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Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)
Born Fredrick Martin MacMurray
August 30, 1908(1908-08-30)
Kankakee, Illinois, U.S.
Died November 5, 1991 (aged 83)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Years active 1929 - 1978
Spouse(s) Lillian Lamont (1936-1953)
June Haver (1954-1991)

Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908November 5, 1991) was an actor who appeared in over one hundred movies and in a highly successful television series during a career that spanned nearly a half-century, starting in 1930 and extending into the 1970s. Double Indemnity ( 1944) is an Academy Award nominated Film noir starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Kankakee is a city in Kankakee County, Illinois, in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. June Haver ( June 10, 1926 &ndash July 4, 2005) was an American film actress, who was born in Rock Island Illinois Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.

MacMurray is well known for his role in the 1944 film noir Double Indemnity, in which he starred with Barbara Stanwyck. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation Double Indemnity ( 1944) is an Academy Award nominated Film noir starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward Barbara Stanwyck ( July 16, &ndash January 20,) was an American actress, a star of film and television known during her 60-year career as a Later in life, he became better known as the avuncular Steve Douglas, widowed patriarch on My Three Sons, which ran on ABC from 1960-1965 and then on CBS from 1965-1972. Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a Pater familias over an extended family My Three Sons is a Situation comedy about a Scots/Irish-American family (Douglas/ O'Casey that ran from September 29, 1960, to August The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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Career

MacMurray was born in Kankakee, Illinois to Frederick MacMurray and Maleta Martin. Kankakee is a city in Kankakee County, Illinois, in the United States. The family finally settled in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Beaver Dam is a city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States, along Beaver Dam Lake (Wisconsin's 16th largest lake and the Beaver Dam River MacMurray was five years old during the year that they settled in Beaver Dam.

He earned a full scholarship to attend Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Waukesha (ˈwɔːkɨʃɔː is a city in and the County seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, in the the

In college, MacMurray participated in numerous local bands, playing the saxophone. The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind In 1930, he recorded a tune for the Gus Arnheim Orchestra as a featured vocalist on All I Want Is Just One Girl on the Victor 78 label. Gus Arnheim ( September 4, 1897 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania – January 1955 in Los Angeles California) was an early popular band leader Victrola redirects here For other uses see Victrola (disambiguation The Victor Talking Machine Company ( 1901 – 1929 [1]

Before he signed on with Paramount Pictures in 1934, he appeared on Broadway in Three's a Crowd (1930-1931) with Sidney Greenstreet and Bob Hope and in the original production of Roberta (1933-1934). Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Sydney Hughes Greenstreet ( December 27 1879 &ndash January 18 1954) was an English Actor, best known for his work with Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in [2]

MacMurray's early film work is largely overlooked by many film historians and critics, but in his heyday, he worked with some of Hollywood's greatest talents, including director Preston Sturges and actors Humphrey Bogart and Marlene Dietrich. See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it Film review redirects here for the similar sounding Film revue please visit Revue#Film revues. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Preston Sturges ( August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) originally Edmund Preston Biden was a celebrated Screenwriter and Marlene Dietrich maɐˈleːnə ˈdiːtrɪç (December 27 &ndashMay 6) was a German -born American Actress, Singer and Entertainer He played opposite Claudette Colbert in seven films, beginning with The Gilded Lily; he also co-starred with Katharine Hepburn in the classic, Alice Adams, and with Carole Lombard in Hands Across the Table, The Princess Comes Across, and True Confession. Claudette Colbert ( IPA: /koʊlˈbɛɹ/ ( September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was a French -born American stage The Gilded Lily is a 1935 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Alice Adams, also known as Booth Tarkington's Alice Adams, is a 1935 Romantic film Remake made by RKO. Carole Lombard ( October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne Indiana, was an Oscar-nominated Released by Paramount in 1935, Hands Across the Table is a film starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray. Released by Paramount in 1936, The Princess Comes Across is a film starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray.

Usually cast in light comedies as a decent, thoughtful character (The Trail of the Lonesome Pine) and in melodramas (Above Suspicion 1943) and musicals (Where Do We Go from Here? 1945), MacMurray had become one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors by 1943, when his salary reached $420,000. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1936 Romance film based on the novel of the same name. Above Suspicion ( 1943) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Feature film starring Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, and Basil [3]

Despite being type-cast as a "nice guy", MacMurray often said that his best roles were when he was cast against type by Billy Wilder. Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist In 1944, he played the role of Walter Neff, an insurance salesman (numerous other actors had turned the role down) who plots with a wealthy heiress Barbara Stanwyck to murder her husband in Double Indemnity. Barbara Stanwyck ( July 16, &ndash January 20,) was an American actress, a star of film and television known during her 60-year career as a Double Indemnity ( 1944) is an Academy Award nominated Film noir starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward Sixteen years later, he played Jeff Sheldrake, a two-timing corporate executive in Wilder's Oscar-winning comedy The Apartment, with Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Apartment is a 1960 American comedy - Drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles In another turn in the "not so nice" category, MacMurray played the cynical, duplicitous Lieutenant Thomas Keefer in 1954's The Caine Mutiny. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The Caine Mutiny is a Drama film set during World War II, directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer He gave his finest dramatic performances, though, when cast against type as counterfeit nice-guys or hard-boiled heels: a crooked cop in Pushover. Pushover ( 1954) is a Film noir notable for being the first film to feature Kim Novak in a starring role [4]

MacMurray's career got its second wind beginning in 1959, when he was cast as the father figure in a popular Disney comedy, The Shaggy Dog. [5]The 1960s saw him star in My Three Sons, which ran for 12 seasons, making it one of America's longest-running television series. Concurrent with My Three Sons, MacMurray stayed busy in films, starring in 1961 as Professor Ned Brainerd in Disney's 'The Absent-Minded Professor and in its sequel, Son of Flubber, in 1964. For the stock character see Absent-minded professor. The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 Walt Disney Pictures Son of Flubber is the 1963 Sequel to the Walt Disney children's movie comedy The Absent Minded Professor ( 1961 Having the clout of a major star, MacMurray was able to have it in his "Sons" contract that all the scenes requiring him be shot first. This freed him to pursue his film work, and his golf habit.

He was a staunch supporter of the Republican Party who joined Bob Hope and James Stewart in campaigning for Richard Nixon in 1968. Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor He was also, generally, considered one of the most frugal actors in the business. Studio co-workers noticed that even as a successful actor, MacMurray would usually bring a brown bag lunch to work, often featuring a hardboiled egg. According to his co-star on My Three Sons, William Demarest, MacMurray continued to bring dyed Easter eggs for lunch several months after Easter. My Three Sons is a Situation comedy about a Scots/Irish-American family (Douglas/ O'Casey that ran from September 29, 1960, to August William Demarest ( February 27, 1892 – December 28, 1983) was an American Character actor. Easter ( Greek: Πάσχα Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian Liturgical year.

After the cancellation of My Three Sons in 1972, MacMurray made only a few more film appearances before retiring in 1978.

Personal life

MacMurray was married twice. With his first wife, Lillian Lamont (June 20, 1936), he adopted two children. After Lamont died on June 22, 1953, he married actress June Haver (1954), and the couple adopted two more children. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. June Haver ( June 10, 1926 &ndash July 4, 2005) was an American film actress, who was born in Rock Island Illinois

In 1939, artist C. C. Beck used MacMurray as the initial model for the superhero character who would become Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel. Charles Clarence Beck ( June 8, 1910 - November 22, 1989) was an American Cartoonist and Comic book Fawcett Comics, a subsidiary of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful Comics publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s Captain Marvel is a fictional Comic book Superhero, originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics. [6]

In the 1940s MacMurray established MacMurray Ranch, now a popular winery. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be

MacMurray died of pneumonia at the age of eighty-three in Santa Monica and was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City. Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal Holy Cross Cemetery is located at 5835 W Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California. Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County California. He had long suffered from leukemia. Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood

In September, 2007, the first full-length biography of Fred MacMurray, by author Charles Tranberg, was published by Bearmanor Media.

Filmography

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References

  1. ^ Gus Arnheim: Information and Much More from Answers.com
  2. ^ IBDB
  3. ^ TCM Movie Database
  4. ^ TCM Movie Database
  5. ^ TCM Movie Database
  6. ^ The Marvel Family Web » FAQ » Marvel Family Inspiration

External links

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