Fredric March

Acting

Fredric March

Born
Died
(aged 77)
Birthplace
Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Credits
113 titles

Biography

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).

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

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 113

YearTitleRole
2021 Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker Film Archival Footage
2014 Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film Film Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (archive footage)
2007 Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman Film Self (archive footage)
2003 Complicated Women Film Self (archive footage)
1990 Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To Film (archive footage)
1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn Film Self (archive footage)
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s Film Self (archive footage)
1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Film Self (archive footage)
1973 The Iceman Cometh Film Harry Hope
1970 … tick… tick… tick… Film Mayor Jeff Parks
1967 Hombre Film Dr. Alex Favor
1964 Seven Days in May Film President Jordan Lyman
1962 The Condemned of Altona Film Albrecht von Gerlach
1961 The Young Doctors Film Dr. Joseph Pearson
1960 Inherit the Wind Film Matthew Harrison Brady
1959 A Christmas Carol Film Narrator
1959 Middle of the Night Film Jerry Kingsley
1959 Tales from Dickens TV Self / Host (2 ep)
1958 The Winslow Boy Film Arthur Winslow
1957 Albert Schweitzer Film Albert Schweitzer (voice)
1956 Island of Allah Film Himself / Narrator
1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Film Ralph Hopkins
1956 Tony Awards TV Self - Presenter (1 ep)
1956 Alexander the Great Film Philip of Macedonia
1955 The Desperate Hours Film Daniel C. Hilliard
1955 MGM Parade TV self (1 ep)
1954 The Bridges at Toko-Ri Film Rear Adm. George Tarrant
1954 A Christmas Carol Film Ebenezer Scrooge
1954 Producers' Showcase TV (1 ep)
1954 The Best of Broadway TV (1 ep)
1954 Executive Suite Film Loren Phineas Shaw
1953 Man on a Tightrope Film Karel Cernik
1953 The Oscars TV Self (1 ep)
1952 Omnibus TV (1 ep)
1951 Death of a Salesman Film Willy Loman
1951 It's a Big Country Film Joe Esposito
1950 Lux Video Theatre TV Sam, Captain Matt (1 ep)
1950 What's My Line? TV Self (1 ep)
1950 The Titan: Story of Michelangelo Film Narrator (voice)
1949 Christopher Columbus Film Christopher Columbus
1949 The Twentieth Century Film Oscar Jaffe
1948 An Act of Murder Film Judge Calvin Cooke
1948 Lamp Unto My Feet TV Albert Schweitzer (voice) (1 ep)
1948 The Ed Sullivan Show TV Self (3 ep)
1948 Another Part of the Forest Film Marcus Hubbard
1947 So You Want to Be in Pictures Film Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives Film Al Stephenson
1945 A Pass to Tomorrow Film Self - Narrator
1945 Welcome Home Film Narrator
1944 Tomorrow, the World! Film Mike Frame
1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain Film Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
1944 The Valley of the Tennessee Film Narrator (voice)
1942 I Married a Witch Film Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley
1942 Black Sea Fighters Film Self - Narrator of the English dub
1941 Bedtime Story Film Luke Drake
1941 One Foot in Heaven Film William Spence
1941 So Ends Our Night Film Josef Steiner
1940 Victory Film Hendrik Heyst
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Film Self (archive footage)
1940 Susan and God Film Barrie Trexel
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