Fred MacMurray
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
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.
Born
Aug 30, 1908
Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Died
Nov 05, 1991
Known For
Acting
Movies
113 acting
1 crew
Popularity
0.7
Known For
The Apartment
1960
as Jeff D. Sheldrake
Double Indemnity
1944
as Walter Neff
The Caine Mutiny
1954
as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
The Swarm
1978
as Maj. Clarance Tuttle
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as Ned Brainard
Remember the Night
1940
as Jack Sargent
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