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Fredric March

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Fredric March

Born August 31, 1897 in Racine, Wisconsin, USADied April 14, 197579 films

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).

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March is one of only two actors, the other being Helen Hayes, to have won both the Academy Award and the Tony Award twice.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Inherit the Wind poster7.7Inherit the Wind1960Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster7.2Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1931Seven Days in May poster7.4Seven Days in May1964A Star Is Born poster7.2A Star Is Born1937Hombre poster7.1Hombre1967Design for Living poster7.1Design for Living1933I Married a Witch poster6.9I Married a Witch1942The Desperate Hours poster7.0The Desperate Hours1955

Filmography

79 films as actor
  1. 1973The Iceman ComethHarry Hope
  2. 1970… tick… tick… tick…Mayor Jeff Parks
  3. 1967HombreDr. Alex Favor
  4. 1964Seven Days in MayPresident Jordan Lyman
  5. 1962The Condemned of AltonaAlbrecht von Gerlach
  6. 1961The Young DoctorsDr. Joseph Pearson
  7. 1960Inherit the WindMatthew Harrison Brady
  8. 1959A Christmas CarolNarrator
  9. 1959Middle of the NightJerry Kingsley
  10. 1958The Winslow BoyArthur Winslow
  11. 1956The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitRalph Hopkins
  12. 1956Alexander the GreatPhilip of Macedonia
  13. 1955The Desperate HoursDaniel C. Hilliard
  14. 1954The Bridges at Toko-RiRear Adm. George Tarrant
  15. 1954A Christmas CarolEbenezer Scrooge
  16. 1954Executive SuiteLoren Phineas Shaw
  17. 1953Man on a TightropeKarel Cernik
  18. 1951Death of a SalesmanWilly Loman
  19. 1951It's a Big CountryJoe Esposito
  20. 1949Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus
  21. 1949The Twentieth CenturyOscar Jaffe
  22. 1948An Act of MurderJudge Calvin Cooke
  23. 1948Another Part of the ForestMarcus Hubbard
  24. 1946The Best Years of Our LivesAl Stephenson
  25. 1944Tomorrow, the World!Mike Frame
  26. 1944The Adventures of Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
  27. 1942I Married a WitchJonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley
  28. 1941Bedtime StoryLuke Drake
  29. 1941One Foot in HeavenWilliam Spence
  30. 1941So Ends Our NightJosef Steiner
  31. 1940VictoryHendrik Heyst
  32. 1940Susan and GodBarrie Trexel
  33. 1938Trade WindsSam Wye
  34. 1938There Goes My HeartBill Spencer
  35. 1938The BuccaneerJean Lafitte
  36. 1937Nothing SacredWallace "Wally" Cook
  37. 1937A Star Is BornNorman Maine
  38. 1936The Road to GloryLieutenant Michel Denet
  39. 1936Anthony AdverseAnthony Adverse
  40. 1936Mary of ScotlandBothwell
  41. 1935The Dark AngelAlan Trent
  42. 1935Anna KareninaCount Vronsky
  43. 1935Les MisérablesJean Valjean / Champmathieu
  44. 1934We Live AgainPrince Dmitri Nekhlyudov
  45. 1934The Barretts of Wimpole StreetRobert Browning
  46. 1934The Affairs of CelliniBenvenuto Cellini
  47. 1934Death Takes a HolidayPrince Sirki
  48. 1934Good DameMace Townsley
  49. 1934All of MeDon Ellis
  50. 1933Design for LivingTom Chambers
  51. 1933The Eagle and the HawkJerry H. Young
  52. 1933Tonight Is OursSabien Pastal
  53. 1932The Sign of the CrossMarcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
  54. 1932Smilin' ThroughKenneth Wayne / Jeremy
  55. 1932Make Me a StarFredric March (uncredited)
  56. 1932Merrily We Go to HellJerry Corbett
  57. 1932Strangers in LoveBuddy Drake / Arthur Drake
  58. 1931Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
  59. 1931My SinDick Grady
  60. 1931The Night AngelRudek Berken
  61. 1931Honor Among LoversJerry Stafford
  62. 1930The Royal Family of BroadwayTony Cavendish
  63. 1930LaughterPaul Lockridge
  64. 1930ManslaughterDan O'Bannon
  65. 1930True to the NavyBull's Eye McCoy
  66. 1930Ladies Love BrutesDwight Howell
  67. 1930Paramount on ParadeMarine
  68. 1930Sarah and SonHoward Vanning
  69. 1929The Marriage PlaygroundMartin Boyne
  70. 1929Footlights and FoolsGregory Pyne
  71. 1929JealousyPierre
  72. 1929Paris BoundJim Hutton
  73. 1929The Studio Murder MysteryRichard Hardell
  74. 1929The Wild PartyJames Gilmore
  75. 1929The DummyTrumbull Meredith
  76. 1921The DevilBal Masque Participant (uncredited)
  77. 1921The Education of ElizabethMan (uncredited)
  78. 1921Paying the PiperMan (uncredited)
  79. 1921The Great AdventureMan (uncredited)