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One of the greatest stars of the 30's, Fredric March was excellent and prolific and made many excellent movies in the decade. His transition to the 40's through the 70's even elevated his stature in film, with memorable characterizations including The Best Years of Our Lives, Death of a Saleman, and Inherit the Wind. Just flawless was the great Fredric March. Here are 25 of his very best films.
Fredric March. Actor: Inherit the Wind. Fredric March began a career in banking but in 1920 found himself cast as an extra in films being produced in New York. He starred on the Broadway stage first in 1926 and would return there between screen appearances later on. He won plaudits (and an Academy Award nomination) for his send-up of John ...
- Actor, Soundtrack
- August 31, 1897
- 3 min
- April 14, 1975
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Made shortly after the end of World War II, “The Best Years of Our Lives” follows the lives of three serviceman after they return to their lives in small-town America.
- A Star Is Born (1937) The original version of the story that has spawned three remakes, this is the only one that takes place strictly in the film world with no music involved.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) In this precode horror film, March plays the doctor who, in a scientific attempt to separate his good and evil sides, creates a formula that unleashes the beast who becomes known as “Mr.
- Inherit the Wind (1969) A fictionalized account of a real-life court case, “Inherit the Wind” pits Fredric March as Fundamentalist prosecutor Matthew Harrison Brady (based on three-time presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan) against Spencer Tracy as defending lawyer Henry Drummond (based on Clarence Darrow).
Alexander the Great. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. An Act of Murder. The Adventures of Mark Twain. The Iceman Cometh. Susan and God. The Royal Family of Broadway. One Foot in Heaven. Anna Karenina.
Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), as well as the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Years Ago (1947) and Long ...
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Rate this. 93 Metascore. Three World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed. Director: William Wyler | Stars: Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Teresa Wright. Votes: 69,539 | Gross: $23.65M.
Early life March was born in Racine, Wisconsin, the son of Cora Brown Marcher (1863–1936), a schoolteacher from England, and John F. Bickel (1859–1941), a devout Presbyterian Church elder who worked in the wholesale hardware business. March attended the Winslow Elementary School (established in 1855), Racine High School, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was a member of ...
