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Fred MacMurray

1908 - 1991

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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 1944 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fred MacMurray is the 2,977th most popular actor (down from 2,623rd in 2019), the 5,057th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,090th in 2019) and the 1,422nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Fred MacMurray ranks 2,977 out of 13,578. Before him are Margaret Sullavan, Marga López, Steve James, Don Adams, Pascal Greggory, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. After him are Paul Gleason, Harriet Bosse, Vanessa Angel, Leslie Jones, Michelle Monaghan, and Pierre Fresnay.

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Among people born in 1908, Fred MacMurray ranks 188. Before him are Edoardo Amaldi, Eddie Tolan, Nikolay Nosov, Jean Effel, Elek Schwartz, and Pedro Arico Suárez. After him are Jorge Oteiza, Boris Polevoy, Erik Lundqvist, Karl Hohmann, Juan Botasso, and Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev. Among people deceased in 1991, Fred MacMurray ranks 121. Before him are Louis Seigner, Northrop Frye, Helmut Walcha, Antoine Berman, Robert Motherwell, and Peggy Ashcroft. After him are Nicholas Poppe, Luigi Zampa, Colleen Dewhurst, Roy Black, Mort Shuman, and Július Torma.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred MacMurray ranks 5,057 out of 20,380. Before him are Eve Arnold (1912), Harry Stenqvist (1893), Mickey Mantle (1931), Edgar Leonard (1881), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981), and 2 Chainz (1977). After him are Mary Agnes Chase (1869), Herbert Mullin (1947), Paul Gleason (1939), George Baird (1907), Beth Hart (1972), and Leonard Peltier (1944).

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Among actors born in United States, Fred MacMurray ranks 1,422. Before him are Ashley Johnson (1983), Steve Zahn (1967), Margaret Sullavan (1909), Steve James (1952), Don Adams (1923), and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981). After him are Paul Gleason (1939), Leslie Jones (1967), Michelle Monaghan (1976), Katherine Helmond (1929), Pat Benatar (1953), and Michael Weatherly (1968).

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