Fred MacMurray

Notable films in MacMurray's career:. Some 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 Star #6743 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6727 Hollywood Blvd. In 1960, he played a slimy, two-timing corporate executive in Wilder's Oscar-winning comedy The Apartment. Owen Moore died in Beverly Hills, California and was interred in the Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, 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). By the time "musical talkies" came along, it was too late for Moore to take much advantage of his gifts.

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. Although Moore was a good actor, his talent for singing and music went to waste during the silent film era. 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. Owen Moore married a second time to another silent film actress, Katherine Perry. His most famous role was that of the father on the 1960s TV series My Three Sons. Before long, the marriage soured and Mary Pickford left him for actor Douglas Fairbanks. 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. This humiliation and his wife’s meteoric rise to fame, drastically affected Owen Moore and alcohol became a problem, as it would become for Pickford.

The Happiest Millionaire (1967). Carl Laemmle, the owner of IMP Co., agreed to sign her husband as part of the deal. Follow Me, Boys! (1966). who had lost their major star, Pickford’s Canadian friend, Florence Lawrence. Son of Flubber (1963). So much in demand, Mary Pickford left Biograph Studios to join the IMP Co. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961). In 1912, he signed on with Victor Studios, co-starring in a number of their films with studio owner/actress Florence Lawrence.

The Apartment (1960). However, Gladys Moore would soon overshadow her husband under her stage name, Mary Pickford. The Shaggy Dog (1959). Their marriage was kept secret at first because of the strong opposition of her mother. The Caine Mutiny (1954). Griffith's Biograph Studios, Owen Moore met a young Canadian actress named Gladys Smith whom he married on January 7, 1911. The Egg and I (1947). While working at D.W.

Double Indemnity (1944). Along with his brothers Tom and Matt, he emigrated to America and they all went on to successful careers in motion pictures in Hollywood, California. Owen Moore (December 12, 1886 - June 9, 1939) was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland. A Star Is Born (1937). A Man of Sentiment - (1933).

She Done Him Wrong - (1933). As You Desire Me - (1932). Side Street - (1929). High Voltage - (1929).

The Taxi Dancer - (1927). The Red Mill - (1927). The Blackbird - (1926). Little Meena's Romance - (1916).

Home Sweet Home - (1914). The Lonely Villa - (1909).