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Fredric March

Fredric March

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
No Reviews
7
1930s
3.4399
34
total ranking of 3.4399
1940s
2.4575
12
total ranking of 2.4575
1950s
2.6605
9
total ranking of 2.6605
1960s
2.3166
4
total ranking of 2.3166
1970s
1.0398
2
total ranking of 1.0398
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Fredric March is ranked overall as 2.6468 of of 4 stars2.6468

Fredric March Movie Rankings

1
Fredric March starring in Best Years of Our Lives
Fredric March scores a combined 3.5152 out of 4 stars for Best Years of Our Lives3.5152
Three American servicemen return home to Boone City after the war, to find their lives irrevocably changed by their military experience. ...more about Best Years of Our Lives
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
2
Fredric March starring in Seven Days in May
Fredric March scores a combined 3.1017 out of 4 stars for Seven Days in May3.1017
An unpopular U.S. President manages to get a nuclear disarmament treaty through the Senate, but finds that the nation is turning against him. ...more about Seven Days in May
Actor Awards
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
3
Fredric March starring in Honor Among Lovers
Fredric March scores a combined 2.9679 out of 4 stars for Honor Among Lovers2.9679
Fredric March, a businessman, is in love with his secretary (Claudette Colbert) but she deserts him for another man; when she realizes her mistake, she goes back to March. Ginger Rogers is Colbert's girlfriend who is love with Charles Ruggles. ...more about Honor Among Lovers
  • Not Available on DVD
4
I Married a Witch (1942)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.9588 out of 4 stars for I Married a Witch2.9588
After a ancestor of Wallace Wooley has burned Jennifer, a witch and her father, they cursed his whole family, that the sons will always get the wrong wife. ...more about I Married a Witch
  • Not Available on DVD
5
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.9126 out of 4 stars for Inherit the Wind2.9126
Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. ...more about Inherit the Wind
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actor
  • Berlin International Film Festival - Best Actor
6
Desperate Hours, The (1955)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.8902 out of 4 stars for Desperate Hours2.8902
Dan Hilliard is a comfortable upper-middle-class executive with a wife and two children and a pleasant suburban home. His world seems quite in order, quite predictable. ...more about Desperate Hours
7
Death of a Salesman (1951)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.8752 out of 4 stars for Death of a Salesman2.8752
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
  • Venice Film Festival - Best Actor
  • Not Available on DVD
8
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.8735 out of 4 stars for Nothing Sacred2.8735
To redeem himself after a hoax, reporter Wallace Cook proposes a series of stories on doomed Hazel Flagg. Hazel discovers she really doesn't have radium poisoning, but still accepts the big fling in New York that Cook offers her. ...more about Nothing Sacred
9
Hombre (1967)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.8696 out of 4 stars for Hombre2.8696
In this film more is said with just one look than in 100 cute one-liners. An Indian policeman travels by stagecoach and encounters more than his share of trouble. Filled with hard looks, calmly delivered threats and lots of gun play. ...more about Hombre
10
Bridges at Toko-Ri, The (1955)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.8150 out of 4 stars for Bridges at Toko-Ri2.8150
Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension. ...more about Bridges at Toko-Ri
12
Executive Suite (1954)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.8052 out of 4 stars for Executive Suite2.8052
Avery Bullard, President of the Tredway Corporation has died. But he never named a clear successor, so the Board members must choose a replacement. ...more about Executive Suite
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actor
  • Not Available on DVD
13
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.7733 out of 4 stars for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde2.7733
Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two man can become liberated. ...more about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Venice Film Festival - Most Favorite Actor
14
Anna Karenina (1935)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.7461 out of 4 stars for Anna Karenina2.7461
This version of the Tolstoy classic lingers longer in Moscow during the weeks that follow the initial meeting of the starstruck lovers-to-be Vronsky and Anna Karenina. ...more about Anna Karenina
15
Susan and God (1940)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.6391 out of 4 stars for Susan and God2.6391
Susan Trexel is a wealthy socialite, who while vacationing in Europe undergoes a religious transformation. ...more about Susan and God
  • Not Available on DVD
16
Eagle and the Hawk, The (1933)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.5661 out of 4 stars for Eagle and the Hawk2.5661
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy. ...more about Eagle and the Hawk
  • Not Available on DVD
17
Alexander the Great (1956)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.5463 out of 4 stars for Alexander the Great2.5463
An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the macedonian king that united all ancient greek tribes and led them against the vast Persian Empire. ...more about Alexander the Great
18
Star Is Born, A (1937)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.5159 out of 4 stars for Star Is Born2.5159
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. ...more about Star Is Born
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
19
Sign of the Cross, The (1932)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.4876 out of 4 stars for Sign of the Cross2.4876
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. ...more about Sign of the Cross
20
Mary of Scotland (1936)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.4816 out of 4 stars for Mary of Scotland2.4816
Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to rule as queen, to the chagrin of Elizabeth I of England who finds her a dangerous rival. ...more about Mary of Scotland
21
Iceman Cometh, The (1973)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.4345 out of 4 stars for Iceman Cometh2.4345
It's 1912 and the patron's of 'The Last Chance Saloon' have gathered for their evening of whiskey to contemplate their lost faith and dreams, when Hickey (Lee Marvin) arrives. ...more about Iceman Cometh
22
Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.4282 out of 4 stars for Barretts of Wimpole Street2.4282
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning. ...more about Barretts of Wimpole Street
  • Not Available on DVD
23
Laughter (1930)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.4108 out of 4 stars for Laughter2.4108
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Buccaneer, The (1938)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.4063 out of 4 stars for Buccaneer2.4063
In the War of 1812, the British have sacked Washington and hope to capture New Orleans, where pirate Jean Lafitte romances blueblooded Annette de Remy and openly sells his loot in a pirates' market. But he never attacks American ships. ...more about Buccaneer
  • Not Available on DVD
25
Design for Living (1933)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.3469 out of 4 stars for Design for Living2.3469
Two Americans sharing a flat in Paris, playwright Tom Chambers and painter George Curtis, fall for free-spirited Gilda Farrell. ...more about Design for Living
26
Christopher Columbus (1949)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.3347 out of 4 stars for Christopher Columbus2.3347
  • Not Available on DVD
27
Dark Angel, The (1935)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.3195 out of 4 stars for Dark Angel2.3195
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. ...more about Dark Angel
  • Not Available on DVD
28
We Live Again (1934)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.2373 out of 4 stars for We Live Again2.2373
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. ...more about We Live Again
29
Smilin' Through (1932)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.2305 out of 4 stars for Smilin' Through2.2305
John has lead a solitary life for thirty years since the death of Moonyeen Clare. But now Owens, a close friend, insists that he care for his niece, Kathleen, orphaned when her parents were lost at sea. ...more about Smilin' Through
  • Not Available on DVD
30
Misérables, Les (1935)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.2145 out of 4 stars for Misérables2.2145
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character and great strength, is convicted of stealing a loaf of bread, an act that sets in motion a lifetime of misery for Valjean, as he is pursued by the uncompromising and brutal lawman Javert. ...more about Misérables
  • Not Available on DVD
31
Good Dame (1934)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.1323 out of 4 stars for Good Dame2.1323
  • Not Available on DVD
32
Victory (1940)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.1278 out of 4 stars for Victory2.1278
  • Not Available on DVD
33
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.0958 out of 4 stars for One Foot in Heaven2.0958
  • Not Available on DVD
34
Anthony Adverse (1936)
Fredric March scores a combined 2.0798 out of 4 stars for Anthony Adverse2.0798
In late 18th century Italy, a beautiful young woman finds herself married to a rich but cruel older man. However, she is in love with another, younger man. ...more about Anthony Adverse
  • Not Available on DVD
35
Act of Murder, An (1948)
Fredric March scores a combined 1.9816 out of 4 stars for Act of Murder1.9816
Judge Cooke, good husband and father, is known in court as Old Man Maximum. Cooke's daughter loves defender Dave Douglas, who hates Cooke's attitude toward defendants. ...more about Act of Murder
  • Not Available on DVD
36
Adventures of Mark Twain, The (1944)
Fredric March scores a combined 1.8173 out of 4 stars for Adventures of Mark Twain1.8173
  • Not Available on DVD
37
Affairs of Cellini, The (1934)
Fredric March scores a combined 1.7990 out of 4 stars for Affairs of Cellini1.7990
  • Not Available on DVD
38
...tick...tick...tick... (1970)
Fredric March scores a combined 1.6492 out of 4 stars for ...tick...tick...tick...1.6492
This is the story of a black man (Jim Brown) who has been elected sheriff in a U.S. southern county, due to the vote of blacks. He receives a huge amount of hostility from the non-tolerant white stablishment, making his job very hard. ...more about ...tick...tick...tick...
  • Not Available on DVD
39
All of Me (1934)
No Reviews Available
40
Another Part of the Forest (1948)
No Reviews Available
Fifteen years after the Civil War the people of Bowden, Alabama still hate Marcus Hubbard for wartime profiteering. He's also at odds with wife Lavinia and his sons, conniving Ben and weak Oscar; but beautiful daughter Regina gets all she wants from him. ...more about Another Part of the Forest
  • Not Available on DVD
41
Bedtime Story (1941)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
42
Dummy, The (1929)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
43
Footlights and Fools (1929)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
44
Island of Allah (1956)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
45
It's a Big Country (1951)
No Reviews Available
The story, told in eight episodes, covers different facets of the American Spirit, from racial and religious tolerance to the dangers of self-centeredness and myopic reasoning. ...more about It's a Big Country
  • Not Available on DVD
46
Jealousy (1929)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
47
Ladies Love Brutes (1930)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
48
Lake Carrier (1942)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
49
Manslaughter (1930)
No Reviews Available
A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even imagined existed before. ...more about Manslaughter
  • Not Available on DVD
50
Marriage Playground, The (1929)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
51
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
No Reviews Available
Frederich March plays nere-do-well Jerry Corbett, who finally meets and marries the right girl, Joan Prentiss, played by Sylvia Sydney. ...more about Merrily We Go to Hell
  • Not Available on DVD
52
Middle of the Night (1959)
No Reviews Available
Actor Awards
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
  • Not Available on DVD
53
My Sin (1931)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
54
Night Angel (1931)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
55
Paramount on Parade (1930)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
56
Paris Bound (1929)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
57
Road to Glory, The (1936)
No Reviews Available
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber. His rival for the affection of nurse Monique is Capt. La Roche. ...more about Road to Glory
  • Not Available on DVD
58
Royal Family of Broadway, The (1930)
No Reviews Available
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. ...more about Royal Family of Broadway
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Not Available on DVD
59
Sarah and Son (1930)
No Reviews Available
A ne'er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son, and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wife--now a world-famous opera singer--finally has enough time and money to begin a search for him. ...more about Sarah and Son
  • Not Available on DVD
60
So Ends Our Night (1941)
No Reviews Available
61
Strangers in Love (1932)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
62
Studio Murder Mystery, The (1929)
No Reviews Available
Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated, Helen MacDonald, all have substantial reasons for having wanted him dead. ...more about Studio Murder Mystery
  • Not Available on DVD
63
There Goes My Heart (1938)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
64
Tonight Is Ours (1933)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
65
Trade Winds (1938)
No Reviews Available
Kay Kerrigan commits a murder and then changes her hair color, assumes a new identity and flees the country by ship. She's unaware that she's being followed by Sam Wye, a skirt chasing detective. The two soon develop a shipboard romance. ...more about Trade Winds
  • Not Available on DVD
66
True to the Navy (1930)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
67
Wild Party, The (1929)
No Reviews Available
Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in trouble, her professor has to rescue her. ...more about Wild Party
  • Not Available on DVD
68
Young Doctors, The (1961)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD