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Fred MacMurray
0 FOLLOWERS • 54 CREDITS • AUG 30, 1908 - NOV 5, 1991 • 83
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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 "Three's 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.
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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 "Three's 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.
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The Ed Sullivan Show
Lux Video Theatre
General Electric Theater
What's My Line?
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
The Steve Allen Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Wonderful World of Disney
The 20th Century Fox Hour
December Bride
Tony Orlando and Dawn
The George Gobel Show
People's Choice Awards
The Movie Orgy
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
The Swarm
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
This Is Your Life
Star Spangled Rhythm
The Gilded Lily
Maid of Salem
True Confession
Sing, You Sinners
Standing Room Only
The Bride Comes Home
And the Angels Sing
Virginia
Invitation to Happiness
The Princess Comes Across
Swing High, Swing Low
Suddenly It's Spring
No Time for Love
Cafe Society
Remember the Night
The Far Horizons
New York Town
Car 99
Exclusive
The Texas Rangers
Men with Wings
Rangers of Fortune
My Three Sons
One Night In Lisbon
Murder, He Says
13 Hours by Air
Honeymoon in Bali
The Forest Rangers
Practically Yours
Champagne Waltz
Double Indemnity
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Men Without Names
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