Historical Essay
MacMurray, Fred 1908 - 1991
Actor, Musician, Producer. Raised in Madison and Beaver Dam. Attended Carroll College in Waukesha; Film Debut: Grand Old Girl.
Films: Hands Across the Table; Alice Adams; Gilded Lady; Double Indemnity; The Egg and I; Caine Mutiny; The Shaggy Dog; The Apartment; The Absent Minded Professor; Son of Flubber.
Television Series: My Three Sons. Episodic: The U.S. Steel Hour.
MacMurray graduated from Beaver Dam High School in 1919, where he won 10 varsity letters in athletics.
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[Source: Wisconsin Film Office (filmwisconsin.org)]