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Fred MacMurray

Acting · Born August 30, 1908 · Kankakee, Illinois, USA

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.

Movies with Fred MacMurray

• The Apartment (1960) — Jeff D. Sheldrake
• Double Indemnity (1944) — Walter Neff
• The Caine Mutiny (1954) — Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) — (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
• The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) — Ned Brainard
• The Swarm (1978) — Clarence
• There's Always Tomorrow (1956) — Clifford Groves
• The Egg and I (1947) — Bob MacDonald
• Gun for a Coward (1956) — Will Keough
• Day of the Badman (1958) — Judge Jim Scott
• Face of a Fugitive (1959) — Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
• On Our Merry Way (1948) — Al

TV shows with Fred MacMurray

• My Three Sons (1960) — Steve Douglas