pageTrue Confession
as Kenneth BartlettA writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough...
Movie pageCocoanut Grove
as Johnny PrenticeBand tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.
Movie pagePractically Yours
as Daniel BellamyIn this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be...
Movie pageThe Bride Comes Home
as Cyrus AndersonA penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine....
Movie pageA Millionaire for Christy
as Peter Ulysses LockwoodChristy Sloane is sent on a business trip to inform radio personality Peter Lockwood that his...
Movie pageThe Lady Is Willing
as Corey McBainBold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a...
Movie pageSmoky
as Clint BarkleyClint Barkley first sees Smoky as a runaway, and drives him back to the ranch where he meets the...
Movie pageAnthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an...
Movie pageHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Movie pageSwing High, Swing Low
as Skid JohnsonIn Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly...
Movie pageCafe Society
as Crick O'BannonA pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to...
Movie pageHoneymoon in Bali
as Bill BurnettBill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen,...
Movie pageRangers of Fortune
as Gil FarraFred MacMurray stars as a US Army misfit who, with pals Albert Dekker and Gilbert Roland, roam...
Movie pageChampagne Waltz
as Buzzy BellewIn Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of...
Movie pageInvitation to Happiness
as Albert 'King' ColeAn egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
Movie pageCar 99
as Trooper Ross MartinA story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its...
Movie pageLittle Old New York
as Charles BrownneInventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help...
Movie pageThe 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...
Movie pageBeyond the Bermuda Triangle
as Harry BallingerA retired businessman notices that there has been a rash of ships and planes disappearing off...
Movie pageExclusive
as Ralph HoustonWhen Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City...
Movie pageWhere 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...
Movie pageInside 'the Swarm'
as SelfA behind-the-scenes/Making of documentary short focused on Irwin Allen's all-star disaster flick...
Movie pageSuddenly It's Spring
as Peter MorelyA WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
Movie pageThe Forest Rangers
as Don StuartRanger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds...
Movie pageGala Day at Disneyland
as HimselfThe gala dedication ceremonies at the opening of three new major attractions at...
Movie pageThe Chadwick Family
as Ned ChadwickA father finds himself taking care of a family that, in addition to his son and three daughters,...
Movie pageThe 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...
Movie pageVirginia
as Stonewall ElliottPost-Civil War romantic drama about defeated Southerners, starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred...
Movie pageGrand Old Girl
as SandyAn elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
Movie pageInside 'The Apartment'
as Self (archive footage)A 2007 documentary on the making of "The Apartment."
Movie pageOne Night In Lisbon
as Dwight HoustonSaucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite...
Movie pageHedda 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...
Movie pageFred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
as Self (archive footage)Amiable and unassuming, Fred MacMurray went from small-town boy to one of Hollywood and...
Movie pageShadows of Suspense
as Self (archive footage)A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy...
Movie pageMy Three Sons
as Steve DouglasA widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his...
TV Show pageWhat's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
TV Show pageThe Bob Hope Show
as SelfThe Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...
TV Show pageThe Colgate Comedy Hour
as SelfThe Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...
TV Show pageThe 20th Century Fox Hour
as PetersonThe 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...
TV Show pageThe Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
TV Show pageThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as SelfThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...
TV Show pageThis Is Your Life
as SelfThis Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally...
TV Show pageThe Hollywood Palace
as Self - HostThe Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly...
TV Show pageTony Orlando and Dawn
as SelfCBS gave the group a television variety show (entitled Tony Orlando and Dawn) from the summer of...
TV Show pageLux Video Theatre
as SelfLux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...
TV Show pageThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Fred MacMurrayThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from...
TV Show pageThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
as SelfIn 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...
TV Show pageThe Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
TV Show pageDecember Bride
as uncreditedDecember Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959,...
TV Show pageDinah!
as SelfDinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started...
TV Show pageWalt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
as SelfWalt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...
TV Show pageWalt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
as Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage)Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...
TV Show pagePeople's Choice Awards
as Self - PresenterAn American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public...
TV Show pageGeneral Electric Theater
as Richard ElginGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
TV Show pageGeneral Electric Theater
as Harry WingateGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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