Fred MacMurray
Birthday: 1908-08-30 | Place of Birth: Kankakee, Illinois, USABorn 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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jouer Steve Douglas
jouer Harry Ballinger
jouer Charley Appleby
jouer Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
jouer Lemuel Siddons
jouer Thad McCloud
jouer Ned Brainard
jouer Harry Willard
jouer Prof. Ned Brainard
jouer Jeff D. Sheldrake
jouer Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
jouer Marshal Ben Cutler
jouer Wilson Daniels
jouer Gentry
jouer Will Keough
jouer Clifford Groves
jouer Captain Meriwether Lewis
jouer Jack Wright
jouer Thomas "Tom" Ransome
jouer Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
jouer Paul Sheridan
jouer Captain Boll
jouer Wes Anderson
jouer Mike Frye
jouer Chris Hayward
jouer Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
jouer Al
jouer William 'Bill' Dunnigan
jouer Bob MacDonald
jouer Matt Gordon
