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Fredric March
Fredric March, born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel on August 31, 1897, was a highly regarded American actor, celebrated as one of Hollywood's eminent stars during the 1930s and 1940s. Known for his acting versatility, March amassed multiple accolades throughout his career including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Tony Awards and nominations for three BAFTA Awards and three Emmy Awards. His monumental career began in 1920 when he started working as an extra in movies and made his Broadway debut in 1926. By the end of the decade, March had signed a film contract with Paramount Pictures. He secured two Academy Awards for his performances in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Other noteworthy performances were in the films The Royal Family of Broadway (1930), A Star is Born (1937), and Death of a Salesman (1951). March's extensive acting career also included prominent stage roles. He was also known for his public activities, being an ardent supporter of the Democratic Party, and at one time co-founded the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel
Born: Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: August 31, 1897
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1921-1973
Children: 2
Spouses: Ellis Baker, Florence Eldridge
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Awards and Nominations Received by Fredric March
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Movies Featuring Fredric March
Nothing Sacred
A Star Is Born
Hombre
The Best Years of Our Lives
Seven Days in May
Inherit the Wind
Death Takes a Holiday
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Complicated Women
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Going Hollywood: The ’30s
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Tonight Is Ours
Bedtime Story
The Valley of the Tennessee
The Night Angel
The Iceman Cometh
A Christmas Carol
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
All of Me
The Royal Family of Broadway
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Strangers in Love
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
We Live Again
Victory
One Foot in Heaven
Man on a Tightrope
The Eagle and the Hawk
Death of a Salesman
Honor Among Lovers
True to the Navy
I Married a Witch
An Act of Murder
Middle of the Night
Susan and God
Design for Living
Albert Schweitzer
Sarah and Son
Executive Suite
Make Me a Star
Trade Winds
Anthony Adverse
Paramount on Parade
Mary of Scotland
The Dark Angel
The Buccaneer
Merrily We Go to Hell
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Tomorrow, the World!
The Wild Party
There Goes My Heart
Good Dame
The Desperate Hours
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Anna Karenina
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Breakdowns of 1936
The Young Doctors
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
The Adventures of Mark Twain
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
It’s a Big Country
Smilin’ Through
The Devil
The Affairs of Cellini
The Sign of the Cross
The Studio Murder Mystery
Ladies Love Brutes
Tick… Tick… Tick…
The Condemned of Altona
The 400 Million
Alexander the Great
Laughter
The Road to Glory
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
The Marriage Playground
Career Timeline
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2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (archive footage)
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Count Vronsky (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Young Doctors
Dr. Joseph Pearson
1954
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Rear Adm. George Tarrant
Executive Suite
Loren Phineas Shaw
1944
The Valley of the Tennessee
Narrator (voice)
Tomorrow, the World!
Mike Frame
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
1940
Victory
Hendrik Heyst
Susan and God
Barrie Trexel
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1938
Trade Winds
Sam Wye
The Buccaneer
Jean Lafitte
There Goes My Heart
Bill Spencer
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Narrator (voice)
1936
Anthony Adverse
Anthony Adverse
Mary of Scotland
Bothwell
Breakdowns of 1936
Self
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
The Road to Glory
Lieutenant Michel Denet
1934
Death Takes a Holiday
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Robert Browning
All of Me
Don Ellis
We Live Again
Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov
Good Dame
Mace Townsley
The Affairs of Cellini
Benvenuto Cellini
1933
Tonight Is Ours
Sabien Pastal
The Eagle and the Hawk
Jerry H. Young
Design for Living
Tom Chambers
1932
Strangers in Love
Buddy Drake / Arthur Drake
Make Me a Star
Fredric March (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Jerry Corbett
Smilin’ Through
Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy
The Sign of the Cross
Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
1930
The Royal Family of Broadway
Tony Cavendish
True to the Navy
Bull's Eye McCoy
Sarah and Son
Howard Vanning
Paramount on Parade
Marine
Ladies Love Brutes
Dwight Howell
Laughter
Paul Lockridge
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