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  1. Frederick Martin MacMurray was born on August 30, 1908, in Kankakee, Illinois, the son of Maleta ( née Martin) and concert violinist Frederick Talmadge MacMurray, both natives of Wisconsin. His aunt, Fay Holderness, was a vaudeville performer and actress. When MacMurray was an infant, his family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where his father ...

  2. Fred MacMurray (born Aug. 30, 1908, Kankakee, Ill., U.S.—died Nov. 5, 1991, Santa Monica, Calif.) was an American film and television actor. The son of a professional violinist, MacMurray learned a number of musical instruments, including violin, baritone horn, and saxophone, and in 1926 began a career as saxophonist-singer-comedian in dance ...

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  3. Mar 19, 2023 · March 19, 2023 by Anne Richardson. Yes, Fred Mac Murray did play the saxophone. He was in a jazz band in college and continued to play throughout his life. Though his primary instrument was the clarinet, he was also proficient on the saxophone. Summary Close.

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  5. Jun 15, 2012 · However, he often found opportunities to sing or play in many of his movies, like the delightful song he performed with Bing Crosby and Donald O’Connor (who was just 13 at the time) in the 1938 film, Sing, You Sinners. It’s obvious that the musical side of Fred MacMurray was always a part of him. Gus Arnheim Orchestra, Fred MacMurray ...

  6. 32. While MacMurray did play a variety of musical instruments, the one “that he would become most famous for playing and for a time earn his living with [was] the saxophone.” Charles Tranberg, Fred MacMurray: A Biography (Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media, 2007), p. 19.

  7. 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. Frederick Martin MacMurray was born in Kankakee, Illinois, to Maleta Martin and Frederick MacMurray. His father had ...

  8. Nov 5, 1991 · 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 ...

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