Fredric March

Also known as: Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel

Acting

Nationality:United States
Education:University of Wisconsin–Madison, Washington Park High School
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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 stars of the 1930s and 1940s. As a performer he was known for his versatility. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Tony Awards, two Volpi Cups, the Silver Bear, as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and three Emmy Awards. March began his career in 1920, by working as an extra in movies filmed in New York City. He made his stage debut on Broadway in 1926 at the age of 29, and by the end of the decade, he had signed a film contract with Paramount Pictures. He made seven pictures in 1929. He went on to receive two Academy Awards, for his performances in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). His other Oscar-nominated performances were in the films The Royal Family of Broadway (1930), A Star is Born (1937), and Death of a Salesman (1951). March gained popularity after establishing himself with leading man roles in films such as Honor Among Lovers (1931), Merrily We Go to Hell (1932), Design for Living (1933), Death Takes a Holiday, The Barretts of Wimpole Street (both 1934), Les Misérables, Anna Karenina, The Dark Angel (all 1935), Nothing Sacred (1937), and I Married a Witch (1942). His later film roles include Executive Suite, The Bridges at Toko-Ri (both 1954), The Desperate Hours (1955), Inherit the Wind (1960), and Seven Days in May (1964). He made his final film appearance in The Iceman Cometh (1973). March was also known for his stage roles; he made his Broadway debut in the play The Melody Man (1926), and during his stage career he twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, for his performances in the Ruth Gordon play Years Ago (1947) and in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night (1956). He and Helen Hayes are the only actors to have won both the Academy Award and the Tony Award twice.

Filmography (97 movies)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To movie poster
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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990

as (archive footage)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman movie poster
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007

as Self (archive footage)

A Christmas Carol movie poster
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A Christmas Carol

1959

as Narrator

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn movie poster
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

1986

as Self (archive footage)

Tomorrow, the World! movie poster
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Tomorrow, the World!

1944

as Mike Frame

The Best Years of Our Lives movie poster
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The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

as Al Stephenson

Inherit the Wind movie poster
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Inherit the Wind

1960

as Matthew Harrison Brady

Another Part of the Forest movie poster
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Another Part of the Forest

1948

as Marcus Hubbard

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film movie poster
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Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (archive footage)

Seven Days in May movie poster
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Seven Days in May

1964

as President Jordan Lyman

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde movie poster
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Les Misérables movie poster
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Les Misérables

1935

as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

A Star Is Born movie poster
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A Star Is Born

1937

as Norman Maine

Design for Living movie poster
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Design for Living

1933

as Tom Chambers

There Goes My Heart movie poster
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There Goes My Heart

1938

as Bill Spencer

Hombre movie poster
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Hombre

1967

as Dr. Alex Favor

The Desperate Hours movie poster
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The Desperate Hours

1955

as Daniel C. Hilliard

True to the Navy movie poster
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True to the Navy

1930

as Bull's Eye McCoy

The Condemned of Altona movie poster
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The Condemned of Altona

1962

as Albrecht von Gerlach

Executive Suite movie poster
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Executive Suite

1954

as Loren Phineas Shaw

Death of a Salesman movie poster
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Death of a Salesman

1951

as Willy Loman

Middle of the Night movie poster
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Middle of the Night

1959

as Jerry Kingsley

I Married a Witch movie poster
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I Married a Witch

1942

as Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit movie poster
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

1956

as Ralph Hopkins

The Wild Party movie poster
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The Wild Party

1929

as James Gilmore

Complicated Women movie poster
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Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

An Act of Murder movie poster
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An Act of Murder

1948

as Judge Calvin Cooke

The Eagle and the Hawk movie poster
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The Eagle and the Hawk

1933

as Jerry H. Young

We Live Again movie poster
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We Live Again

1934

as Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov

One Foot in Heaven movie poster
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One Foot in Heaven

1941

as William Spence

The Adventures of Mark Twain movie poster
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The Adventures of Mark Twain

1944

as Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards movie poster
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self (archive footage)

Susan and God movie poster
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Susan and God

1940

as Barrie Trexel

Tick... Tick... Tick... movie poster
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Tick... Tick... Tick...

1970

as Mayor Jeff Parks

Anna Karenina movie poster
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Anna Karenina

1935

as Count Vronsky

Man on a Tightrope movie poster
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Man on a Tightrope

1953

as Karel Cernik

The Buccaneer movie poster
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The Buccaneer

1938

as Jean Lafitte

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker movie poster
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Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

2021

as Archival Footage

Nothing Sacred movie poster
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Nothing Sacred

1937

as Wallace "Wally" Cook

The Road to Glory movie poster
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The Road to Glory

1936

as Lieutenant Michel Denet

Trade Winds movie poster
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Trade Winds

1938

as Sam Wye

A Christmas Carol movie poster
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A Christmas Carol

1954

as Ebenezer Scrooge

Merrily We Go to Hell movie poster
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Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

as Jerry Corbett

Death Takes a Holiday movie poster
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Death Takes a Holiday

1934

as Prince Sirki

So Ends Our Night movie poster
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So Ends Our Night

1941

as Josef Steiner

The Dark Angel movie poster
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The Dark Angel

1935

as Alan Trent

Mary of Scotland movie poster
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Mary of Scotland

1936

as Bothwell

The Sign of the Cross movie poster
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The Sign of the Cross

1932

as Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome

Albert Schweitzer movie poster
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Albert Schweitzer

1957

as Albert Schweitzer (voice)

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo movie poster
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The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

1938

as Narrator (voice)

Paramount on Parade movie poster
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Paramount on Parade

1930

as Marine

The Devil movie poster
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The Devil

1921

as Bal Masque Participant (uncredited)

The Barretts of Wimpole Street movie poster
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1934

as Robert Browning

All of Me movie poster
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All of Me

1934

as Don Ellis

The Bridges at Toko-Ri movie poster
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri

1954

as Rear Adm. George Tarrant

Alexander the Great movie poster
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Alexander the Great

1956

as Philip of Macedonia

The Iceman Cometh movie poster
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The Iceman Cometh

1973

as Harry Hope

The 400 Million movie poster
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The 400 Million

1939

as Narration (voice)

Honor Among Lovers movie poster
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Honor Among Lovers

1931

as Jerry Stafford

So You Want to Be in Pictures movie poster
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So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Marriage Playground movie poster
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The Marriage Playground

1929

as Martin Boyne

Smilin' Through movie poster
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Smilin' Through

1932

as Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy

Christopher Columbus movie poster
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Christopher Columbus

1949

as Christopher Columbus

The Royal Family of Broadway movie poster
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The Royal Family of Broadway

1930

as Tony Cavendish

Ladies Love Brutes movie poster
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Ladies Love Brutes

1930

as Dwight Howell

Anthony Adverse movie poster
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Anthony Adverse

1936

as Anthony Adverse

The Young Doctors movie poster
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The Young Doctors

1961

as Dr. Joseph Pearson

Good Dame movie poster
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Good Dame

1934

as Mace Townsley

Make Me a Star movie poster
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Make Me a Star

1932

as Fredric March (uncredited)

Manslaughter movie poster
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Manslaughter

1930

as Dan O'Bannon

Bedtime Story movie poster
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Bedtime Story

1941

as Luke Drake

My Sin movie poster
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My Sin

1931

as Dick Grady

It's a Big Country movie poster
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It's a Big Country

1951

as Joe Esposito

Sarah and Son movie poster
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Sarah and Son

1930

as Howard Vanning

Strangers in Love movie poster
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Strangers in Love

1932

as Buddy Drake / Arthur Drake

The Making of a Great Motion Picture movie poster
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The Making of a Great Motion Picture

1936

The Affairs of Cellini movie poster
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The Affairs of Cellini

1934

as Benvenuto Cellini

Laughter movie poster
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Laughter

1930

as Paul Lockridge

Paris Bound movie poster
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Paris Bound

1929

as Jim Hutton

The Night Angel movie poster
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The Night Angel

1931

as Rudek Berken

Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 movie poster
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

1932

as Self

The Studio Murder Mystery movie poster
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The Studio Murder Mystery

1929

as Richard Hardell

Footlights and Fools movie poster

Footlights and Fools

1929

as Gregory Pyne

The Valley of the Tennessee movie poster

The Valley of the Tennessee

1944

as Narrator (voice)

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 movie poster

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

1933

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Winslow Boy movie poster

The Winslow Boy

1958

as Arthur Winslow

The Dummy movie poster

The Dummy

1929

as Trumbull Meredith

The Twentieth Century movie poster

The Twentieth Century

1949

as Oscar Jaffe

Jealousy movie poster

Jealousy

1929

as Pierre

The Great Adventure movie poster

The Great Adventure

1921

as Man (uncredited)

The Education of Elizabeth movie poster

The Education of Elizabeth

1921

as Man (uncredited)

Welcome Home movie poster

Welcome Home

1945

as Narrator

A Pass to Tomorrow movie poster

A Pass to Tomorrow

1945

as Self - Narrator

Tonight Is Ours movie poster

Tonight Is Ours

1933

as Sabien Pastal

Island of Allah movie poster

Island of Allah

1956

as Himself / Narrator

Paying the Piper movie poster

Paying the Piper

1921

as Man (uncredited)

Victory movie poster

Victory

1940

as Hendrik Heyst

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