| 1 | [[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fred_macmurray.jpeg]] |
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| 3 | ->''"I once asked Creator/BarbaraStanwyck the secret of acting. She said: 'Just be truthful – and if you can fake that, you've got it made'."'' |
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| 5 | Frederick Martin [=MacMurray=] Jr. (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor from MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, who today is probably best remembered for his role as the insurance salesman who helps Creator/BarbaraStanwyck's character commit insurance fraud in ''Film/DoubleIndemnity''. However, during his nearly 50-year career he performed in a variety of movies and television shows of numerous genres, from comedies ({{screwball|comedy}}, straight, and/or romcom) to dramas and westerns, possibly being one of the only actors to fall victim to both TomHanksSyndrome ''and'' LeslieNielsenSyndrome, sometimes within the same few years. |
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| 7 | He was also the first actor to be named a MediaNotes/{{Disney Legend|s}} and also had a brief singing career in the early '30s with the Gus Arnheim and George Olsen orchestras. Unfortunately, he was a heavy smoker throughout his life and for many years suffered a variety of bad health, from leukemia to having a stroke; he eventually died of pneumonia. |
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| 9 | In popular culture, he's said to be the [[ComicBookFantasyCasting artistic inspiration]] for [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]. |
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| 12 | !!Films with pages on TV Tropes: |
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| 14 | * ''Literature/AliceAdams'' (1935) |
| 15 | * ''Film/HandsAcrossTheTable'' (1935) |
| 16 | * ''Film/SwingHighSwingLow'' (1937) |
| 17 | * ''Film/TrueConfession'' (1937) |
| 18 | * ''Film/RememberTheNight'' (1940) |
| 19 | * ''Film/TooManyHusbands'' (1940) |
| 20 | * ''Film/DiveBomber'' (1941) |
| 21 | * ''Film/OneNightInLisbon'' (1941) |
| 22 | * ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'' (1944) |
| 23 | * ''Film/TheMiracleOfTheBells'' (1948) |
| 24 | * ''Film/CallawayWentThataway'' (1951) |
| 25 | * ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny'' (1954) |
| 26 | * ''Film/{{Quantez}}'' (1957) |
| 27 | * ''Film/TheShaggyDog'' (1959) |
| 28 | * ''Film/TheApartment'' (1960) |
| 29 | * ''Series/MyThreeSons'' (TV series, 1960–1972) |
| 30 | * ''Film/TheAbsentMindedProfessor'' (1961) |
| 31 | ** ''Film/SonOfFlubber'' (1963) |
| 32 | * ''Film/KissesForMyPresident'' (1964) |
| 33 | * ''Film/FollowMeBoys'' (1966) |
| 34 | * ''Film/TheHappiestMillionaire'' (1967) |
| 35 | * ''Film/{{The Swarm|1978}}'' (1978) |
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