Fredric March

Deceased · Born: Aug 31, 1897 · Died: Apr 15, 1975

Personal Details

Born Aug 31, 1897 Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Spouse

Florence Eldridge
( May 30, 1927 to Apr 14, 1975 )
Ellis Baker
( May 3, 1925 to Jan 17, 1927 )

Parents

John F. Bickel
Cora Brown

Biography

Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), as well as the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Years Ago (1947) and Long Day's Journey into Night (1956). March is one of only two actors, the other being Helen Hayes, to have won both the Academy Award and the Tony Award twice. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fredric March, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

1973

The Iceman Cometh

The Iceman Cometh as Harry Hope

1970

Tick, Tick, Tick

Tick, Tick, Tick as Mayor Jeff Parks

1967

Hombre as Dr. Alex Favor

1964

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May as President Jordan Lyman

1961

The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors as Dr. Joseph Pearson

1960

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind as Matthew Harrison Brady

1959

Middle of the Night

Middle of the Night as Jerry Kingsley

Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens

Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens as Narrator

1957

Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer as Albert Schweitzer (voice)

1956

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great as Philip of Macedonia

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit as Ralph Hopkins

1955

The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours as Daniel C. Hilliard

1954

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Rear Adm. George Tarrant

Executive Suite

Executive Suite as Loren Phineas Shaw

1953

Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope as Karel Cernik

1951

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman

It's a Big Country: An American Anthology

It's a Big Country: An American Anthology as Joe Esposito

1950

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo as Narrator (voice)

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre as Sam

1949

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus as Christopher Columbus

1948

Another Part of the Forest

Another Part of the Forest as Marcus Hubbard

An Act of Murder

An Act of Murder as Judge Calvin Cooke

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives as Al Stephenson

1944

The Adventures of Mark Twain

The Adventures of Mark Twain as Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)

Tomorrow, the World!

Tomorrow, the World! as Mike Frame

1942

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch as Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley

1941

Bedtime Story as Luke Drake

One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven as William Spence

So Ends Our Night

So Ends Our Night as Josef Steiner

1940

Lights Out in Europe

Lights Out in Europe as Narrator

Susan and God as Barrie Trexel

Victory as Hendrik Heyst

1939

The 400 Million

The 400 Million as Narration (voice)

1938

There Goes My Heart

There Goes My Heart as Bill Spencer

The Buccaneer as Jean Lafitte

Trade Winds as Sam Wye

1937

Nothing Sacred as Wallace "Wally" Cook

A Star Is Born as Norman Maine

1936

Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse as Anthony Adverse

Mary of Scotland

Mary of Scotland as Bothwell

The Road to Glory

The Road to Glory as Lieutenant Michel Denet

1935

Anna Karenina as Count Vronsky

Les Misérables as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

The Dark Angel as Alan Trent

1934

Death Takes a Holiday

Death Takes a Holiday as Prince Sirki / Death

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Robert Browning

All of Me as Don Ellis

The Affairs of Cellini

The Affairs of Cellini as Benvenuto Cellini

We Live Again as Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov

1933

Tonight Is Ours

Tonight Is Ours as Sabien Pastal

The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk as Jerry H. Young

Design for Living

Design for Living as Tom Chambers

1932

Smilin' Through

Smilin' Through as Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy

The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross as Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome

Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell as Jerry Corbett

1931

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Honor Among Lovers

Honor Among Lovers as Jerry Stafford

My Sin as Dick Grady

1930

The Royal Family of Broadway

The Royal Family of Broadway as Tony Cavendish

True to the Navy

True to the Navy as Bull's Eye McCoy

Manslaughter as Dan O'Bannon

Sarah and Son as Howard Vanning

1929

The Studio Murder Mystery

The Studio Murder Mystery as Richard Hardell

The Dummy as Trumbull Meredith

The Wild Party as James Gilmore

appearances

2021

1956

Island of Allah

Island of Allah