--- name: "Fred MacMurray" canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-macmurray" fi1m_id: "fred-macmurray" imdb_id: "nm0534045" tmdb_id: 4091 wikidata_id: "Q356309" roles: ["Actor"] born: "30 August 1908" died: "5 November 1991" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 84 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-20T02:36:09.397079+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Fred MacMurray ## Identity Fred MacMurray - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fred-macmurray - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** fred-macmurray - **IMDb ID:** nm0534045 - **TMDB ID:** 4091 - **Wikidata ID:** Q356309 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_MacMurray, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356309, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534045/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4091 Actor. Born 30 August 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois, USA. Died 5 November 1991. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 30 August 1908, Kankakee, Illinois, USA - **Died:** 5 November 1991 - **Active:** 1935–1960 - **Also known as:** Fred Mac Murray - **Frequently works with:** [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 79 (1), 1940s 92 (1), 1950s 76 (1), 1960s 91 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 81 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 2 of 4 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Thriller 1, War 1 - **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $50m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_MacMurray, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356309, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534045/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4091 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*The Apartment*](https://film.one/film/the-apartment.md) (91) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Caine Mutiny*](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md) (76) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Fred MacMurray was an American actor who appeared in more than one hundred films over a career spanning nearly fifty years. Born Frederick Martin MacMurray on 30 August 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois, he died on 5 November 1991 in Santa Monica, California. He began as a musician, playing saxophone in dance bands and vaudeville before making his Broadway debut in the 1930 revue *Three's a Crowd*. His film career started with a Paramount contract in 1935. He became a leading man in comedies and dramas, but gained particular recognition for two roles directed by Billy Wilder: the insurance salesman Walter Neff in the 1944 film noir *Double Indemnity* and the philandering executive Jeff D. Sheldrake in the 1960 comedy *The Apartment*. Other notable films include *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), *The Shaggy Dog* (1959) and *The Absent-Minded Professor* (1961). He also starred in the long-running television series *My Three Sons*. *Sources: britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *The Apartment* (1960), Fi1m 91, as Jeff D. Sheldrake — [page](https://film.one/film/the-apartment.md) - *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), Fi1m 76, as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md) - *Double Indemnity* (1944), Fi1m 92, as Walter Neff — [page](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md) - *Alice Adams* (1935), Fi1m 79, as Arthur Russell — [page](https://film.one/film/alice-adams.md) ## Complete filmography (100) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey* (1985), as (archive footage) - *Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid* (1982), as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage) - *The Swarm* (1978), as Clarence - *A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons* (1977), Actor - *Beyond the Bermuda Triangle* (1975), as Harry Ballinger - *The Chadwick Family* (1974), as Ned Chadwick - *Charley and the Angel* (1973), as Charley Appleby - *The Happiest Millionaire* (1967), as Anthony Biddle - *Follow Me, Boys!* (1966), as Lemuel Siddons - *Kisses for My President* (1964), as Thad McCloud - *Son of Flubber* (1963), as Ned Brainard - *Bon Voyage!* (1962), as Harry Willard - *The Absent-Minded Professor* (1961), as Ned Brainard - *My Three Sons* (1960), series, as Steve Douglas - *The Apartment* (1960), as Jeff D. Sheldrake — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-apartment.md) - *The Oregon Trail* (1959), as Neal Harris - *Face of a Fugitive* (1959), as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid) - *The Shaggy Dog* (1959), as Wilson Daniels - *Good Day for a Hanging* (1959), as Marshal Ben Cutler - *Day of the Badman* (1958), as Judge Jim Scott - *The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour* (1957), series, as Fred MacMurray - *Quantez* (1957), as Gentry - *Gun for a Coward* (1956), as Will Keough - *There's Always Tomorrow* (1956), as Clifford Groves - *At Gunpoint* (1955), as Jack Wright - *The Rains of Ranchipur* (1955), as Thomas "Tom" Ransome - *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, as Peterson - *Screen Director's Playhouse* (1955), series, as Peter Terrance - *The Far Horizons* (1955), as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis - *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1954), series, as Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage), Wilson Daniels - *December Bride* (1954), series, Actor - *The George Gobel Show* (1954), series, as Fred MacMurray - *Woman's World* (1954), as Sid Burns - *Pushover* (1954), as Paul Sheridan - *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md) - *The Moonlighter* (1953), as Wes Anderson - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Richard Elgin, Harry Wingate - *Fair Wind to Java* (1953), as Captain Boll - *Callaway Went Thataway* (1951), as Mike Frye - *A Millionaire for Christy* (1951), as Peter Ulysses Lockwood - *The Jack Benny Program* (1950), series, as Fred MacMurray - *Never a Dull Moment* (1950), as Chris Hayward - *Borderline* (1950), as Johnny Macklin - *Father Was a Fullback* (1949), as George Cooper - *Family Honeymoon* (1948), as Grant Jordan - *An Innocent Affair* (1948), as Vincent Doane - *The Miracle of the Bells* (1948), as William 'Bill' Dunnigan - *On Our Merry Way* (1948), as Al - *Singapore* (1947), as Matt Gordon - *The Egg and I* (1947), as Bob MacDonald - *Suddenly It's Spring* (1947), as Peter Morely - *Smoky* (1946), as Clint Barkley - *Pardon My Past* (1945), as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton · Producer - *Murder, He Says* (1945), as Pete Marshall - *Captain Eddie* (1945), as Eddie Rickenbacker - *Where Do We Go from Here?* (1945), as Bill Morgan - *Practically Yours* (1944), as Daniel Bellamy - *Double Indemnity* (1944), as Walter Neff — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md) - *And the Angels Sing* (1944), as Happy Morgan - *Standing Room Only* (1944), as Lee Stevens - *The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith* (1943), as Narrator Prolog (uncredited) - *Above Suspicion* (1943), as Richard Myles - *Flight for Freedom* (1943), as Randy Britton - *No Time for Love* (1943), as Jim Ryan - *The Forest Rangers* (1942), as Don Stuart - *Take a Letter, Darling* (1942), as Tom Verney - *Star Spangled Rhythm* (1942), as Frank - *The Lady Is Willing* (1942), as Corey McBain - *New York Town* (1941), as Victor Ballard - *Dive Bomber* (1941), as Joe Blake - *One Night In Lisbon* (1941), as Dwight Houston - *Virginia* (1941), as Stonewall Elliott - *Rangers of Fortune* (1940), as Gil Farra - *Too Many Husbands* (1940), as Bill Cardew - *Little Old New York* (1940), as Charles Brownne - *Remember the Night* (1940), as Jack Sargent - *Honeymoon in Bali* (1939), as Bill Burnett - *Invitation to Happiness* (1939), as Albert 'King' Cole - *Cafe Society* (1939), as Crick O'Bannon - *Sing, You Sinners* (1938), as David Beebe - *Men with Wings* (1938), as Pat Falconer - *Cocoanut Grove* (1938), as Johnny Prentice - *True Confession* (1937), as Kenneth Bartlett - *Exclusive* (1937), as Ralph Houston - *Swing High, Swing Low* (1937), as Skid Johnson - *Maid of Salem* (1937), as Roger Coverman - *Champagne Waltz* (1937), as Buzzy Bellew - *The Texas Rangers* (1936), as Jim Hawkins - *The Princess Comes Across* (1936), as King Mantell - *13 Hours by Air* (1936), as Jack Gordon - *The Trail of the Lonesome Pine* (1936), as Jack Hale - *The Bride Comes Home* (1935), as Cyrus Anderson - *Hands Across the Table* (1935), as Theodore Drew III - *Alice Adams* (1935), as Arthur Russell — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/alice-adams.md) - *Men Without Names* (1935), as Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood - *Car 99* (1935), as Trooper Ross Martin - *The Gilded Lily* (1935), as Peter Dawes - *Grand Old Girl* (1935), as Sandy - *Tiger Rose* (1929), as Rancher - *Girls Gone Wild* (1929), as Extra (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Fred MacMurray](https://film.one/media/person/103281/gallery-bcd78f05244f.jpg) Fred MacMurray — Paramount Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Fred_MacMurray_-_publicity.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Publicity photo for the 3rd season premiere of My Three Sons. Clockwise from left: William Frawley as Bub, Tim Considine as Mike, Fred MacMurray as Steve, Don G](https://film.one/media/person/103281/gallery-b14ca41a3c5a.jpg) Publicity photo for the 3rd season premiere of My Three Sons. Clockwise from left: William Frawley as Bub, Tim Considine as Mike, Fred MacMurray as Steve, Don G — This photo print belonged to ABC Television. An unidentified photographer must have been for hire a staff of either ABC, MCA Television (owner of Revue Television and Universal Television), or any other studio photographer., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/1962_My_Three_Sons.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Theatrical Release poster for the 1944 film And The Angels Sing, a musical comedy starring Fred MacMurrary, Dorothy Lamour and Betty Hutton.](https://film.one/media/person/103281/gallery-66dd7094d099.jpg) Theatrical Release poster for the 1944 film And The Angels Sing, a musical comedy starring Fred MacMurrary, Dorothy Lamour and Betty Hutton. — Paramount Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/And_The_Angels_Sing_Movie.jpg/1280px-And_The_Angels_Sing_Movie.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Max Baer, Joanne Kathleen Hill, Fred MacMurray, June Haver, and an unidentified man with a hat at the 1968 Andy Williams San Diego Open Pro-Am Award ceremony.](https://film.one/media/person/103281/gallery-756616d42736.png) Max Baer, Joanne Kathleen Hill, Fred MacMurray, June Haver, and an unidentified man with a hat at the 1968 Andy Williams San Diego Open Pro-Am Award ceremony. — City of San Diego, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Andy_Williams_San_Diego_Open_Pro-Am_Award_ceremony.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Fred MacMurray](https://film.one/media/person/103281/gallery-d5736b39d503.jpg) Fred MacMurray — Image via TMDB - ![Fred MacMurray](https://film.one/media/person/103281/gallery-034fbe1e2bdb.jpg) Fred MacMurray — Image via TMDB - ![Fred MacMurray](https://film.one/media/person/103281/gallery-507e063d1c0b.jpg) Fred MacMurray — Image via TMDB - ![Actor Fred MacMurray starring as Steven "Steve" Douglas in My Three Sons, Season 12, Episode 1 (The Advent of Fergus) (1971)](https://film.one/media/person/103281/gallery-7b0ff2b583be.jpg) Actor Fred MacMurray starring as Steven "Steve" Douglas in My Three Sons, Season 12, Episode 1 (The Advent of Fergus) (1971) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Fred_MacMurray_-_My_Three_Sons%2C_Season_12%2C_Episode_1_%28The_Advent_of_Fergus%29_-_1971.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Fred MacMurray (standing) (as Steve Douglas), Tina Cole (as Katie Douglas) and Don Grady (as Robbie Douglas) from the television program My Three Sons. (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/103281/gallery-8a05ebd965d1.jpg) Photo of Fred MacMurray (standing) (as Steve Douglas), Tina Cole (as Katie Douglas) and Don Grady (as Robbie Douglas) from the television program My Three Sons. (1968) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Fred_MacMurray_Don_Grady_Tina_Cole_My_Three_Sons_1968.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Fred MacMurray](https://film.one/media/person/103281/gallery-7515be8b0be1.jpg) Fred MacMurray — Image via TMDB - ![Fred MacMurray](https://film.one/media/person/103281/gallery-ababb5b8feb3.jpg) Fred MacMurray — Image via TMDB - ![Fred MacMurray](https://film.one/media/person/103281/gallery-a87c9f404c90.jpg) Fred MacMurray — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Disney Legends 1987: Disney Legends (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/fred-macmurray