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Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series in a career that spanned nearly a half-century.
Learn about the life and career of Fred MacMurray, a versatile actor who starred in films, TV shows and musicals. From his early days in vaudeville and Broadway to his iconic roles in Double Indemnity and My Three Sons, discover his achievements and challenges.
- August 30, 1908
- November 5, 1991
Learn about the life and career of Fred MacMurray, a versatile actor who starred in classics like Double Indemnity, The Caine Mutiny, and The Shaggy Dog. Find out his birth date, family background, musical talent, and more on IMDb.
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- Kankakee, Illinois, USA
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- Santa Monica, California, USA
Fred MacMurray 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 bands and vaudeville, chiefly in.
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Nov 6, 1991 · Fred MacMurray, the dapper and durable leading man in a series of fast-paced film comedies in the 1930s and ‘40s whose career was given a latent boost as the father of “My Three Sons” and as a...
Feb 23, 2016 · Renowned for his true-life stability and contented role as father to four adopted children, in his later years MacMurray’s flagging career was revived when he became television’s best loved ...
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Though never a first string actor, Fred MacMurray had a long and successful career, stretching from the 1930s to the 1970s, encompassing both film and television roles. MacMurray made his name playing a particular type of male lead—amiable, upbeat, and anxious to please—that was easily adapted, in later life, to playing father figures on ...
