Fred MacMurray. Actor: Double Indemnity. Fred MacMurray was likely the most underrated actor of his generation. True, his earliest work is mostly dismissed as pedestrian, but no other actor working in the 1940s and 50s was able to score so supremely whenever cast against type.

Fred MacMurray. Actor: Double Indemnity. Fred MacMurray was likely the most underrated actor of his generation. True, his earliest work is mostly dismissed as pedestrian, but no other actor working in the 1940s and 50s was able to score so supremely whenever cast against type.

God was sad on this date in 1991 when Fred MacMurray died of pneumonia in Santa Monica, CA. Fred started out as a musician, playing saxophone in the Coconut Grove Orchestra. Signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1934. He appeared in 87 films over a career than spanned 49 years. Fred was consistently busy during toe 30s, 40s and 50s.

Borderline: Directed by William A. Seiter. With Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, José Torvay. Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other's identity.

Remember the Night: Directed by Mitchell Leisen. With Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson. Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.

There's Always Tomorrow: Directed by Douglas Sirk. With Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, William Reynolds. When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a …

Pushover: Directed by Richard Quine. With Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malone. An undercover police officer falls for the beautiful moll of a bank robber on the run and together they plan to double-cross both the hood and the cops.

Good Day for a Hanging: Directed by Nathan Juran. With Fred MacMurray, Margaret Hayes, Robert Vaughn, Joan Blackman. After claiming his daughter's childhood-sweetheart killed the marshal, one man finds himself in conflict with his daughter, his fiancée and many of …

The Moonlighter: Directed by Roy Rowland. With Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Ward Bond, William Ching. A cattle herder turned rustler runs from a lynch mob and falls, again, for an ex-lover.

My Three Sons: With Fred MacMurray, Stanley Livingston, Don Grady, Barry Livingston. Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle.