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 Threes 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.

Movies unavailable from Fred MacMurray

Inside 'The Apartment'

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2008

The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1968

Pushover

Paul Sheridan

Movie 1954

Follow Me, Boys!

Lemuel Siddons

Movie 1966

Good Day for a Hanging

Marshal Ben Cutler

Movie 1959

Face of a Fugitive

Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)

Movie 1959

Borderline

Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin

Movie 1950

Dive Bomber

Joe Blake

Movie 1941

The Shaggy Dog Kids

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2006

Fred MacMurray: With Fondness

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2006

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)

Movie 2004

Maid of Salem

Roger Coverman

Movie 1937

The Far Horizons

Cpt. Meriwether Lewis

Movie 1955

Family Honeymoon

Grant Jordan

Movie 1948

New York Town

Victor Ballard

Movie 1941

Honeymoon in Bali

Bill Burnett

Movie 1939

Swing High, Swing Low

Skid Johnson

Movie 1937

Star Spangled Rhythm

Frank

Movie 1942

Father Was a Fullback

George Cooper

Movie 1949

The Bride Comes Home

Cyrus Anderson

Movie 1935

At Gunpoint

Jack Wright

Movie 1955

Murder, He Says

Pete Marshall

Movie 1945

Inside 'the Swarm'

Self

Movie 1978

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1988

Sing, You Sinners

David Beebe

Movie 1938

The Moonlighter

Wes Anderson

Movie 1953

True Confession

Kenneth Bartlett

Movie 1937

Flight for Freedom

Randy Britton

Movie 1943

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

Narrator Prolog (uncredited)

Movie 1943

A Millionaire for Christy

Peter Ulysses Lockwood

Movie 1951

Kisses for My President

Thad McCloud

Movie 1964

Pardon My Past

Eddie York / Francis Pemberton

Movie 1945

Smoky

Clint Barkley

Movie 1946

Little Old New York

Charles Brownne

Movie 1940

Virginia

Stonewall Elliott

Movie 1941

Exclusive

Ralph Houston

Movie 1937

Cocoanut Grove

Johnny Prentice

Movie 1938

Car 99

Trooper Ross Martin

Movie 1935

Tiger Rose

Rancher

Movie 1929

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1996

Cafe Society

Crick O'Bannon

Movie 1939

Callaway Went Thataway

Mike Frye

Movie 1951

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1990

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

Harry Ballinger

Movie 1975

Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing

Self - Presenter

Movie 1952

One Night In Lisbon

Dwight Houston

Movie 1941

Captain Eddie

Eddie Rickenbacker

Movie 1945

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

Himself

Movie 1941

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

Self

Movie 1978

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1991

Joys

Self

Movie 1976

Show-Business at War

Self

Movie 1943

This Is Bob Hope...

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2017

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Self

Movie 1954

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Self

Movie 1936

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1985

Gala Day at Disneyland

Self

Movie 1960

Disneyland '59

Self

Movie 1959

Breakdowns of 1942

Self

Movie 1942

Shadows of Suspense

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2006

It's a Most Unusual Day

Peter Terrance

Movie 1956

A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons

Movie 1977

Tv series unavailable from Fred MacMurray

December Bride

Tv 1954

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Tv 1950

General Electric Theater

Richard Elgin

Tv 1953

The Hollywood Palace

Self - Host

Tv 1964

This Is Your Life

Self

Tv 1952

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

Tv 1956

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Self

Tv 1973

The Steve Allen Show

Self

Tv 1956

The Oscars

Self

Tv 1953

Tony Orlando and Dawn

Self

Tv 1974

The George Gobel Show

Self

Tv 1954

General Electric Theater

Harry Wingate

Tv 1953

Dinah!

Self

Tv 1974

The Bob Hope Show

Self

Tv 1950

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Tv 1948

People's Choice Awards

Self - Presenter

Tv 1975

Lux Video Theatre

Self

Tv 1950

The George Gobel Show

Fred MacMurray

Tv 1954

What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

Tv 1950

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter

Tv 1944

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show

Tv 1944