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Fred MacMurray

Acting

Born August 30, 1908 · Kankakee, Illinois, USA

Died November 5, 1991

Also known as Fred Mac Murray

Biography

Frederick Martin MacMurray was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series in a career that spanned nearly a half-century. His career as a major film leading man began in 1935, but his most renowned role was in Billy Wilder's 1944 film noir Double Indemnity. From 1959 to 1973, MacMurray appeared in numerous Disney films, including The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor, Follow Me, Boys!, and The Happiest Millionaire. He starred as Steve Douglas in the television series My Three Sons.

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Awards & recognition

  • Disney Legends · 1987
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography46 titles

The Apartment

1960as Jeff D. Sheldrake

Double Indemnity

1944as Walter Neff

This Is Bob Hope...

2017as Self (archive footage)

The Jack Benny Program

1950as Fred MacMurray

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)

Kisses for My President

1964as Thad McCloud

Honeymoon in Bali

1939as Bill Burnett

Remember the Night

1939as Jack Sargent

The Caine Mutiny

1954as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer

The Egg and I

1947as Bob MacDonald

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

1996as Self (archive footage)

What's My Line?

1950as Self

The Happiest Millionaire

1967as Anthony Biddle

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990as Self (archive footage)

Day of the Badman

1958as Judge Jim Scott

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Murder, He Says

1945as Pete Marshall

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)

Follow Me, Boys!

1966as Lemuel Siddons

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Self

Alice Adams

1935as Arthur Russell

My Three Sons

1960as Steve Douglas

The Texas Rangers

1936as Jim Hawkins

The Absent Minded Professor

1961as Ned Brainard

Pushover

1954as Paul Sheridan

Dive Bomber

1941as Joe Blake

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936as Jack Hale

Good Day for a Hanging

1959as Marshal Ben Cutler

The Far Horizons

1955as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis

The Shaggy Dog

1959as Wilson Daniels

Above Suspicion

1943as Richard Myles

Son of Flubber

1962as Ned Brainard

Gun for a Coward

1956as Will Keough

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955as Peterson

The Moonlighter

1953as Wes Anderson

Quantez

1957as Gentry

On Our Merry Way

1948as Al

Charley and the Angel

1973as Charley Appleby

Bon Voyage!

1962as Harry Willard

Fair Wind to Java

1953as Captain Boll

Borderline

1950as Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin

The Rains of Ranchipur

1955as Thomas "Tom" Ransome

Swing High, Swing Low

1937as Skid Johnson

The Swarm

1978as Maj. Clarance Tuttle

An Innocent Affair

1948as Vincent Doane