TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Fred MacMurray.
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Birthdate: August 30, 1908
Death date: November 5, 1991
Fred MacMurray
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
0.6739
1
1930s
2.1304
23
1940s
2.6634
35
1950s
2.6125
21
1960s
2.7200
8
1970s
1.0179
2
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.6863
2.6863
Fred MacMurray Movie Rankings
1
3.7245Phyllis Dietrichson and insurance salesman Walter Neff begin an affair and plot to kill her husband for his life insurance money. But after the murder they each become suspicious of each other and paranoia takes over. ...more about Double Indemnity
DVD from $12.34
(15 sellers)
2
2.9710Bud Baxter is a struggling clerk in a huge New York insurance company. He's discovered a quick way to climb the corporate ladder - by lending out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. ...more about Apartment
DVD from $10.65
(11 sellers)
3
2.9088A group of officers get a new captain during WW II. The new captain is different and they begin to suspect his sanity. ...more about Caine Mutiny
DVD from $15.97
(15 sellers)
4
2.8579
Killer bees from South America have been breeding with the gentler bees of more northern climes, slowly extending their territory northward decade after decade. ...more about Swarm
DVD from $5.98
(9 sellers)
5
2.8045
A bumbling professor accidently invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. ...more about Absent Minded Professor
DVD from $7.02
(10 sellers)
6
2.7683
This Disney sequel invites viewers back into the lab for more of the antics of "The Absent-Minded Professor."
Ned Brainard has already invented "flubber," a gravity-
defying goo that makes objects float. ...more about Son of Flubber
DVD from $7.02
(9 sellers)
7
2.7184
Through an ancient spell, a boy (played by Tommy Kirk) changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an act of bravery.... ...more about Shaggy Dog
DVD from $7.34
(10 sellers)
8
2.6648
Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general store of a small town. Trying to fit in, he volunteers to become scoutmaster of the newly formed Troop 1. ...more about Follow Me
DVD from $10.98
(9 sellers)
9
2.6341
A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. ...more about Happiest Millionaire
DVD from $10.98
(10 sellers)
10
2.6118
On their wedding night Bob informs his new bride Betty that he has bought a chicken farm. An abandoned chicken farm, to be exact, which is obvious when the two move in. ...more about Egg and I
DVD from $12.79
(10 sellers)
11
2.6086
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. ...more about Alice Adams
DVD from $6.00
(11 sellers)
12
2.4460
A bank heist yields $210,000. Soon, sultry Lona McLane, girlfriend of one of the robbers, meets Paul Sheridan and has a torrid affair. When she finds out Paul's a cop, to save herself she sets out to corrupt him. He's a pushover. ...more about Pushover
- Not Available on DVD
13
2.4095
Alvah, a young GI who happens to own a vineyard, elopes to Las Vegas with Lee, his housekeeper's daughter. But Alvah's chicken pox postpone the wedding night. ...more about No Room for the Groom
- Not Available on DVD
15
2.3926
A new flight surgeon and a Navy pilot overcome personal differences to work on solving the problem of Altitude Sickness which causes blackouts at high altitude. ...more about Dive Bomber
DVD from $7.91
(14 sellers)
16
2.3561
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love. ...more about Take a Letter
- Not Available on DVD
17
2.3241
Sandhog Jim Ryan is suspended from his job helping to dig a tunnel beneath a river because of an incident while being photographed for a story by Katherine Grant. Feeling responsible, Katherine hires Ryan to assist her during his suspension. ...more about No Time for Love
- Not Available on DVD
18
2.3104
Hotel manicurist Regi Allen is a cynical golddigger who meets her match in Theodore 'Ted' Drew III. ...more about Hands Across the Table
DVD from $16.37
(10 sellers)
19
2.2784
Young lovers (Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray) fall afoul of repressive society as Salem elders get caught up in the witch hunts and trials of 17th century Massachusetts. ...more about Maid of Salem
- Not Available on DVD
20
2.2191
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. ...more about Star Spangled Rhythm
DVD from $8.89
(8 sellers)
21
2.1095
Oxford Professor Richard Myles and new bride Frances are off on a European honeymoon. It isn't your typical honeymoon though, for they are on a spying mission for British intelligence on the eve of World War 2. ...more about Above Suspicion
- Not Available on DVD
22
2.1095
Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bill everywhere in history, but not to WWII. ...more about Where Do We Go from Here?
- Not Available on DVD
23
2.0547
Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He gets the trial postponed because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmastime. ...more about Remember the Night
- Not Available on DVD
25
1.8995
Wagon trains are not making it to Oregon and Jeff Scott has been sent to investigate. Morgan, the representitive of an eastern syndicate, controls the fur trade and does not want the area settled. ...more about Oregon Trail
DVD from $19.03
(7 sellers)
26
1.8812
Granting her final request, a Hollywood press agent brings the dead body of an actress, who died after making her first and only film, back to her hometown for burial. ...more about Miracle of the Bells
- Not Available on DVD
27
1.7227
When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this until it's too late and is carried off to gangster boss Leo Smooth, who wants Ace to do a job for him. ...more about Never a Dull Moment
DVD from $11.30
(9 sellers)
28
1.6679
The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in Paris, France. Harry Willard believes that the greatest problem will be avoiding tap water, but bringing his three children will prove to be more troublesome. ...more about Bon Voyage!
DVD from $10.98
(7 sellers)
29
1.6606
As a youth, Eddie came into the town with his gang to rob the bank, but was caught and convicted. Marshal Ben helped him to become a honorable citizen. Now, many years later, the gang returns to again rob the bank. On their flight they shoot the Marshal. ...more about Good Day for a Hanging
DVD from $3.95
(11 sellers)
31
The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy (Dorothy Lamour), Bobby (Betty Hutton), Josie (Diana Lynn) and Patti (Mimi Chandler), aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Pop Angel (Raymond Walburn) to buy a soy bean ...more about And the Angels Sing
- Not Available on DVD
32
Customs agents are looking for information about Pete Ritchie, who is involved in smuggling drugs into the US. ...more about Borderline
DVD from $4.99
(5 sellers)
33
A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture. ...more about Bride Comes Home
- Not Available on DVD
35
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. ...more about Callaway Went Thataway
- Not Available on DVD
36
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942. ...more about Captain Eddie
- Not Available on DVD
40
The vicious Hayes clan amble into town on the day Judge Jim Scott is expected to sentence murderer Rudy Hayes to hang. Scott, who doesn't wear a gun, seems unconcerned and businesslike, even when Charlie Hayes makes an explicit death threat against him. ...more about Day of the Bad Man
- Not Available on DVD
42
A man who was falsly accused for murder escapes the sheriffs and starts a new life in a town at the border of the States to Mexico. But he cannot settle in peace as his chasers are trying to find him. ...more about Face of a Fugitive
- Not Available on DVD
43
The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vessel containing 10,000 precious diamonds. ...more about Fair Wind to Java
- Not Available on DVD
44
Grant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the machinations of Grant's former girlfriend Minna. But on the wedding day, Aunt Jo, who was to babysit, breaks a leg; so the kids come along on the honeymoon. ...more about Family Honeymoon
- Not Available on DVD
45
United States has just acquired Louisiana from France. An expedition led by Lewis and Clark is sent to survey the territory and go where no white man has gone before. ...more about Far Horizons
DVD from $3.66
(10 sellers)
47
Fictionalized biography of Amelia Earhart (here called Tonie Carter). ...more about Flight for Freedom
- Not Available on DVD
48
Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidence of arson. He suspects Twig Dawson but can't prove it. ...more about Forest Rangers
- Not Available on DVD
49
New York stenographer Marilyn David meets Englishman Charles Gray and they fall in love. But Charles leaves town and Marilyn discovers he is a duke's son and already engaged. ...more about Gilded Lily
- Not Available on DVD
51
A young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a reputation for cowardice, overcomes his psychological aversion to violence after his elder brother unjustly censures him for not joining in a foolhardy gunfight in ...more about Gun for a Coward
- Not Available on DVD
52
Beautiful Madeleine (Gail Allen) is an ambitious up and coming department store executive. She believes firmly that anyone, including a woman, can achieve success in their chosen career field. ...more about Honeymoon in Bali
DVD from $1.99
(1 sellers)
53
Vincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his rich ex-fiancée. Unfortunately she is more interested in him than in business. ...more about Innocent Affair
DVD from $3.26
(4 sellers)
54
Trainer Pop Hardy thinks his heavyweight boxer 'King' Cole could be champ...some day; he wants to sell a half interest in Cole to his rich friend Wayne. Wayne's daughter Eleanor is disdainful, but brash Cole manages to get under her skin. ...more about Invitation to Happiness
- Not Available on DVD
55
When the women of America join together on election day and elect a Leslie McCloud as the US President, things get a little awkward. Especially for her husband Thad NcCloud. ...more about Kisses for My President
- Not Available on DVD
56
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Lisa Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. Why not her new obstetrician Dr. ...more about Lady Is Willing
- Not Available on DVD
57
Steamboat inventor Robert Fulton shows up in New York in 1807. Tavern keeper (Faye) believes in him, but her boyfriend (MacMurray) doesn't. All seems lost when sailors afraid of losing their jobs burn his boat. ...more about Little Old New York
- Not Available on DVD
62
Trotter pollster Pete Marshall is trying to find a missing coworker. In a rural town he stumbles onto the roughian Fleagle family. Bert and Mert would just as soon "splatter" snoopers with their rifles. ...more about Murder
- Not Available on DVD
65
Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day's roving question. ...more about On Our Merry Way
DVD from $19.17
(10 sellers)
67
In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sending in soldiers disguised as settlers in order to strengthen American claims to the Territory. ...more about Oregon Trail
- Not Available on DVD
70
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America, and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. ...more about Princess Comes Across
DVD from $16.37
(10 sellers)
72
India. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls in love with an indian doctor, Dr. Safti. She also meets an old friend of hers, the alcoholic Tom Ransome. An awful earthquake is followed by days of rain. ...more about Rains of Ranchipur
- Not Available on DVD
75
A square dance is held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of Motion Picture Mothers, Inc., an orginization for mothers of various film workers. ...more about Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers
- Not Available on DVD
77
Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but feckless Joe thinks his only road to success is through swapping and gambling. ...more about Sing You Sinners
- Not Available on DVD
78
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces... ...more about Singapore
- Not Available on DVD
80
During World War II, Lee Stevens travels to Washington D.C. with his secretary Jane Rogers in order to secure a government contract. Not thinking it through, Jane cancels their hotel reservations when she feels the accomodations are inadequate. ...more about Standing Room Only
- Not Available on DVD
81
Captain Mary Morley (Paulette Goddard), WAC marital-relations expert, known as "Captain Lonelyhearts", returns from overseas as escort to some G.I. ...more about Suddenly
- Not Available on DVD
82
In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub brawl which causes Maggie to miss her ship back to the States. ...more about Swing High
- Not Available on DVD
84
Clifford Groves, toy manufacturer, is in full charge at the factory but feels left out and taken for granted by his wife and children at home. Alone and depressed, he meets old flame Norma, and one thing leads to another. ...more about There's Always Tomorrow
- Not Available on DVD
86
It's been a year since Bill Cardew was declared dead by drowning, and his widow Vicky is now married to his old friend and business partner, Henry Lowndes. ...more about Too Many Husbands
- Not Available on DVD
88
Helen and Ken are a pretty strange couple. She is a pathological liar, and he is a scrupulously honest (and therefore unsuccessful) lawyer. Helen starts a new job, and when her employer is found dead, all the (circumstantial) evidence points at her. ...more about True Confession
DVD from $16.37
(10 sellers)
90
Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto industry mogul Gifford brings three couples to New York to size up: Jerry and Carol: he hard-driven and ...more about Woman's World
- Not Available on DVD
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