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Gordon MacRae (1921–1986)


Albert Gordon MacRae was born on March 12, 1921, in East Orange, NJ. During his early years, he resided in Syracuse, NY, and, while in high school, spent much of his time singing and acting in the Drama Club. It was also during this time that he learned to play the piano, clarinet and the saxophone... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (23 titles)
1980 The Pilot
Joe Barnes
 
1978 Zero to Sixty
Officer Joe
 
1974 McCloud (TV series)
Sheriff John Rodney
The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street (1974) … Sheriff John Rodney
 
1958 The Gift of the Magi (TV movie)
James Dillingham Young
 
1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Barry O'Day / Biff Grimes
Eileen (1957) … Barry O'Day
One Sunday Afternoon (1957) … Biff Grimes
 
1956 The Gordon MacRae Show (TV series)
Host
 
1954 General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (TV movie)
Curly (segment 'Oklahoma!')
 
1953 Three Sailors and a Girl
'Choirboy' Jones
 
1953 The Desert Song
El Khobar / Paul Bonnard
 
1952 About Face
Tony Williams
 
1951 Starlift
Gordon MacRae
 
1951 On Moonlight Bay
William Sherman
 
1950 The West Point Story
Tom Fletcher
 
1950 Return of the Frontiersman
Logan Barrett
 
1950 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Tony Pastor
 
1950 Backfire
Bob Corey
 
1949 Look for the Silver Lining
Frank Carter
 
1948 The Big Punch
Johnny Grant
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (17 titles)
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
Episode #2.9 (2008) (performer: "Oklahoma!", "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'")
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary) (performer: "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" - uncredited, "If I Loved You" - uncredited)
 
1964 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Episode #17.21 (1964) (performer: "The Sweetest Sounds" - uncredited, "If Ever I Would Leave You" - uncredited)
 
1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free (performer: "Here Am I, Broken Hearted", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Good News", "Lucky in Love")
 
1956 Carousel (performer: "If I Loved You" 1945 - uncredited, "Soliloquy" 1945 - uncredited, "If I Loved You Reprise" 1945 - uncredited)
 
1955 Oklahoma! (performer: "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'" 1943 - uncredited, "The Surrey With the Fringe On Top" 1943 - uncredited, "People Will Say We're In Love" 1943 - uncredited, "Pore Jud Is Daid" 1943 - uncredited, "The Farmer and the Cowman" 1943 - uncredited, "People Will Say We're In Love Reprise" 1943 - uncredited, "Oklahoma!" 1943 - uncredited)
 
1955 The Last Command (performer: "Jim Bowie")
 
1953 So You Want a Television Set (short) (performer: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" - uncredited)
 
1953 The Desert Song (performer: "One Alone" - uncredited, "The Riff Song" - uncredited, "The Desert Song" - uncredited)
 
1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon (lyrics: "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited / performer: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" - uncredited, "My Home Town Is a One Horse Town" - uncredited, "Your Eyes Have Told Me So" - uncredited, "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" - uncredited, "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited, "If You Were the Only Girl in the World" - uncredited, "Just One Girl" - uncredited)
 
1951 Starlift (performer: "You're Gonna Lose Your Gal" - uncredited, "What Is This Thing Called Love?" - uncredited, "The Good Green Acres of Home" - uncredited)
 
1951 On Moonlight Bay (performer: "Moonlight Bay" - uncredited, "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!" - uncredited, "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine" - uncredited, "Till We Meet Again" - uncredited)
 
1950 The West Point Story (performer: "One Hundred Days Till June" - uncredited, "By the Kissing Rock" - uncredited, "Long Before I Knew You" - uncredited, "The Military Polka" - uncredited, "You Love Me" - uncredited / "By the Kissing Rock" - uncredited)
 
1950 Tea for Two (performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Tea for Two", "I Want to Be Happy", "Do, Do, Do", "The Call of the Sea" - uncredited)
 
1950 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (performer: "The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady", "As We Are Today", "A Farm off Old Broadway" - uncredited, "How Am I Going to Tell Them at the Yacht Club?" - uncredited, "The Rose of Tralee" - uncredited, "The Winter Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1949 Look for the Silver Lining (performer: "Look for the Silver Lining" - uncredited, "Time on My Hands" - uncredited, "A Kiss in the Dark" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (44 titles)
1985 Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1971 The Gordon MacRae Variety Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1968-1971 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Co-Host
Episode dated 5 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 30 March 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode #7.5 (1968) … Himself - Co-Host
 
1971 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1969 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.87 (1969) … Himself
 
1965-1969 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 November 1969 (1969) … Himself
Episode dated 21 November 1968 (1968) … Himself
Episode dated 29 April 1966 (1966) … Himself
Episode dated 16 December 1965 (1965) … Himself
Episode dated 7 October 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1969 The Joan Rivers Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 July 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.162 (1969) … Himself
Episode #3.138 (1969) … Himself
 
1953-1967 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Singer-Impressionist
Episode #21.13 (1967) … Himself
Episode #20.18 (1967) … Himself
Episode #19.34 (1966) … Himself
Episode #18.10 (1964) … Himself
Episode #17.21 (1964) … Himself - Singer-Impressionist
 
1966 The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.9 (1966) … Himself
 
1961-1965 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself - Singer
The Music of Harold Arlen (1965) … Himself - Singer
Music in Manhattan (1965) … Himself - Host
A Musical Tour of Tin Pan Alley (1965) … Himself - Singer
Salute to Autumn (1961) … Himself - Host
 
1958-1965 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 10 October 1965 (1965) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 22 September 1963 (1963) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 30 September 1962 (1962) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 16 April 1961 (1961) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 2 November 1958 (1958) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1965 World's Fair Spectacular (TV movie)
Himself - Host/Performer
 
1965 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode #2.28 (1965) … Himself - Singer
 
1965 The Aqua Varities (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1962-1964 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest / Himself - Host
Episode #3.7 (1964) … Himself - Guest
Episode #2.2 (1963) … Himself - Host
Episode #1.33 (1963) … Himself
Episode #1.5 (1962) … Himself
 
1963 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Guest star
Episode dated 30 September 1963 (1963) … Guest star
 
1963 Stump the Stars (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
Sheila MacRae vs. Gordon MacRae (1963) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1962 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself
Gordon MacRae vs Sheila MacRae (1962) … Himself
 
1958-1961 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Vocalist
Episode #3.33 (1961) … Himself
Episode #1.17 (1959) … Himself
Episode #1.1 (1958) … Himself - Guest Vocalist
 
1961 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 20 April 1961 (1961) … Himself - Guest
 
1960 About Faces (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 26 September 1960 (1960) … Himself
Episode dated 19 September 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1960 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #7.37 (1960) … Himself
 
1960/I No Place Like Home (TV movie)
Himself
 
1958-1960 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.25 (1960) … Himself
Episode #3.21 (1959) … Himself
Episode #3.8 (1958) … Himself
 
1960 The Revlon Revue (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 February 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1960 Celebrity Golf (TV series)
 
1959 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 15 October 1959 (1959) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1958 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.11 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Dick Clark Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.10 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Polly Bergen Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.12 (1958) … Himself
 
1956-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Host
Edge of Doubt (1957) … Himself - Host
Design for November (1957) … Himself - Host
Payment in Kind (1957) … Himself - Host
Paris Calling (1957) … Himself - Host
The Armed Venus (1957) … Himself - Host
 
1957 The Spike Jones Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.6 (1957) … Himself
Episode #1.1 (1957) … Himself
 
1954-1957 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest Host / Himself - Guest Vocalist
Episode dated 5 January 1957 (1957) … Himself - Guest Vocalist
Episode #2.12 (1954) … Himself - Guest Host
Episode #2.11 (1954) … Himself - Guest Host
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Himself
You're the Top (1956) … Himself
 
1956 The Jimmy Durante Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode #2.19 (1956) … Himself - Singer
 
1954-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself - Singer
Episode #6.8 (1955) … Himself - Singer
Episode #6.4 (1955) … Himself - Singer
Episode #5.15 (1955) … Himself - Host
Episode #5.27 (1955) … Himself - Host
Episode #5.24 (1955) … Himself - Host
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Plays Golf (short)
Himself
 
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)
Himself
 
1953 So You Want a Television Set (short)
Himself - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Fun in the Sun (documentary short)
Himself - Golf Player
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball (short)
Himself
 
1951 The Screen Director (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2012 Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (TV documentary)
Curly McLain/Billy Bigelow
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Turns on the Carousel (video documentary short)
Billy Bigelow
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1997 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (TV documentary)
Billy Bigelow (uncredited)
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
 
1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(????) Single: "Heartaches" / "If I Had My Life To Live Over" (Apollo Records) See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | See more »

Official Sites:

The Official Gordon MacRae Site | See more »

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

"Some of my friends have jokingly accused me of sticking pins into an image of Frank Sinatra or exercising some other kind of voodoo charm to get him out of the role of "Billy" in Carousel so that I could inherit the role. As most everyone knows by now, Frank did bow out of the picture. His decision on this matter... See more »

Trivia:

Suffered a stroke in 1982 but managed to tour occasionally upon his recovery. In the fall of 1985, however, he underwent a carotid artery operation. At that time he was diagnosed with cancer and was forced to retire completely. See more »

Trademark:

The songs "Oklahoma!" and "If I Loved You" See more »

Star Sign:

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