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Fredric March

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Biography

Fredric March was born August 31, 1897 in Racine, Wisconsin. He went into bankingat an early age; however, an emergency appendectomy inspired him to…more

Born

Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Died

5/14/1975

Birth Name

Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- The DuPont Show Of The Month
  Himself/Host
  - S 2: Ep 6 Hamlet
    2/24/59
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Host
  - S 26: Ep 1 The 26th Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/54
Guest Star (13)

Role
- The DuPont Show Of The Month
  Arthur Winslow
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Winslow Boy
    11/13/58
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 28 April 7, 1957: Fred Astaire, Buddy Knox, Ferlin Husky, Jimmy Bowe, Abbe Lane & Xavier Cugat
    4/7/57
  - S 9: Ep 24 Edith Piaf / Walt Disney; James Cagney; Jack Lemmon; Susan Hayward
    3/4/56
- Producers' Showcase
  Sam Dodsworth
  - S 2: Ep 10 Dodsworth
    4/30/56
- Person to Person
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 14 December 2, 1955
    12/2/55
- Shower of Stars
  Ebenezer Scrooge
  - — A Christmas Carol
    12/23/54
- The Best Of Broadway
  Tony Cavendish
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Royal Family
    9/15/54
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest #2
  - S 5: Ep 29 EPISODE #199
    3/21/54
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 25: Ep 1 The 25th Annual Academy Awards
    3/19/53
- Omnibus
  Don Juan
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Last Night of Don Juan
    3/15/53
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Captain Matt
  - S 2: Ep 39 Ferry Crisis At Friday Point
    5/19/52
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Sam
  - S 1: Ep 31 The Speech
    4/30/51
- Nash Airflyte Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Boor
    10/12/50
- Ford Theatre
  Oscar Jaffe
  - S 2: Ep 1 Twentieth Century
    10/7/49

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- Fredric was married twice, to Ellis Baker from 1924 to 1927, and to Florence Eldridge from May 30, 1927 to his death on April 14, 1975.
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- Fredric was mentioned by Marlon Brando as being his favorite actor in his youth.
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- Fredric was nominated twice in 1955 for the Emmy for Best Actor In A Single Performance for the Best Of Broadway episode "The Royal Family" and the Shower Of Stars episode of "A Christmas Carol." He was also nominated for the same award in 1957 for the Producers' Showcase episode "Dodsworth."
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- Fredric March: Stardom is just an uneasy seat on top of a tricky toboggan. Being a star is merely perching at the head of the downgrade. A competent featured player can last a lifetime. A star, a year or two. There's all that agony of finding suitable stories, keeping in character, maintaining illusion. Then the undignified position of hanging on while your popularity is declining.
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- Fredric March: Keep interested in others; keep interested in the wide and wonderful world. Then in a spiritual sense you will always be young.
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- (Commenting how he and Wallace Beery, both won the Oscars for Best Actor in 1931-32 due to a tie, also adopted children as well) Fredric March: It seems a little odd that we were both given awards for the best male performance of the year.
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