Fred MacMurray

Notable films in MacMurray's career:. A few of his films:. On his passing in 1991, Fred MacMurray was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California, and was survived by his wife, June Haver. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1640 Vine Street. In 1960, he played a slimy, two-timing corporate executive in Wilder's Oscar-winning comedy The Apartment. Tom Moore died in Santa Monica, California. He played the role of Walter Neff, an insurance salesman who plots with a wealthy heiress to murder her husband in the film noir classic Double Indemnity (1944). Ten years later, he returned to act in minor supporting roles.

In spite of his "nice guy" image, MacMurray often stated that the best film roles he ever played were ones where he was cast against type in two films for Billy Wilder. The Great Depression saw many studios close and much consolidation as the motion industry went through tough times and Tom Moore retired from film in the mid 1930s. 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. The marriage lasted only a few years and in 1931 Tom Moore married a third time to Eleanor Merry. His most famous role was that of the father on the 1960s TV series My Three Sons. While in New York City on New Year’s Eve 1920 Tom Moore met the young French actress Renée Adorée. A whirlwind romance ensued and six weeks after meeting, they were married on February 12, 1921 in his home in Beverly Hills, California. Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908 - November 5, 1991) was a Hollywood actor who appeared in over one hundred movies, during a career that lasted from the 1930s to the 1970s. In 1914, he married silent film star Alice Joyce, with whom he had a daughter named Alice who, in later years, would act in films with her father.

The Happiest Millionaire (1967). Frequently cast as the romantic lead, he starred in many silent films as well as in some of the first sound films. Follow Me, Boys! (1966). Tom Moore appeared in his first motion picture in 1912 and directed the 1915 film The Secret Room. Son of Flubber (1963). Along with his brothers Matt and Owen, he emigrated to America and all went on to Hollywood, California and to successful careers in motion pictures. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961). Moore (May 1, 1883 - February 12, 1955) was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland.

The Apartment (1960). Thomas J. The Shaggy Dog (1959). Road House (1948). The Caine Mutiny (1954). Mother Wore Tights (1947). The Egg and I (1947). Behind Green Lights (1946).