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Fredric March (1897–1975)

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Fredric March began a career in banking but in 1920 found himself cast as an extra in films being produced in New York. He starred on the Broadway stage first in 1926 and would return there between screen appearances later on. He won plaudits (and an Academy Award nomination) for his send-up of John Barrymore in The Royal Family of Broadway... See full bio »

Born:

Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel
in Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Died:

(age 77) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of Janet Gaynor and Fredric March in A Star Is Born Still of Janet Gaynor and Fredric March in A Star Is Born Still of Myrna Loy and Fredric March in The Best Years of Our Lives Fredric March, c. 1937. Still of Janet Gaynor and Fredric March in A Star Is Born
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1973 The Iceman Cometh
Harry Hope
 
1970 ...tick... tick... tick...
Mayor Jeff Parks
 
1967 Hombre
Favor
 
1964 The Presidency: A Splendid Misery (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1964 Seven Days in May
President Jordan Lyman
 
1962 The Condemned of Altona
Albrecht von Gerlach
 
1961 The Young Doctors
Dr. Joseph Pearson
 
1960 Inherit the Wind
Matthew Harrison Brady
 
1959 Middle of the Night
Jerry Kingsley
 
1958 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Arthur Winslow
– The Winslow Boy (1958) … Arthur Winslow
 
1958 Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (TV series)
Host / narrator
– A Christmas Carol (1958) … Host/narrator
 
1956 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Sam Dodsworth
– Dodsworth (1956) … Sam Dodsworth
 
1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Ralph Hopkins
 
1956 Alexander the Great
Philip of Macedonia
 
1954-1956 Shower of Stars (TV series)
Ebenezer Scrooge / Eugene Tesh
– The Flattering World (1956) … Eugene Tesh
– A Christmas Carol (1954) … Ebenezer Scrooge
 
1955 The Desperate Hours
Dan C. Hilliard
 
1954 The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Rear Adm. George Tarrant
 
1954 The Best of Broadway (TV series)
Tony Cavendish
– The Royal Family (1954) … Tony Cavendish
 
1954 Executive Suite
Loren Phineas Shaw
 
1953 Man on a Tightrope
Karel Cernik
 
1953 Omnibus (TV series)
Don Juan
– The Last Night of Don Juan (1953) … Don Juan
 
1951-1952 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Captain Matt / Sam
– Ferry Crisis at Friday Point (1952) … Captain Matt
– The Speech (1951) … Sam
 
1951 Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman
 
1951 It's a Big Country
Joe Esposito
 
1950 Nash Airflyte Theatre (TV series)
– The Boor (1950)
 
1949 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series)
Oscar Jaffe
– The Twentieth Century (1949) … Oscar Jaffe
 
1949 Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
 
1948 An Act of Murder
Judge Calvin Cooke
 
1948 Another Part of the Forest
Marcus Hubbard
 
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
Al Stephenson (as Frederic March)
 
1944 Tomorrow, the World!
Mike Frame
 
1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
 
1944 Valley of the Tennessee
Narrator (voice)
 
1942 I Married a Witch
Jonathan Wooley/Nathaniel Wooley/Samuel Wooley/Wallace Wooley
 
1941 Bedtime Story
Luke Drake
 
1941 One Foot in Heaven
William Spence
 
1941 So Ends Our Night
Josef Steiner
 
1940 Victory
Hendrik Heyst
 
1940 Susan and God
Barrie
 
1938 Trade Winds
Sam Wye
 
1938 There Goes My Heart
Bill Spencer
 
1938 The Buccaneer
Jean Lafitte
 
1937 Nothing Sacred
Wally Cook
 
1937 A Star Is Born
Norman Maine
 
1936 Anthony Adverse
Anthony Adverse
 
1936 Mary of Scotland
Bothwell
 
1936 The Road to Glory
Lieutenant Michel Denet
 
1935 The Dark Angel
Alan Trent
 
1935 Anna Karenina
Vronsky
 
1935 Les Misérables
Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
 
1934 We Live Again
Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov
 
1934 The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Robert Browning
 
1934 The Affairs of Cellini
Benvenuto Cellini
 
1934 Death Takes a Holiday
Prince Sirki / Death
 
1934 Good Dame
Mace Townsley
 
1934 All of Me
Don Ellis
 
1933 Design for Living
Thomas B. 'Tom' Chambers
 
1933 The Eagle and the Hawk
Jerry H. Young
 
1933 Tonight Is Ours
Sabien Pastal
 
1932 The Sign of the Cross
Marcus
 
1932 Smilin' Through
Kenneth Wayne (credited)/Jeremy Wayne (uncredited)
 
1932 Merrily We Go to Hell
Jerry Corbett
 
1932 Strangers in Love
Buddy Drake/Arthur Drake
 
1931 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
 
1931 My Sin
Dick Grady
 
1931 Night Angel
Rudek Berken
 
1931 Honor Among Lovers
Jerry Stafford
 
1930 The Royal Family of Broadway
Tony Cavendish
 
1930 Laughter
Paul Lockridge
 
1930 Manslaughter
Dan O'Bannon
 
1930 True to the Navy
Bull's Eye McCoy
 
1930 Ladies Love Brutes
Dwight Howell
 
1930 Paramount on Parade
Marine (The Montmartre Girl)
 
1930 Sarah and Son
Howard Vanning
 
1929 The Marriage Playground
Martin Boyne
 
1929 Footlights and Fools
Gregory Pyne
 
1929 Jealousy
Pierre
 
1929 Paris Bound
Jim Hutton
 
1929 The Studio Murder Mystery
Richard Hardell
 
1929 The Wild Party
James Gilmore
 
1929 The Dummy
Trumbull Meredith
 
1921 Paying the Piper
Extra (uncredited)
 
1921 The Education of Elizabeth
Extra (uncredited)
 
1921 The Devil
Extra (uncredited)
 
1921 The Great Adventure
Extra (uncredited)
 
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1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (performer: "Wah! Hoo!")
 
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives (performer: "Among My Souvenirs" 1927 - uncredited, "Beer Barrel Polka Roll Out the Barrel" 1927 - uncredited)
 
1940 Susan and God ("Comin' Thro' the Rye" - uncredited)
 
1938 There Goes My Heart (performer: "A Life on the Ocean Wave" 1838 - uncredited, "Bridal Chorus Here Comes the Bride" 1850, "John Brown's Body" 1859)
 
1933 Design for Living ("The Star Spangled Banner" 1814 - uncredited)
 
1931 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (performer: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565" 1708 - uncredited, "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ in F Minor, BWV 639" 1713 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2009 The New Bike (short) (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (27 titles)
1963-1966 Saga of Western Man (TV series documentary)
Christopher Columbus / Himself - Narrator / Voice of Da Vinci
– The Legacy of Rome (1966) … Himself - Narrator
– I, Leonardo Da Vinci (1965) … Voice of Da Vinci
– Episode dated 18 October 1963 (1963) … Christopher Columbus (voice)
 
1964 Pieta (TV documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
1964 Freedom Spectacular (TV movie)
Himself
 
1963 A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1961 The 15th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1959 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Hamlet (1959) … Himself - Host
 
1958-1959 Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Bardell Versus Pickwick (1959) … Himself - Host
– David and Dora (1959) … Himself - Host
– David and Dora Get Married (1959) … Himself - Host
– Uriah Heep (1959) … Himself - Host
– David and Betsy Trotwood (1958) … Himself - Host
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1957 Albert Schweitzer (documentary)
Albert Schweitzer (voice)
 
1952-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.28 (1957) … Himself
– Episode #6.13 (1952) … Himself
 
1957 The 11th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Distinguished Dramatic Actor
 
1956 Island of Allah
Himself/Narrator
 
1955 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #3.14 (1955) … Himself
 
1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Host: New York
 
1954 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 March 1954 (1954) … Himself
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter (New York): Best Actress
 
1950 The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (documentary)
Himself/Narrator (voice)
 
1942 Lake Carrier (documentary short)
Himself/Narrator
 
1940 Lights Out in Europe (documentary short)
Actor speaking the Commentary (voice)
 
1939 The 400 Million (documentary)
Narration (voice)
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 5 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 (documentary short)
Himself - Observer
 
1936 Breakdowns of 1936 (short)
Himself
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 11 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 (short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (short)
Himself
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (short)
Himself/Master of Ceremonies
 
1932 Make Me a Star
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (16 titles)
2010 The Light Bulb Conspiracy (documentary)
Willy Loman (uncredited)
 
2010 A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (TV series documentary)
 
2009 The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond (video documentary)
Wally Cook (uncredited)
 
2008 Strictly Courtroom (TV documentary)
Matthew Harrison Brady (uncredited)
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999-2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
 
1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
Himself
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Himself, film clips from 'A Star Is Born' & 'Nothing Sacred' - 'Anna Karenina' (uncredited)
 
1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1956 MGM Parade (TV series)
 
1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (documentary short)
Himself
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1924). Stage Play: The Melody Man. Comedy. Written by Herbert Fields. Central Theatre (moved to The Ritz Theatre during production run; date unknown): 13 May 1924- Jun 1924 (80 performances). Cast: Sara Chapelle (as "A Maid"), Jerry Devine (as "Sidney"), Lew M. Fields (as "Franz Henkel")... See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

Frederic March

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

(When asked how he prepared for a role) I think it's almost physically impossible to give a well-rounded performance without knowing it beforehand. To try and rehearse eight hours a day and then go home at night and knock more lines into your head-- it just doesn't work. You know it first, then try to polish as you go along. See more »

Trivia:

A Beverly Hills mansion built for March in 1931 was the first home of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. It is now owned by Madonna. See more »

Nickname:

Freddie See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo