Barbara Stanwyck
Search results
Awards and Nominations
Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominated
Fred MacMurray. Jump to. 3 wins & 4 nominations. Golden Apple Awards. 1945 Winner Sour Apple. Least Cooperative Actor. Golden Globes, USA. 1962 Nominee Golden Globe. Best Actor - Comedy or Musical. The Absent Minded Professor. Laurel Awards. 1963 Nominee Golden Laurel. Top Male Comedy Performance. Son of Flubber. 5th place.
- August 30, 1908
- November 5, 1991
MacMurray was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Absent-Minded Professor. He was the first person honored as a Disney Legend in 1987. Archive. The Academy Film Archive houses the Fred MacMurray-June Haver Collection.
Fred MacMurray. Actor: Double Indemnity. Fred MacMurray was likely the most underrated actor of his generation. True, his earliest work is mostly dismissed as pedestrian, but no other actor working in the 1940s and 50s was able to score so supremely whenever cast against type.
- January 1, 1
- Kankakee, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Double Indemnity (1941) Widely considered one of the best film noirs ever made, “Double Indemnity” is often cited as the film that set the standards for the genre, with director and co-writer Billy Wilder working around the Production Code to create one of the most cold-hearted onscreen crimes of the era.
- The Apartment (1960) In a career rooted in playing the good guy, it is remarkable that MacMurray’s best roles are men with questionable character, and it’s almost criminal that he received no nomination for his performance in this Best Picture winner.
- The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) MacMurray received his only major acting nomination (a Golden Globe) for his portrayal of Professor Ned Brainard, who accidentally invents “Flubber” (flying rubber), which becomes more powerful each time it strikes a hard surface.
- The Caine Mutiny (1954) When the mentally unstable Captain Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) shows signs of paranoia and cowardice aboard the USS Caine, possibly endangering the lives of the men aboard, Lt Maryk (Van Johnson) takes over, leading to a charge of mutiny.
Fred MacMurray. Actor: Double Indemnity. Fred MacMurray was likely the most underrated actor of his generation. True, his earliest work is mostly dismissed as pedestrian, but no other actor working in the 1940s and 50s was able to score so supremely whenever cast against type.
- August 30, 1908
- November 5, 1991
Sep 29, 2016 · Fred MacMurray at the 4th Golden Boot Awards in 1986. ...more.
- 43 sec
- 4.6K
- MPTF
People also ask
Was Fred MacMurray a good actor?
Who was Fred MacMurray?
When was Fred MacMurray a Disney Legend?
Where is the Fred MacMurray-June Haver collection located?
Jan 4, 2018 · Generally regarded by critics as Murray’s second greatest screen performance, his portrayal of the conniving Naval Lieutenant, a writer, who continually tries to convince second-in-command Van Johnson that the ship’s captain, Humphrey Bogart, is insane, leading to the titled mutiny.
