Fredrick Martin 'Fred' MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor and musician. He was educated at Carroll College, Wisconsin, and 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. He 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. He 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), he and fellow GI William Demarest are moving to Beaver Dam, WI to start a mink farm.

Filmography

• 1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey — (archive footage)
• 1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid — (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
• 1978The Swarm — Clarence
• 1977A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
• 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy — (archive footage)
• 1975Beyond the Bermuda Triangle — Harry Ballinger
• 1974The Chadwick Family — Ned Chadwick
• 1973Charley and the Angel — Charley Appleby
• 1967The Happiest Millionaire — Anthony Biddle
• 1966Follow Me, Boys! — Lemuel Siddons
• 1964Kisses for My President — Thad McCloud
• 1963Son of Flubber — Ned Brainard
• 1962Bon Voyage! — Harry Willard
• 1961The Absent-Minded Professor — Ned Brainard
• My Three Sons — Steve Douglas
• 1960The Apartment — Jeff D. Sheldrake
• 1959Face of a Fugitive — Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
• 1959Good Day for a Hanging — Marshal Ben Cutler
• 1959The Oregon Trail — Neal Harris
• 1959The Shaggy Dog — Wilson Daniels
• 1958Day of the Badman — Judge Jim Scott
• 1957Quantez — Gentry
• The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour — Fred MacMurray
• 1956Gun for a Coward — Will Keough
• 1956There's Always Tomorrow — Clifford Groves
• 1955At Gunpoint — Jack Wright
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Peter Terrance
• The 20th Century Fox Hour — Peterson
• 1955The Far Horizons — Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
• 1955The Rains of Ranchipur — Thomas "Tom" Ransome
• December Bride
• 1954Pushover — Paul Sheridan
• 1954The Caine Mutiny — Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
• The George Gobel Show — Self, Fred MacMurray
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage), Self, Wilson Daniels
• 1954Woman's World — Sid Burns
• 1953Fair Wind to Java — Captain Boll
• General Electric Theater — Richard Elgin, Harry Wingate
• 1953The Moonlighter — Wes Anderson
• 1951A Millionaire for Christy — Peter Ulysses Lockwood
• 1951Callaway Went Thataway — Mike Frye
• 1950Borderline — Johnny Macklin
• 1950Never a Dull Moment — Chris Hayward
• The Jack Benny Program — Fred MacMurray
• 1949Father Was a Fullback — George Cooper
• 1948An Innocent Affair — Vincent Doane
• 1948Family Honeymoon — Grant Jordan
• 1948On Our Merry Way — Al
• 1948The Miracle of the Bells — William 'Bill' Dunnigan
• 1947Singapore — Matt Gordon
• 1947Suddenly It's Spring — Peter Morely
• 1947The Egg and I — Bob MacDonald
• 1946Smoky — Clint Barkley
• 1945Captain Eddie — Eddie Rickenbacker
• 1945Murder, He Says — Pete Marshall
• 1945Pardon My Past — Eddie York / Francis Pemberton, Producer
• 1945Where Do We Go from Here? — Bill Morgan
• 1944And the Angels Sing — Happy Morgan
• 1944Double Indemnity — Walter Neff
• 1944Practically Yours — Daniel Bellamy
• 1944Standing Room Only — Lee Stevens
• 1943Above Suspicion — Richard Myles
• 1943Flight for Freedom — Randy Britton
• 1943No Time for Love — Jim Ryan
• 1943The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith — Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
• 1942Star Spangled Rhythm — Frank
• 1942Take a Letter, Darling — Tom Verney
• 1942The Forest Rangers — Don Stuart
• 1942The Lady Is Willing — Corey McBain
• 1941Dive Bomber — Joe Blake
• 1941New York Town — Victor Ballard
• 1941One Night In Lisbon — Dwight Houston
• 1941Virginia — Stonewall Elliott
• 1940Little Old New York — Charles Brownne
• 1940Rangers of Fortune — Gil Farra
• 1940Remember the Night — Jack Sargent
• 1940Too Many Husbands — Bill Cardew
• 1939Cafe Society — Crick O'Bannon
• 1939Honeymoon in Bali — Bill Burnett
• 1939Invitation to Happiness — Albert 'King' Cole
• 1938Cocoanut Grove — Johnny Prentice
• 1938Men with Wings — Pat Falconer
• 1938Sing, You Sinners — David Beebe
• 1937Champagne Waltz — Buzzy Bellew
• 1937Exclusive — Ralph Houston
• 1937Maid of Salem — Roger Coverman
• 1937Swing High, Swing Low — Skid Johnson
• 1937True Confession — Kenneth Bartlett
• 193613 Hours by Air — Jack Gordon
• 1936The Princess Comes Across — King Mantell
• 1936The Texas Rangers — Jim Hawkins
• 1936The Trail of the Lonesome Pine — Jack Hale
• 1935Alice Adams — Arthur Russell
• 1935Car 99 — Trooper Ross Martin
• 1935Grand Old Girl — Sandy
• 1935Hands Across the Table — Theodore Drew III
• 1935Men Without Names — Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
• 1935The Bride Comes Home — Cyrus Anderson
• 1935The Gilded Lily — Peter Dawes
• 1929Girls Gone Wild — Extra (uncredited)
• 1929Tiger Rose — Rancher

Appearances as themselves (36)

• 2017This Is Bob Hope... — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Inside 'The Apartment' — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Fred MacMurray: With Fondness — Self (archive footage)
• 2006The Shaggy Dog Kids — Self (archive footage)
• 1996Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door — Self (archive footage)
• 1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire — Self (archive footage)
• 1990Anthony Quinn: An Original — Self (archive footage)
• 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1986All Star Party for Clint Eastwood — Self (uncredited)
• 1978Inside 'the Swarm' — Self
• 1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney — Self
• 1976Joys — Self
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• Dinah! — Self
• Tony Orlando and Dawn — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• 1968The Movie Orgy — Self (archive footage)
• The Hollywood Palace — Self - Host
• 1960Gala Day at Disneyland — Self
• 1959Disneyland '59 — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• The Steve Allen Show — Self
• 1954A Star Is Born World Premiere — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• 1952Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing — Self - Presenter
• This Is Your Life — Self
• Lux Video Theatre — Self
• The Bob Hope Show — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show
• 1943Show-Business at War — Self
• 1942Breakdowns of 1942 — Self
• 1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 — Self (uncredited)
• 1936Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) — Self