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
The Apartment
⭐ 8.2Double Indemnity
⭐ 8.1The Caine Mutiny
⭐ 7.1Inside 'The Apartment'
⭐ 0The Movie Orgy
⭐ 6.2Pushover
⭐ 6.4The Princess Comes Across
⭐ 6.1Hands Across the Table
⭐ 6.8No Time for Love
⭐ 6.7The Happiest Millionaire
⭐ 6.8Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
⭐ 6.631Above Suspicion
⭐ 6.4Follow Me, Boys!
⭐ 6.6Remember the Night
⭐ 7.3The Egg and I
⭐ 7Good Day for a Hanging
⭐ 6.2The Miracle of the Bells
⭐ 6.1There's Always Tomorrow
⭐ 7.1Alice Adams
⭐ 6.721The Shaggy Dog
⭐ 6.1Face of a Fugitive
⭐ 5.4Borderline
⭐ 5.5The Rains of Ranchipur
⭐ 4.9Dive Bomber
⭐ 6.3The Swarm
⭐ 5Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
⭐ 0The Shaggy Dog Kids
⭐ 0The Absent-Minded Professor
⭐ 6.4The Texas Rangers
⭐ 6.333Invitation to Happiness
⭐ 0Son of Flubber
⭐ 5.9Los Angeles Plays Itself
⭐ 7.7The Lady Is Willing
⭐ 6.5Singapore
⭐ 5.8On Our Merry Way
⭐ 5.5The Gilded Lily
⭐ 6.4Maid of Salem
⭐ 5.9The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
⭐ 6.3The Far Horizons
⭐ 6.2Gun for a Coward
⭐ 5.6Family Honeymoon
⭐ 5.7New York Town
⭐ 10Honeymoon in Bali
⭐ 6.2Swing High, Swing Low
⭐ 5.1Take a Letter, Darling
⭐ 6.5Bon Voyage!
⭐ 5.3Charley and the Angel
⭐ 5.2Too Many Husbands
⭐ 6.3Star Spangled Rhythm
⭐ 5.9Father Was a Fullback
⭐ 6The Bride Comes Home
⭐ 4.8At Gunpoint
⭐ 6.3Murder, He Says
⭐ 6.6Inside 'the Swarm'
⭐ 10Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
⭐ 6Sing, You Sinners
⭐ 6.7The Moonlighter
⭐ 5.7Woman's World
⭐ 7.1True Confession
⭐ 5.8Quantez
⭐ 5.5Flight for Freedom
⭐ 5.2The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
⭐ 10Suddenly It's Spring
⭐ 4.3Practically Yours
⭐ 0A Millionaire for Christy
⭐ 6.4Grand Old Girl
⭐ 6.5Kisses for My President
⭐ 7Pardon My Past
⭐ 6Standing Room Only
⭐ 5Smoky
⭐ 5.2Little Old New York
⭐ 4Virginia
⭐ 0Exclusive
⭐ 6Men with Wings
⭐ 6Cocoanut Grove
⭐ 0And the Angels Sing
⭐ 7.8Car 99
⭐ 513 Hours by Air
⭐ 4.333An Innocent Affair
⭐ 4.7Where Do We Go from Here?
⭐ 5.3Fair Wind to Java
⭐ 4.9The Oregon Trail
⭐ 5.3Tiger Rose
⭐ 0The Forest Rangers
⭐ 0Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
⭐ 0Cafe Society
⭐ 6Never a Dull Moment
⭐ 5.4Callaway Went Thataway
⭐ 5.1Men Without Names
⭐ 6Anthony Quinn: An Original
⭐ 6.5Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
⭐ 4.8Rangers of Fortune
⭐ 5Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
⭐ 5One Night In Lisbon
⭐ 0Captain Eddie
⭐ 6Champagne Waltz
⭐ 0Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
⭐ 0NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
⭐ 0Day of the Badman
⭐ 6.5Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
⭐ 5.7Joys
⭐ 4Show-Business at War
⭐ 7The Chadwick Family
⭐ 6This Is Bob Hope...
⭐ 8A Star Is Born World Premiere
⭐ 8Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
⭐ 6George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
⭐ 5.583Gala Day at Disneyland
⭐ 6Disneyland '59
⭐ 6.5Breakdowns of 1942
⭐ 6Shadows of Suspense
⭐ 0It's a Most Unusual Day
⭐ 0A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
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