Editing Fred MacMurray

{{Short description|American actor (1908–1991)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Fred MacMurray
| image = Fred MacMurray - publicity.JPG
| caption = MacMurray in the 1930s
| birth_name = Frederick Martin MacMurray
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|08|30|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kankakee, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|11|05|1908|07|30|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| resting_place = [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City]]
| years_active = 1929–1978
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|Lillian Lamont|1936|1953|reason=d}}
* {{marriage|[[June Haver]]|1954}}}}
| children = 4
| relatives = [[Fay Holderness]] (aunt)
}}
'''Frederick Martin MacMurray''' (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series in a career that spanned nearly a half-century. His career as a major film leading man began in 1935, but his most renowned role was in [[Billy Wilder]]'s [[film noir]] ''[[Double Indemnity]]''. From 1959 to 1973, MacMurray appeared in numerous Disney films, including ''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]'', ''[[The Absent-Minded Professor]]'', ''[[Follow Me, Boys!]]'', and ''[[The Happiest Millionaire]]''. He starred as Steve Douglas in the television series ''[[My Three Sons]]''.

==Early life and education==
Frederick Martin MacMurray was born on August 30, 1908, in [[Kankakee, Illinois]], the son of Maleta (''née'' Martin) and concert violinist Frederick Talmadge MacMurray, both natives of [[Wisconsin]]. His aunt, [[Fay Holderness]], was a vaudeville performer and actress. When MacMurray was an infant, his family moved to [[Madison, Wisconsin]], where his father taught music.<ref name="1910 US Census">[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYK-SKM2?mode=g&i=7&cc=1727033 "Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910"], [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], Dane County, [[Wisconsin]]; enumeration page dated April 18, 1910. Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce and Labor, [[Washington, D.C.]] Digital image of original enumeration page available at [[FamilySearch]], a free online genealogical database provided as a public service by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, [[Utah]]. Retrieved June 2, 2017.</ref> They relocated within the state to [[Beaver Dam, Wisconsin|Beaver Dam]], his mother's birthplace.<ref>{{cite news|title=MacMurray Family Lived in Gladstone, Fred's Folks Friends of Mrs. S. Goldstein |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1440764/fred_macmurray_19081991/|newspaper=The Escanaba Daily Press|date=September 26, 1935|page=7|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = December 19, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref>

MacMurray attended school in [[Quincy, Illinois]], where he played football and baseball, ran on the track team and worked in a local pea cannery. After graduation, he received a full scholarship to [[Carroll University|Carroll College]] in [[Waukesha, Wisconsin]]. He played the [[saxophone]] in numerous local bands, having picked up the instrument when he was looking to fill his spare time. He continued to play saxophone while attending the Chicago Art Institute in the evenings.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weil |first=Martin |date=1991-11-06 |title=ACTOR FRED MACMURRAY DIES AT 83 |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/11/06/actor-fred-macmurray-dies-at-83/768a3cea-7e62-4082-a076-1cc1583c833e/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Cincinnati Enquirer 12 Jan 1947, page 56 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/100163270/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Hands across the table.jpg|right|thumb|MacMurray with [[Carole Lombard]] in ''[[Hands Across the Table]]'' (1935)]]

=== Acting ===
In 1928, MacMurray chauffeured his mother to Los Angeles for her health and to visit family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Courier-Journal 05 Jan 1947, page Page 29 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/107134304/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> While there he found work as an extra and continued playing the saxophone with the California Collegians, a vaudeville group that was formed out of the pit orchestra at the [[Hollywood Pacific Theatre|Warner Brothers Hollywood Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The San Francisco Examiner 13 Nov 1934, page 12 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/457436690/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> His extra work was earning him $10 a day. The band was hired to appear on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''[[Three's a Crowd (musical)|Three's a Crowd]]'' (1930–31) with [[Fred Allen]], [[Clifton Webb]] and [[Libby Holman]], resulting in a move to New York City from California.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cincinnati Enquirer 12 Jan 1947, page 56 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/100163270/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> MacMurray was offered a role in the production, leading to a further casting in the musical ''[[Roberta (musical)|Roberta]]'' alongside [[Sydney Greenstreet]] and [[Bob Hope]] (1933–34).<ref>{{cite web|author=The Broadway League |url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=50837 |title=IBDb |publisher=IBDb |access-date=August 24, 2012}}</ref> MacMurray signed with [[Paramount Pictures]] in 1934.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watters |first=Sam |date=2011-10-01 |title=Mr. Un-Modern Fred MacMurray |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-oct-01-la-hm-lost-la-fred-macmurray-20111001-story.html |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Stardom ===
[[File:Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray.jpg|left|thumb|MacMurray with [[Irene Dunne]] in a promotional photo for ''[[Invitation to Happiness]]'' (1939)]]
In the 1930s, MacMurray worked with film directors Billy Wilder and [[Preston Sturges]], and actors [[Barbara Stanwyck]], [[Henry Fonda]], [[Humphrey Bogart]], [[Marlene Dietrich]], and in seven films, [[Claudette Colbert]], beginning with ''[[The Gilded Lily (1935 film)|The Gilded Lily]]''. He co-starred with [[Katharine Hepburn]] in ''[[Alice Adams (1935 film)|Alice Adams]]'', with [[Joan Crawford]] in ''[[Above Suspicion (1943 film)|Above Suspicion]]'', and with [[Carole Lombard]] in four productions: ''[[Hands Across the Table]]'', ''[[The Princess Comes Across]]'', ''[[Swing High, Swing Low (film)|Swing High, Swing Low]]'' and ''[[True Confession]]''. Usually cast in light comedies as a decent, thoughtful character (''[[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film)|The Trail of the Lonesome Pine]]''), and in melodramas and musicals, MacMurray became one of the film industry's highest-paid actors of the period. In 1943, his annual salary had reached $420,000, making him the highest-paid actor in Hollywood and the fourth-highest-paid person in the nation.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news| last=Flint| first=Peter B.| title=Fred MacMurray Is Dead at 83; Versatile Film and Television Star| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/06/arts/fred-macmurray-is-dead-at-83-versatile-film-and-television-star.html| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=November 6, 1991|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="metv.com">{{cite web |title=How My Three Sons star Fred MacMurray became one of the wealthiest actors in the biz |url=https://metv.com/stories/how-my-three-sons-star-fred-macmurray-became-one-of-the-wealthiest-actors-in-the-biz}}</ref>

MacMurray did not serve in the military during the [[World War II|Second World War]], instead working to sell [[war bond]]s and as an air-raid warden in his [[Brentwood, Los Angeles|Brentwood]] neighborhood. The movies that he did produce during this period were mostly considered to be "morale-boosters" rather than outright "war pictures" that some of his contemporaries were churning out. In 1944, his earnings increased to $439,000, making him again the highest-paid actor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Tranberg |first=Charles |title=Fred MacMurray - A biography |publisher=BearManor Media |year=2007 |isbn=978-1593930998 |edition=1st}}</ref>

During the production of the 1947 film [[The Egg and I (film)|''The Egg and I'']], the hens appearing in the movie laid over 300 eggs. MacMurray and costar Claudette Colbert autographed one egg each in fifty cartons. The eggs were sold at a local farmers market and profits were donated to the [[Braille Institute of America]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Daily Times 25 Jan 1947, page 3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/303174689/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

Having starred in many episodes of [[Lux Radio Theatre]] in the late 1930s and 1940s, MacMurray returned to the medium in 1952. He featured in ''[[Bright Star (radio)|Bright Star]],'' along with [[Irene Dunne]], in which he portrayed a reporter for a local newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RUSC - Old Time Radio Shows - Bright Star |url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Bright-Star.aspx?s=498 |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=www.rusc.com}}</ref>
[[File:Double-Indemnity-LIFE-1944-2.jpg|right|thumb|MacMurray with [[Barbara Stanwick]] in ''[[Double Indemnity]]'' (1944)]]
Despite being typecast as a "nice guy", MacMurray often said his best roles were when he was cast against type, such as under the direction of Billy Wilder and [[Edward Dmytryk]]. Perhaps his best known "bad guy" performance was that of Walter Neff, an insurance salesman who plots with a greedy wife to kill her husband in the [[film noir]] classic ''[[Double Indemnity]]''. MacMurray stated in 1956 that this was his favorite role, and that it "...proved I could do serious acting".<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=The Kansas City Times 12 Dec 1956, page 24 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/658704503/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> In another turn in the "not so nice" category, MacMurray played the cynical, duplicitous Lieutenant Thomas Keefer in Dmytryk's film ''[[The Caine Mutiny (1954 film)|The Caine Mutiny]].''<ref name="TCM Movie Database">{{cite web |url=http://tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=119195 |title=TCM Movie Database |publisher=Tcmdb.com |access-date=August 24, 2012 |archive-date=October 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001002647/http://tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=119195 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Six years later, MacMurray played Jeff Sheldrake, a two-timing corporate executive in Wilder's [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-winning film ''[[The Apartment]]''. In 1958, he guest-starred in the premiere episode of [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]'s ''[[Cimarron City (TV series)|Cimarron City]]'' Western series, with [[George Montgomery (actor)|George Montgomery]] and [[John Smith (actor)|John Smith]]. MacMurray's career continued upward the following year, when he was cast as the father in the [[Walt Disney Studios (production)|Disney]] film ''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]].''<ref name="TCM Movie Database" />

=== ''My Three Sons'' ===
[[File:My Three Sons cast photo 1967.jpg|left|thumb|MacMurray (third from left) with the cast of ''[[My Three Sons]]'' in 1967]]
In an interview with [[Hedda Hopper]] in 1956, MacMurray noted that he had been asked to take on the role of [[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]] on television. He turned it down, saying "I want to do as little TV work as possible – it's lots of work. I guess I am just lazy".<ref name=":3" />

From 1960 to 1972, he starred in ''[[My Three Sons]],'' a long-running, highly rated TV series. Concurrently with it, MacMurray starred in other films, playing Professor Ned Brainard in ''[[The Absent-Minded Professor]]'' and its sequel ''[[Son of Flubber]]''. Using his star-power clout, MacMurray had a provision in his ''My Three Sons'' contract that all of his scenes on that series were to be shot in two separate month-long production blocks and filmed first. That condensed performance schedule provided him more free time to pursue his work in films, maintain his ranch in [[Northern California]], and enjoy his favorite leisure activity, golf.<ref name="TCM" /> Over the years, MacMurray became one of the wealthiest actors in the entertainment industry, primarily from wise real estate investments and from his "notorious frugality".<ref name="TCM">Gaita, Paul. [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/119195%7C55171/fred-macmurray#biography "Fred MacMurray"], biographical profile, Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Retrieved June 2, 2017.</ref>

=== Retirement ===
[[File:President Richard Nixon, Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart, and Fred MacMurray at Lakeside Golf Course in Los Angeles (Toluca Lake), CA.jpg|right|thumb|Left to right: [[James Stewart]], MacMurray, [[Bob Hope]] and President [[Richard Nixon]] playing golf (1970)]]
In the early 1970s, MacMurray appeared in commercials for the [[Greyhound Lines]] bus company.<ref>{{Citation |title=1974 Fred MacMurray Greyhound Bus TV Commercial | date=January 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7xpqprdJUE |access-date=2023-07-11 |language=en}}</ref> In 1979, he appeared in a series of commercials for the Korean ''[[chisenbop]]'' math calculation program.<ref>{{Citation |title=Chis-An-Bop with Fred MacMurray (Commercial Offer, 1979) | date=January 3, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtARCOoQTT8 |access-date=2023-07-11 |language=en}}</ref> MacMurray's final film was ''[[The Swarm (1978 film)|The Swarm]]'', costarring Michael Caine, Olivia de Havilland and Henry Fonda.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-11 |title=The Swarm Is a Disaster Movie Only a Murder Hornet Could Love |url=https://gizmodo.com/the-swarm-is-a-disaster-movie-only-a-murder-hornet-coul-1843363739 |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}}</ref> The actor, semi-retired at this point, was called back for one last film by director [[Irwin Allen]] entitled [[Fire! (1977 film)|''Fire!'']]; however, his diagnosis of throat cancer caused him to pull out. Allen then offered him the small role (for a total of two days on set) of a pharmacist in ''The Swarm''. MacMurray told reporters that he didn't "...really miss it. A lot of actors go crazy if they aren't working, but I guess I'm a little lazy." He successfully underwent treatment for his cancer during the production.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Star-Gazette 20 Nov 1977, page 65 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/275739781/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Redlands Daily Facts 15 Sep 1977, page Page 5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/15321608/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Business ventures ===
MacMurray was also a prolific businessman, frequently earning over $400,000 a year in the 1940s.<ref name="metv.com" /> In 1941, he purchased land in the [[Russian River (California)|Russian River Valley]] in [[Northern California]] and established MacMurray Ranch. At the {{Convert|1,750|acre|adj=on}} ranch, he raised prize-winning [[American Angus|Aberdeen Angus cattle]], cultivated prunes, apples, alfalfa and other crops, and enjoyed watercolor painting, fly fishing, and [[skeet shooting]].<ref>Taylor, Dan (2013). [http://arts.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/23142/healdsburg-museum-exhibits-memorabilia-from-actor-fred-macmurrays-nearby-ranch/ "Healdsburg Museum exhibits memorabilia from actor Fred MacMurray's nearby ranch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106234136/http://arts.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/23142/healdsburg-museum-exhibits-memorabilia-from-actor-fred-macmurrays-nearby-ranch/|date=November 6, 2016}}. ''Press Democrat'' (Santa Rosa, California), May 31, 2013, arts section. Retrieved June 4, 2017.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Linda |date=2003-03-06 |title=Hollywood to vine / A film star's daughter returns home to a Pinot paradise |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hollywood-to-vine-A-film-star-s-daughter-2630274.php |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Evening Independent 05 Mar 1947, page Page 4 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/3858711/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> MacMurray wanted the property's agricultural heritage preserved, so five years after his death, in 1996, it was sold to [[E & J Gallo Winery|Gallo]], which planted vineyards on it for wines that bear the MacMurray Ranch label.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 6, 1996 |title=Gallo Family to Buy MacMurray Ranch |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/NORTH-BAY-Gallo-Family-to-Buy-MacMurray-Ranch-2983362.php |access-date=August 24, 2012}}</ref> One of MacMurray's children now lives on the property (in a cabin built by her father), and is "actively engaged in Sonoma's thriving wine community, carrying on her family's legacy and the heritage of MacMurray Ranch".<ref name="Ranch">{{cite web |date=February 25, 2008 |title=Kate MacMurray |url=http://www.macmurrayranch.com/About-MacMurray/Kate-MacMurray.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424003250/http://www.macmurrayranch.com/About-MacMurray/Kate-MacMurray.asp |archive-date=April 24, 2011 |access-date=August 24, 2012 |website=MacMurray Ranch}}</ref><ref name="MacMurray_Estate">{{cite news |author1=Wright, Johnathan L. |date=July 26, 2017 |title=Inside the wine ranch once owned by a movie legend |work=Reno Gezette Journal |url=https://www.rgj.com/story/life/food/2017/07/26/inside-wine-ranch-once-owned-movie-legend/103993474/ |access-date=April 25, 2020 |quote=Famed actor Fred MacMurray purchased the property in 1941. Today, his daughter Kate is the winery's guiding spirit.}}</ref>

In 1944, he purchased the [[Bryson Apartment Hotel]] in the [[Westlake, Los Angeles]] neighborhood for $600,000, using profits from ''Double Indemnity'', and was a co-owner of three other apartment buildings.<ref name=":0" /> The actor was cautious with his finances, which went hand-in-hand with his sedate lifestyle. The majority of his earnings were used for investments (including a knitting mill, co-owner of a golf-and-tennis club and a cold-storage business).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evening Star 05 Jan 1947, page 39 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/867975626/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> MacMurray insisted upon a percentage of gross of the films in which he starred.

In 1945, along with former actor [[Leslie Fenton]], MacMurray formed a production company, entitled "Mutual Pictures".<ref>{{Cite news |title=SCREEN NEWS; MacMurray and Fenton Form Producing Firm Of Local Origin |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.comhttp//arch-timesmachine-fe-prd-40741-2-575473780.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/timesmachine/1945/01/30/88189004.html?pageNumber=22 |access-date=2023-07-11 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> With this production company the pair made one film, ''[[Pardon My Past]]'', a moderate success.<ref name=":2" />

A 1977 profile dispelled the myth of MacMurray's wealth, reporting that if he "...sold everything I'd be worth maybe $3 million to $4 million. Maybe". He stated that the myth of his wealth being in league with [[Doris Duke]] and the [[Aga Khan IV|Aga Khan]] ($75 to $100 million range) stemmed from his life-long frugality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Daily Herald-Tribune 27 Oct 1977, page 11 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/731055335/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Fred MacMurray Star HWF.JPG|thumb|left|Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6421 Hollywood Boulevard]]

=== Family ===
MacMurray was married twice, first to Lillian "Lily" Lamont (legal name: Lilian Wehmhoener MacMurray, born 1908) and after her death, actress [[June Haver]].

=== Lillian Lamont ===
Lamont and MacMurray met during the production of ''Roberta'' while in New York City while he was performing with the Collegians in 1934, and they quickly became an item.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The San Francisco Examiner 08 Aug 1935, page 19 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/457855738/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> Despite the budding romance he left New York and returned to Hollywood in efforts to continue his career.<ref name=":3" />

It was reported that upon his return he spurned a matchmaking attempt by gossip columnist [[Louella Parsons]]. Accounts vary, with some reporting that Parsons was angry over MacMurray's refusal of her efforts, leading Parsons to attempt to derail his career. Other sources indicate that MacMurray turned down a party invitation from [[William Randolph Hearst]] (via Parsons), as the publisher had already identified another female as MacMurray's date for the event.<ref name=":0" /> Parsons refers in a 1947 column that she and MacMurray made amends, "...we let our hair down about a lot of things...principally a misunderstanding that marred a long friendship, and then and there cleaned up all our grievances", possibly alluding to the columnist's attempts at career sabotage.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Cincinnati Enquirer 22 Jun 1947, page 61 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/100223292/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1934, the couple announced the news that they were in a "test engagement", stating that they "want to be sure before we make any official announcement" that "...their personalities were the type which could pull in a double harness while they followed their careers".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Edmonton Bulletin 27 Dec 1934, page 3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/738598142/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> By late spring in 1936, the couple decided to make it official. Late on the night of June 19, 1936, MacMurray, Lamont and MacMurray's mother traveled by plane to Las Vegas to be married. The trip – and the marriage – were kept secret from friends and studio officials, who spent the day of the 20th trying to locate the actor. The newlyweds and family returned to Hollywood on a plane that same day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wilkes-Barre Times Leader 20 Jun 1936, page Page 5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/140522191/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vidette-Messenger of Porter County 20 Jun 1936, page 2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/333016931/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1945, they moved into a 10-room, two-story Colonial house in Brentwood. Neighbors (and friends) included [[James Stewart|Jimmy Stewart]] and [[Henry Fonda]]. Joan Crawford described the couple as having "one of the few happy and well-adjusted marriages".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watters |first=Sam |date=2011-10-01 |title=Mr. Un-Modern Fred MacMurray |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-oct-01-la-hm-lost-la-fred-macmurray-20111001-story.html |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> While they were known to be homebodies and family-oriented, they were also social within the Hollywood community. They hosted parties, both large and small, for friends. They were close with [[Clark Gable]] and [[Carole Lombard]], often having Sunday afternoon BBQs with each other. At the larger gatherings, Lombard proved to be the source of entertainment for the assembled guests with her antics and off-color language.<ref name=":0" />

Lamont was often in poor health, including kidney and heart problems. This is reportedly why MacMurray and Lamont adopted two children. In 1940, their daughter Susan joined the family, with formal adoption completed in 1942. Four years later they adopted one-and-a-half year-old Robert. Later in his son's life, the father and son would drift apart, with MacMurray lamenting that Robert went "the hippie route via the South Seas to 'find himself'".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Detroit Free Press 07 Sep 1940, page Page 16 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/97941654/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

After struggling with physical health issues for most of her life, her condition deteriorated even further in the early 1950s. She eventually succumbed to kidney and heart issues in June 1953, shortly after the couple's 17th wedding anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deseret News 22 Jun 1953, page 7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/595490395/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> In a 2006 interview between a MacMurray biographer and Lamont's cousin, the family states that she suffered from bulimia. This may have stemmed from her days as a model and contributed to her other health issues.<ref name=":0" />

=== June Haver ===
[[File:June Haver MS152.jpg|right|thumb|MacMurray's second wife, actress [[June Haver]]]]
MacMurray first met actress June Haver when they starred in ''[[Where Do We Go from Here? (1945 film)|Where Do We Go From Here]]'' in 1945, although they had little interaction.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Ratoff |first1=Gregory |title=Where Do We Go from Here? |date=1945-05-23 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038245/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 |type=Fantasy, Musical |access-date=2023-07-13 |others=Fred MacMurray, Joan Leslie, June Haver |publisher=Twentieth Century Fox |last2=Seaton |first2=George}}</ref> By the early 1950s, Haver was grieving the sudden death of her fiancé Dr. John Duzik in 1949. In part because of her grief, Haver had considered a life as a nun. A life-long devout Catholic, she met with [[Pope Pius XII]] in 1951 and decided to follow her faith and join a convent. She realized after eight months that the convent life was not for her.<ref name=":0" /> In 1953, at a "[[Gay Nineties]]" party thrown by pal [[John Wayne]], Haver and MacMurray met socially. Both had been reluctant to attend the party; however, they left together and quickly became an item.<ref name=":0" /> After the socially acceptable amount of time grieving the death of Lamont, the couple decided to make their relationship official, deciding to marry in 1954. This meant the actress had to renounce her Catholicism due to a previous divorce, having wed musician Jimmy Zito in 1947 before divorcing in 1948.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cincinnati Enquirer 13 Feb 1953, page 5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/100604151/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Ventura County Star 02 Jul 1954, page 10 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/624936454/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

MacMurray purchased actor [[Red Skelton]]'s good-luck [[pinky ring]] as an engagement ring, officially proposing to Haver after a trip to a drugstore.<ref name=":0" /> They publicly announced their wedding date for the first week of August 1954; however, they actually wed over a month early, on June 28, to the surprise of friends and the press.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=The Enid Daily Eagle 14 Aug 1954, page 6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/900972565/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> With the help of friend Ray Cardillo, a travel agency owner, the ceremony was held at the [[Ojai Valley Inn]].<ref name=":4" /> They honeymooned in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, while MacMurray finished working on ''[[The Far Horizons]].''<ref name=":0" />

MacMurray stated in a 1954 interview that "June had a serious operation after she fell at Fox Studios a couple of years ago...and she's not sure if she will be able to have children".<ref name=":5" /> As a result of Haver's inability to conceive, in 1956 they adopted fraternal twins, Laurie Ann and Katie Marie, "right out of the incubator".<ref name=":3" /> 

Haver curtailed her Hollywood career after marrying MacMurray, with one final appearance on the ''Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour'' in 1958 as herself.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour |date=1957-11-06 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050033/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_act |type=Comedy, Family |access-date=2023-07-13 |others=Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance |publisher=Desilu Productions}}</ref> She stated that she had no desire to act further, "I lost it all [desire]. I'm remaining a private citizen and will stay at home and work...it has been supplanted by something better. Now that I have four children in the family I have a lot to keep me busy".<ref name=":3" /> MacMurray did not believe that it was his place to keep Haver from acting, stating "...I'd hate to be the one to keep her off the screen...the decision is up to her. I'd rather have her at home, but if she wants to make a picture, it's okay with me".<ref name=":5" />

Much like his marriage to Lamont, this union was by all accounts stable and happy.<ref name=":0" /> They remained married until MacMurray's death in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Los Angeles Times 06 Nov 1991, page Page 288 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/175432945/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Politics ===
Like many of his Hollywood contemporaries, MacMurray was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politically, although he was not particularly outspoken about his beliefs. When speaking with columnist Parsons in 1947 about the [[House Un-American Activities Committee|Red Scare in Hollywood]], the actor noted "I suppose there really are some Reds in Hollywood...but don't you think that actually some of the people...get that reputation because they talk too much about things they don't understand? I don't think an actor has any business to discuss politics unless he is an authority..."<ref name=":1" /> He is further quoted "...just because I happen to be an actor I shouldn't get up and say 'vote for this man', knowing as little as I know about him...I'm a family man and that's about it".<ref name=":0" />

He joined a long list of Hollywood stars as a member of the [[Hollywood Anti-Nazi League]], which was organized by the [[Communist Party USA|Communist Party of the USA]] in 1936.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim120110127 |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=The SHAFR Guide Online|doi=10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim120110127 |doi-broken-date=March 27, 2025 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> MacMurray appeared onstage along with other conservative luminaries stumping for [[Thomas E. Dewey|Thomas Dewey]] in the 1944 Presidential [[Election of 1944|election]], and he supported [[Ronald Reagan]] for [[Governor of California]] in 1966.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Hollywood Right Goes for Goldwater and Finds Reagan |date=2013-10-21 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139027106.007 |work=When Hollywood Was Right |pages=155–183 |access-date=2023-07-11 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/cbo9781139027106.007 |isbn=9780521199186 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Illness and death==
[[File:Fred MacMurray and June Haver's grave.JPG|thumb|right|MacMurray and June Haver's grave at [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City]], California]]
A lifelong heavy smoker, MacMurray had [[throat cancer]] in the late 1970s, and it recurred in 1987.<ref name=":0" /> He had a severe stroke in December 1988 that paralyzed his right side and affected his speech. With therapy, he made a 90 percent recovery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmsofthegoldenage.com/articles/2008/01/24/current_issue/macmurrayfred.txt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123072403/http://www.filmsofthegoldenage.com/articles/2008/01/24/current_issue/macmurrayfred.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |title=Archives: Story |publisher=Filmsofthegoldenage.com |access-date=August 24, 2012 }}</ref>

After suffering from [[leukemia]] for more than a decade, MacMurray died of [[pneumonia]] on November 5, 1991, in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref name="nyt" />

==Awards and influence==
In 1939, artist [[C. C. Beck]] used MacMurray as the initial model for the superhero character who became [[Fawcett Comics]]' [[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marvelfamily.com/faq/mfinspiration.aspx |title=The Marvel Family Web |publisher=Marvelfamily.com |access-date=August 24, 2012}}</ref> 

MacMurray was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] for ''The Absent-Minded Professor''. In 1987, he became the first person to be honored as a [[Disney Legends|Disney Legend]].<ref>{{cite web |date=August 26, 2009 |title=Fred MacMurray: The First Disney Legend |url=http://www.mouseplanet.com/8943/Fred_MacMurray_The_First_Disney_Legend |access-date=August 24, 2012 |publisher=Mouseplanet.com}}</ref>

==Archive==
The [[Academy Film Archive]] houses the Fred MacMurray–June Haver Collection. The film materials are complemented by papers at the Academy's [[Margaret Herrick Library]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred MacMurry-June Haver Collection| url=http://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/fred-macmurray-june-haver-collection| website=Academy Film Archive| date=September 4, 2014}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
[[File:Fred MacMurray in Above Suspicion (1943).png|right|thumb|MacMurray in ''[[Above Suspicion (1943 film)|Above Suspicion]]'' (1943)]]
[[File:Fred MacMurray-Marguerite Chapman in Pardon My Past.jpg|right|thumb|MacMurray with [[Marguerite Chapman]] in ''[[Pardon My Past]]'' (1945)]]
[[File:Fred MacMurray Maureen O'Hara Father was a fullback 1949.jpg|right|thumb|MacMurray with [[Maureen O'Hara]] in ''[[Father Was a Fullback]]'' (1949)]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1929
|''[[Girls Gone Wild (film)|Girls Gone Wild]]''
|Extra
|Film debut<br>Uncredited
|-
|1929
|''[[Why Leave Home?]]''
|
|Uncredited
|-
|1929
|''[[Tiger Rose (1929 film)|Tiger Rose]]''
|Rancher
|Uncredited
|-
|1934
|''[[Friends of Mr. Sweeney]]''
|Walk-on part
|Uncredited
|-
|1935
|''[[Grand Old Girl]]''
|Sandy
|
|-
|1935
|''[[The Gilded Lily (1935 film)|The Gilded Lily]]''
|Peter Dawes
|
|-
|1935
|''[[Car 99]]''
|Trooper Ross Martin
|
|-
|1935
|''[[Men Without Names]]''
|Richard Hood / Richard "Dick" Grant
|
|-
|1935
|''[[Alice Adams (1935 film)|Alice Adams]]''
|Arthur Russell
|
|-
|1935
|''[[Hands Across the Table]]''
|Theodore Drew III
|
|-
|1935
|''[[The Bride Comes Home]]''
|Cyrus Anderson
|
|-
|1936
|''[[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film)|The Trail of the Lonesome Pine]]''
|Jack Hale
|
|-
|1936
|''[[13 Hours by Air]]''
|Jack Gordon
|
|-
|1936
|''[[The Princess Comes Across]]''
|Joe King Mantell
|
|-
|1936
|''[[The Texas Rangers (1936 film)|The Texas Rangers]]''
|Jim Hawkins
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Champagne Waltz]]''
|Buzzy Bellew
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Maid of Salem]]''
|Roger Coverman of Virginia
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Swing High, Swing Low (film)|Swing High, Swing Low]]''
|Skid Johnson
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Exclusive (film)|Exclusive]]''
|Ralph Houston
|
|-
|1937
|''[[True Confession]]''
|Kenneth Bartlett
|
|-
|1938
|''[[Cocoanut Grove (film)|Cocoanut Grove]]''
|Johnny Prentice
|
|-
|1938
|''[[Men with Wings]]''
|Pat Falconer
|
|-
|1938
|''[[Sing You Sinners (film)|Sing You Sinners]]''
|David Beebe
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Cafe Society (1939 film)|Cafe Society]]''
|Crick O'Bannon
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Invitation to Happiness]]''
|Albert 'King' Cole
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Honeymoon in Bali]]''
|Bill 'Willie' Burnett
|
|-
|1940
|''[[Remember the Night]]''
|John Sargent
|
|-
|1940
|''[[Little Old New York (1940 film)|Little Old New York]]''
|Charles Brownne
|
|-
|1940
|''[[Too Many Husbands (1940 film)|Too Many Husbands]]''
|Bill Cardew
|
|-
|1940
|''[[Rangers of Fortune]]''
|Gil Farra
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Virginia (1941 film)|Virginia]]''
|Stonewall Elliott
|
|-
|1941
|''[[One Night in Lisbon]]''
|Dwight Houston
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Dive Bomber (film)|Dive Bomber]]''
|Joe Blake
|
|-
|1941
|''[[New York Town]]''
|Victor Ballard
|
|-
|1942
|''[[The Lady Is Willing (1942 film)|The Lady Is Willing]]''
|Dr. Corey T. McBain
|
|-
|1942
|''[[Star Spangled Rhythm]]''
|Frank in Card-Playing Skit
|
|-
|1942
|''[[Take a Letter, Darling]]''
|Tom Verney
|
|-
|1942
|''[[The Forest Rangers (film)|The Forest Rangers]]''
|Don Stuart
|
|-
|1943
|''[[No Time for Love (1943 film)|No Time for Love]]''
|Jim Ryan
|
|-
|1943
|''[[Flight for Freedom]]''
|Randy Britton
|
|-
|1943
|''[[Above Suspicion (1943 film)|Above Suspicion]]''
|Richard Myles
|
|-
|1944
|''[[Standing Room Only (1944 film)|Standing Room Only]]''
|Lee Stevens
|
|-
|1944
|''[[And the Angels Sing]]''
|Happy Morgan
|
|-
|1944
|''[[Double Indemnity]]''
|Walter Neff
|
|-
|1944
|''[[Practically Yours]]''
|Daniel Bellamy
|
|-
|1945
|''[[Where Do We Go from Here? (1945 film)|Where Do We Go from Here?]]''
|Bill Morgan
|
|-
|1945
|''[[Captain Eddie]]''
|Edward Rickenbacker
|
|-
|1945
|''[[Murder, He Says]]''
|Pete Marshall
|
|-
|1945
|''[[Pardon My Past]]''
|Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
|
|-
|1946
|''[[Smoky (1946 film)|Smoky]]''
|Clint Barkley
|
|-
|1947
|''[[Suddenly, It's Spring]]''
|Peter Morely
|
|-
|1947
|''[[The Egg and I (film)|The Egg and I]]''
|Bob MacDonald
|
|-
|1947
|''[[Singapore (1947 film)|Singapore]]''
|Matt Gordon
|
|-
|1948
|''[[On Our Merry Way]]''
|Al
|
|-
|1948
|''[[The Miracle of the Bells]]''
|Bill Dunnigan
|
|-
|1948
|''[[An Innocent Affair]]''
|Vincent Doane
|
|-
|1949
|''[[Family Honeymoon]]''
|Grant Jordan
|
|-
|1949
|''[[Father Was a Fullback]]''
|George Cooper
|
|-
|1950
|''[[Borderline (1950 film)|Borderline]]''
|Johnny McEvoy – aka Johnny Macklin
|
|-
|1950
|''[[Never a Dull Moment (1950 film)|Never a Dull Moment]]''
|Chris
|
|-
|1951
|''[[A Millionaire for Christy]]''
|Peter Ulysses Lockwood
|
|-
|1951
|''[[Callaway Went Thataway]]''
|Mike Frye
|
|-
|1953
|''[[Fair Wind to Java]]''
|Captain Boll
|
|-
|1953
|''[[The Moonlighter]]''
|Wes Anderson
|
|-
|1954
|''[[The Caine Mutiny (1954 film)|The Caine Mutiny]]''
|Tom Keefer
|
|-
|1954
|''[[Pushover (film)|Pushover]]''
|Paul Sheridan
|
|-
|1954
|''[[Woman's World (1954 film)|Woman's World]]''
|Sid Burns
|
|-
|1955
|''[[The Far Horizons (1955 film)|The Far Horizons]]''
|Captain Meriwether Lewis
|
|-
|1955
|''[[The Rains of Ranchipur]]''
|Thomas "Tom" Ransome
|
|-
|1955
|''[[At Gunpoint (film)|At Gunpoint]]''
|Jack Wright
|
|-
|1956
|''[[There's Always Tomorrow (1956 film)|There's Always Tomorrow]]''
|Clifford Groves
|
|-
|1957
|''[[Gun for a Coward]]''
|Will Keough
|
|-
|1957
|''[[Quantez]]''
|Gentry / John Coventry
|
|-
|1958
|''[[Day of the Badman]]''
|Judge Jim Scott
|
|-
|1959
|''[[Good Day for a Hanging]]''
|Marshal Ben Cutler
|
|-
|1959
|''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]''
|Wilson Daniels
|
|-
|1959
|''[[Face of a Fugitive]]''
|Jim Larsen aka Ray Kincaid
|
|-
|1959
|''[[The Oregon Trail (1959 film)|The Oregon Trail]]''
|Neal Harris
|
|-
|1960
|''[[The Apartment]]''
|Jeff D. Sheldrake
|
|-
|1961
|''[[The Absent-Minded Professor]]''
|Professor Ned Brainard
|
|-
|1962
|''[[Bon Voyage! (1962 film)|Bon Voyage!]]''
|Harry Willard
|
|-
|1963
|''[[Son of Flubber]]''
|Ned Brainard
|
|-
|1964
|''[[Kisses for My President]]''
|Thad McCloud
|
|-
|1966
|''[[Follow Me, Boys!]]''
|Lemuel Siddons
|
|-
|1967
|''[[The Happiest Millionaire]]''
| Antony Drexel-Biddle
|
|-
|1973
|''[[Charley and the Angel]]''
|Charley Appleby
|
|-
|1978
|''[[The Swarm (1978 film)|The Swarm]]''
|Mayor Clarence Tuttle
|Final film role
|}

===Short subjects===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1940
|''Screen Snapshots: Art and Artists''
|Himself
|
|-
|1941
|''Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1''
|Himself
|Uncredited
|-
|1941
|''Popular Science''
|Himself
|Uncredited
|-
|1943
|''[[Show Business at War]]''
|Himself
|Uncredited
|-
|1943
|''The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith''
|Narrator
|Uncredited
|-
|1949
|''Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc.''
|Himself
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1954
|''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''
|Himself
|Episode: "The Jam Session Show"
|-
|1955; 1958
|''[[General Electric Theater]]''
|Richard Elgin / Harry Wingate
|Episodes: "The Bachelor's Bride" and "One Is a Wanderer"
|-
|1956
|''[[Screen Directors Playhouse]]''
|Peter Terrance
|Episode: "It's a Most Unusual Day"
|-
|1957
|''[[The 20th Century-Fox Hour]]''
|Peterson
|Episode: "False Witness"
|-
|1958
|''[[Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour]]''
|Himself
|Episode: "Lucy Hunts Uranium"
|-
|1958
|''[[Cimarron City]]''
|Himself
|Episode: "I, the People"
|-
|1960
|''[[The United States Steel Hour]]''
|Himself
|Episode: "The American Cowboy"
|-
|1960–1972
|''[[My Three Sons]]''
|Steve Douglas
|380 episodes
|-
|1964
|''[[Summer Playhouse (1964 TV series)|Summer Playhouse]]''
|Himself
|Episode: "The Apartment House"
|-
|1974
|''The Chadwick Family''
|Ned Chadwick
|[[Television film]]
|-
|1975
|''Beyond the Bermuda Triangle''
|Harry Ballinger
|Television film
|}

===Theater===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
|-
|1930–31
|''Three's a Crowd''
|-
|1933–34
|''[[Roberta (musical)|Roberta]]''
|}

==Radio==
* ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' – Pete Dawes ("The Gilded Lily") (1937), Victor Hallam ("[[Another Language]]") (1937), John Horace Mason ("[[Made for Each Other (1939 film)|Made for Each Other]]") (1940), Bill Dunnigan ("[[The Miracle of the Bells]]) (1948)<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Those Were the Days| magazine=Nostalgia Digest| date=Spring 2009| volume=35| issue=2| pages=32–39}}</ref>
* ''[[The Screen Guild Theater]]'' – ''The Philadelphia Story'' (1942)
* ''[[Screen Directors Playhouse]]'' – ''[[Take a Letter, Darling]]'' (1951)<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Radio's Golden Age| magazine=Nostalgia Digest| date=Winter 2014| volume=40| issue=1| pages=40–41}}</ref>
* ''[[Bright Star (radio)|Bright Star]]'' – George Harvey (1952–53)
* ''[[Lux Summer Theatre]]'' – ''The Lady and the Tumblers'' (1953)<ref>{{cite news| last1=Kirby| first1=Walter| title=Better Radio Programs for the Week| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2728317/the_decatur_daily_review/| newspaper=[[Herald & Review|The Decatur Daily Review]]| date=June 14, 1953| page=54| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=July 1, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
* ''[[The Martin and Lewis Show]]'' – Himself (1953)

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |last=Tranberg |first=Charles |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154698936 |title=Fred MacMurray: A Biography |date=2007 |publisher=BearManor Media |isbn=978-1593930998 |location=Albany, Ga. |oclc=154698936}}
* Arts & Entertainment December 17, 1996 video biography <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=fred+mcmurray+biography+video&docid=608041307250295073&mid=01E6225494B6A258722901E6225494B6A2587229&view=detail&FORM=VIRE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228102617/https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=fred+mcmurray+biography+video&docid=608041307250295073&mid=01E6225494B6A258722901E6225494B6A2587229&view=detail&FORM=VIRE|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2023|title = Fred MacMurray biography video – Bing video}}</ref>

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100906110007/http://www.macmurrayranch.com/About-MacMurray/Timeline/1941-1946.asp MacMurray Ranch timeline] (documents MacMurray's involvement with the ranch)
* {{YouTube|apmoZxl0uRs|Fred MacMurray, A&E Biography}}

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