Fred MacMurray (
1908-
1991) was a
Hollywood actor whose career acted in over one hundred movies, during a career that lasted from the
1930s to the
1970s. His most famous role was that of the father on the
1960s TV series
My Three Sons. He was typecast for decades as a lovable, friendly fellow, and he capitalized on this by starring in a number of live-action comedies for
Walt Disney during the later part of his career, with his biggest hits being
The Shaggy Dog[?] and
The Absent-Minded Professor[?].
In spite of his "nice guy" image, MacMurray often stated that the best film roles he ever played where when he was cast against type in two films for Billy Wilder. He played the role of Walter Neff, an insurance salesman who plots with a wealthy heiress to murder the woman's husband in the film noir classic Double Indemnity (1944). In 1960, he played a slimy, two-timing corporate executive in Wilder's Oscar-winning comedy The Apartment.
Notable films in MacMurray's career:
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