Frederick Martin MacMurray 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, The Absent-Minded Professor, Follow Me, Boys!, and The Happiest Millionaire. He starred as Steve Douglas in the television series My Three Sons.
MacMurray in the 1930s
With Carole Lombard in Swing High, Swing Low (1937)
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6421 Hollywood Boulevard
MacMurray and June Haver's grave at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California
Billy Wilder was an Austrian-born filmmaker and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Hollywood cinema. He received seven Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or and two Golden Globe Awards.
Wilder, c. 1942
Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in Ninotchka
Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity
Gloria Swanson with Wilder on the set of Sunset Boulevard
