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Acting

Fred MacMurray

Career: Active from 1935 to 1975, busiest in 1935 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 82
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Double Indemnity
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 56 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Fred MacMurray Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.4, average 5.4
Psychological
3.9, average 5.5
Violence
2.6, average 4.1
Uncanny
1.0, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 8
Lighthearted 6
Character Study 5
Family-Friendly 5
Nostalgic Charm 4
Classic Cinema 3
Feel-Good Movie 3
Romantic Comedy 3
Situational Humor 3
Psychological Tension 3
Historical Setting 3
Classic Western 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

100

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

2 titles · average score 68

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

67

as (archive footage)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

69

as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)

1970s

5 titles · average score 42

The Swarm

29

as Clarence

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as (archive footage)

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

48

as Harry Ballinger

The Chadwick Family

as Ned Chadwick

Charley and the Angel

49

as Charley Appleby

1960s

8 titles · average score 69

The Happiest Millionaire

59

as Anthony Biddle

Follow Me, Boys!

70

as Lemuel Siddons

Kisses for My President

53

as Thad McCloud

Son of Flubber

72

as Ned Brainard

Bon Voyage!

56

as Harry Willard

The Absent-Minded Professor

72

as Ned Brainard

My Three Sons

78

TV show · as Steve Douglas

The Apartment

90

as Jeff D. Sheldrake

1950s

28 titles · average score 60

The Shaggy Dog

50

as Wilson Daniels

Face of a Fugitive

61

as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)

Good Day for a Hanging

58

as Marshal Ben Cutler

Day of the Badman

66

as Judge Jim Scott

Quantez

61

as Gentry

There's Always Tomorrow

70

as Clifford Groves

The Far Horizons

55

as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis

At Gunpoint

53

as Jack Wright

The Rains of Ranchipur

47

as Thomas "Tom" Ransome

Pushover

75

as Paul Sheridan

Fair Wind to Java

56

as Captain Boll

Borderline

43

as Johnny Macklin

1940s

33 titles · average score 60

Family Honeymoon

62

as Grant Jordan

The Miracle of the Bells

61

as William 'Bill' Dunnigan

The Egg and I

49

as Bob MacDonald

Pardon My Past

64

as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton

Double Indemnity

90

as Walter Neff

And the Angels Sing

68

as Happy Morgan

Above Suspicion

53

as Richard Myles

No Time for Love

68

as Jim Ryan

The Lady Is Willing

64

as Corey McBain

The Forest Rangers

78

as Don Stuart

Dive Bomber

59

as Joe Blake

Remember the Night

81

as Jack Sargent

1930s

22 titles · average score 62

Honeymoon in Bali

56

as Bill Burnett

Invitation to Happiness

66

as Albert 'King' Cole

True Confession

65

as Kenneth Bartlett

Maid of Salem

42

as Roger Coverman

Swing High, Swing Low

53

as Skid Johnson

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

66

as Jack Hale

The Princess Comes Across

63

as King Mantell

The Texas Rangers

72

as Jim Hawkins

Alice Adams

78

as Arthur Russell

Hands Across the Table

75

as Theodore Drew III

The Gilded Lily

68

as Peter Dawes

The Bride Comes Home

56

as Cyrus Anderson

1920s

2 titles

Girls Gone Wild

as Extra (uncredited)

Tiger Rose

as Rancher