87 films of FRED MAcMURRAY (1908 - 1991)
God was sad on this date in 1991 when Fred MacMurray died of pneumonia in Santa Monica, CA.
Fred started out as a musician, playing saxophone in the Coconut Grove Orchestra. Signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1934.
He appeared in 87 films over a career than spanned 49 years. Fred was consistently busy during toe 30s, 40s and 50s.
His movies obtained following data in IMDb.
mode = 6.6 (11)
mean = 6.6
median= 6.6
Had his career reviled with Disney pictures. Also noted as a "father figure" later in his career.
Big hit TV show - My Three Sons
Fred was born on August 30th in 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois.
Fred started out as a musician, playing saxophone in the Coconut Grove Orchestra. Signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1934.
He appeared in 87 films over a career than spanned 49 years. Fred was consistently busy during toe 30s, 40s and 50s.
His movies obtained following data in IMDb.
mode = 6.6 (11)
mean = 6.6
median= 6.6
Had his career reviled with Disney pictures. Also noted as a "father figure" later in his career.
Big hit TV show - My Three Sons
Fred was born on August 30th in 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois.
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- DirectorLewis SeilerStarsSue CarolNick StuartWilliam RussellIn his last film, silent star William Russell plays the motorcycle policeman father of one of the restless and reckless new generation of late 1920s youth.
- DirectorRaymond CannonStarsSue CarolNick StuartDixie Lee
- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsMonte BlueLupe VelezH.B. WarnerA mountie pursues a man wanted for murder.
- DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsMay RobsonMary CarlisleFred MacMurrayMiss Bayles (May Robson) has been trying to close down a business operated by Clarence (Alan Hale). Clarence runs a crooked gambling operation in the back room. Miss Bayles uses Clarence's crooked dice to beat him and uses her winnings to open a respectable business for her students to use. Her business gets closed down after a fight in her establishment and the school board replaces her as principal of the town's school. Clarence is feeling pretty good about his victory over Miss Bayles until she tells him she also lost her pension. Clarence sends a fellow classmate and former student of Miss Bayles a telegram. The former student happens to be the President of the United States and he comes to town to honor Miss Bayles.
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsClaudette ColbertFred MacMurrayRay MillandA stenographer becomes a famed entertainer and is courted by an English nobleman and an informal American reporter.
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsFred MacMurrayGuy StandingAnn SheridanA story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its men. It follows the career of a newly-inducted rookie, Ross Martin, who has joined the force at the urging of his sweetheart, Mary Adams. Martin soon distinguishes himself by his bravery in the apprehension of criminals. But when the leader of a gang of bank robbers falls into his hands and then escapes, because of carelessness on Martin's part, he is suspended from the force.
- DirectorRalph MurphyStarsFred MacMurrayMadge EvansDavid HoltThis story about the U.S. Department of Justice and its agents begins with a daring mail-truck robbery by a ruthless gang that flees to the western U.S. after the robbery. When money from the robbery shows up in a small Kansas town, the department sends agent Dick Grant to investigate, posing as a businessman. He is hindered in his assignment by local newspaper reporter Helen Sherwood, and when he falls in love with her, he is unable to reveal to her who he really is and why he is there.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsKatharine HepburnFred MacMurrayFred StoneA working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsCarole LombardFred MacMurrayRalph BellamyA loafer and a manicurist, both planning to marry money, meet and form an uneasy alliance.
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsClaudette ColbertFred MacMurrayRobert YoungA penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsSylvia SidneyHenry FondaFred MacMurrayA railroad man from the city befriends a mountain girl in a Kentucky family feud.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsFred MacMurrayJoan BennettZasu PittsAirline pilot Jack Gordon (Fred MacMurray) on a flight from New York to San Francisco, is immediately attracted to beautiful passenger Felice Rollins (Joan Bennett). Known as a "lady's man", he bets stewardess Vi Johnson (Ruth Donnelly) that he will take Felice out to dinner that evening. A jewel robbery is in the news and a beautiful blonde is implicated, with Jack suspecting that Felice may be the culprit. On a stop over in Chicago, Jack learns instead that his passenger is a wealthy socialite at odds with another passenger, Count Stephani (Fred Keating). Jack worries that he may have a crisis involving the Count when he finds Stephani has a gun aboard. Other passengers include Dr. Evarts (Brian Donlevy) and Curtis Palmer (Alan Baxter, both of whom seem to be harboring a secret. Felice is trying to get to San Francisco in order to prevent her sister from marrying the Count's brother, but the flight runs into bad weather. Jack and Freddie Scott (John Howard), his co-pilot are persuaded to fly on but are eventually forced to make an emergency landing. Dr. Evarts tells Jack he is a federal agent pursuing Palmer, a notorious criminal, who now takes the opportunity to shoot Freddie and Dr. Everts, commandeering the aircraft. Jack manages to overcome Palmer, and with the help of Felice, is able to take off and fly to San Francisco. When the flight lands, he is able to have his dinner with Felice, collecting his bet, knowing that he will need the money for a marriage licence.
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardStarsCarole LombardFred MacMurrayDouglass DumbrilleA woman pretends to be royalty in order to get aboard a cruise ship.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsFred MacMurrayJack OakieJean ParkerTwo down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsGladys SwarthoutFred MacMurrayJack OakieChampagne Waltz is one of five movies produced by Paramount in the 1930s featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on the popularity of Grace Moore, another opera singer, who had also expanded her talents into movies.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsClaudette ColbertFred MacMurrayHarvey StephensYoung lovers fall afoul of repressive society as Salem elders get caught up in the witch hunts and trials of 17th-century Massachusetts. One family in particular uses the hysteria to its advantage, getting even with everyone for every slight--real or imagined.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsCarole LombardFred MacMurrayCharles ButterworthA hair-dresser stranded in Panama moves in with an ex-soldier and his hypochondriac roommate; she and the former fall in love, but their romance is threatened by success and the arrival of his old flame.
- DirectorAlexander HallStarsFred MacMurrayFrances FarmerCharles RugglesTwo newspapers are pitted against each other. One owned by gangster Charles Gillette (Lloyd Nolan), the other by Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray).
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsCarole LombardFred MacMurrayJohn BarrymoreA lawyer defends his wife, a pathological liar, in a murder trial.
- DirectorAlfred SantellStarsFred MacMurrayHarriet NelsonBen BlueBand tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsFred MacMurrayRay MillandLouise CampbellPlot #1 is the love triangle between two guys and one girl as they grow into adults and affiliate themselves in the new aircraft industry. Plot #2 is aircraft evolution from the days of Wilbur and Orville Wright to just prior to WWII.
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsBing CrosbyFred MacMurrayDonald O'ConnorOf the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but reckless Joe thinks his only road to success is through swapping and gambling. It seems the only thing all three can join in is their singing act, which Mike and Dave hate. Finally, all Joe's hopes are pinned on a race horse he's acquired, but it's a bigger gamble than his family knows. Hilarious sequence involving a lecturer on seals.
- DirectorEdward H. GriffithStarsMadeleine CarrollFred MacMurrayShirley RossA wealthy young lady marries a reporter on a bet, but things might not work out so well when he finds out the truth.
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsIrene DunneFred MacMurrayCharles RugglesAn egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
- DirectorEdward H. GriffithStarsFred MacMurrayMadeleine CarrollAllan JonesA Manhattan career woman tries to resist a man who wants her to be his wife.