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Fred MacMurray
Fredrick Martin 'Fred' MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor and musician. He was educated at Carroll College, Wisconsin, and 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.
He 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. He 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), he and fellow GI William Demarest are moving to Beaver Dam, WI to start a mink farm.
As actor
This Is Bob Hope...
Inside 'The Apartment'
The Shaggy Dog Kids
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
The Swarm
Inside 'the Swarm'
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
Joys
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
The Chadwick Family
Charley and the Angel
The Movie Orgy
The Happiest Millionaire
Follow Me, Boys!
Kisses for My President
Son of Flubber
Bon Voyage!
The Absent-Minded Professor
The Apartment
Gala Day at Disneyland
Good Day for a Hanging
The Shaggy Dog