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.
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Fredric March Biography / Wiki
Name | Fredric March |
Also Know | Фредрик Марч, Frederick March, Фредрік Марч |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Racine, Wisconsin, USA |
Date of Birth | 1897-08-31 |
Age(as in 2022) | 77 |
Deathday | 1975-04-15 |
Fredric March Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | 1931-12-24 | Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men – a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become l… |
I Married a Witch | Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley | 1942-10-30 | Rocksford, New England, 1672. Puritan witch hunter Jonathan Wooley is cursed after burning a witch at the stake: his descendants will never find happi… |
Death Takes a Holiday | Prince Sirki / Death | 1934-03-30 | After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon … |
An Act of Murder | Judge Calvin Cooke | 1948-12-05 | A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering…. |
Anthony Adverse | Anthony Adverse | 1936-08-29 | Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by… |
Les Misérables | Jean Valjean / Champmathieu | 1935-04-20 | In early nineteenth-century France Jean Valjean, an ex-convict who failed to report to parole, is relentlessly pursued over a twenty-year period by Ja… |
The Sign of the Cross | Marcus Superbus – Prefect of Rome | 1932-11-30 | After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old C… |
Bedtime Story | Luke Drake | 1941-12-25 | A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few ‘worl… |
There Goes My Heart | Bill Spencer | 1938-10-14 | An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk…. |
The Eagle and the Hawk | Jerry H. Young | 1933-05-06 | The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enem… |
One Foot in Heaven | William Spence | 1941-11-01 | Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another…. |
Design for Living | Tom Chambers | 1933-12-29 | An independent woman can’t choose between the two men she loves…. |
Tomorrow, the World! | Mike Frame | 1944-12-29 | German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth to reject Nazism…. |
Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman | 1951-12-20 | Willy Loman is an aging salesman who was recently fired from his job. Dealing with feelings of failure, Willy begins to relive events from the past th… |
Man on a Tightrope | Karel Cernik | 1953-05-21 | Elia Kazan’s 1953 film stars Fredric March as the owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia who plots to flee across the borde… |
Middle of the Night | Jerry Kingsley | 1959-05-20 | Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 60s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a roma… |
The Adventures of Mark Twain | Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) | 1944-05-03 | A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain…. |
The Dark Angel | Alan Trent | 1935-09-08 | Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has … |
The Road to Glory | Lieutenant Michel Denet | 1936-09-04 | The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and m… |
Albert Schweitzer | Albert Schweitzer (voice) | 1957-11-22 | This biographical drama/part-time documentary, narrative written by Dr. Albert Schweitzer and spoken by Frederic March, traces the life of Dr. Schweit… |
The Buccaneer | Jean Lafitte | 1938-02-04 | French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812…. |
Christopher Columbus | Christopher Columbus | 1949-10-12 | Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical… |
Strangers in Love | Buddy Drake / Arthur Drake | 1932-03-05 | Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne’er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies…. |
Another Part of the Forest | Marcus Hubbard | 1948-05-18 | This ‘prequel’ to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way…. |
The Young Doctors | Dr. Joseph Pearson | 1961-08-23 | An aging doctor’s resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy…. |
Trade Winds | Sam Wye | 1938-12-28 | After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and… |
So Ends Our Night | Josef Steiner | 1941-02-27 | An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler’s ever powerful influence…. |
All of Me | Don Ellis | 1934-02-01 | A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn’t understand why he is so dissatisfied…. |
The 400 Million | Narration (voice) | 1939-03-07 | The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the Jap… |
Victory | Hendrik Heyst | 1940-12-21 | A hermit’s idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats…. |
Island of Allah | Himself / Narrator | 1956-06-26 | An old Bedouin tells the story of the twenty-three year old Prince Abdul Aziz ibn Saud’s daring raid on Riyadh to geologists exploring the deserts o… |
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo | Narrator (voice) | 1950-01-22 | The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest ar… |
Valley of the Tennessee | Narrator (voice) | 1944-03-14 | U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s…. |
A Christmas Carol | Narrator | 1959-12-27 | Another version of the Dickens classic. Originally an episode of Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens. Later released on home video on it’s own… |
The Twentieth Century | Oscar Jaffe | 1949-11-17 | A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing… |
The Best Years of Our Lives | Al Stephenson | 1946-12-25 | It’s the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrive… |
Inherit the Wind | Matthew Harrison Brady | 1960-07-07 | Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin’s theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the ne… |
A Star Is Born | Norman Maine | 1937-04-27 | Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her ido… |
Hombre | Dr. Alex Favor | 1967-03-21 | John Russell, disdained by his “respectable” fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when … |
The Iceman Cometh | Harry Hope | 1973-11-10 | Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props… |
Alexander the Great | Philip of Macedonia | 1956-03-28 | He was a fierce military commander who led huge armies into battle without a single defeat; a magnificent warrior who many believed was part god – thi… |
The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Robert Browning | 1934-09-21 | Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henriet… |
Nothing Sacred | Wallace “Wally” Cook | 1937-11-25 | When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine…. |
Susan and God | Barrie Trexel | 1940-06-07 | A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group…. |
Mary of Scotland | Bothwell | 1936-07-28 | The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords…. |
The Desperate Hours | Daniel C. Hilliard | 1955-10-05 | Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they’re holding hostage…. |
The Wild Party | James Gilmore | 1929-04-06 | Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets i… |
Merrily We Go to Hell | Jerry Corbett | 1932-06-10 | A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to… |
Anna Karenina | Count Vronsky | 1935-08-30 | In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier…. |
Smilin’ Through | Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy | 1932-09-24 | On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret’s fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Cart… |
Sarah and Son | Howard Vanning | 1930-03-14 | A ne’er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son, and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wi… |
The Royal Family of Broadway | Tony Cavendish | 1930-12-22 | Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a br… |
The Affairs of Cellini | Benvenuto Cellini | 1934-08-24 | The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke…. |
Honor Among Lovers | Jerry Stafford | 1931-02-28 | Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who causes trouble for both of them…. |
The Marriage Playground | Martin Boyne | 1929-12-12 | A delightful pre-code cocktail recipe. Take three couples (add gin and tonic), their several divorces and the seven children/stepchildren of their int… |
Manslaughter | Dan O’Bannon | 1930-07-22 | A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even im… |
True to the Navy | Bull’s Eye McCoy | 1930-05-25 | Ruby is a counter girl at the San Diego Soda Shop with a habit of being a girlfriend to Sailors stopping by. Things get a little zany when she sets he… |
Tonight Is Ours | Sabien Pastal | 1933-01-21 | A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman…. |
Laughter | Paul Lockridge | 1930-09-24 | Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired of their sedate life, she refuses the attentions o… |
Good Dame | Mace Townsley | 1934-03-16 | A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can he… |
We Live Again | Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov | 1934-11-01 | Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that h… |
Paris Bound | Jim Hutton | 1929-08-03 | Jim Hutton and Mary Archer are two liberals who are content to remain faithful to each other in spirit only. They are married with all the ritual of a… |
My Sin | Dick Grady | 1931-10-02 | A prostitute living in Panama shoots her pimp and is charged with murder. The lawyer who gets her off fronts her money to start a new life in NY where… |
The Night Angel | Rudek Berken | 1931-07-18 | In this crime drama, a Prague DA must close down a house of prostitution masquerading as a cafe. He sends the owner’s daughter to a nurse’s home until… |
Jealousy | Pierre | 1929-09-13 | Yvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an affair she had with Rigaud, an elderly boulevardier who… |
The Dummy | Trumbull Meredith | 1929-03-09 | The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the p… |
Seven Days in May | President Jordan Lyman | 1964-02-01 | A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him…. |
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Ralph Hopkins | 1956-04-12 | Tom Rath (Gregory Peck) is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village gir… |
The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Rear Adm. George Tarrant | 1954-12-01 | A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War…. |
… tick… tick… tick… | Mayor Jeff Parks | 1970-01-09 | Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South…. |
The Condemned of Altona | Albrecht von Gerlach | 1962-10-30 | A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family’s shipbuilding empire. There, the daughte… |
Ladies Love Brutes | Dwight Howell | 1930-05-14 | The movie stars George Bancroft, Mary Astor and Fredric March who are all excellent in their roles. The story begins as Joe Forziati (Bancroft), an It… |
A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | 1954-01-01 | A Christmas Carol was written in London by Charles Dickens in 1843. Since that time it has been the subject of countless adaptations for theatrical pr… |
Footlights and Fools | Gregory Pyne | 1929-12-08 | Moore plays the “dual” role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus girl in France to acquire a new persona…. |
Executive Suite | Loren Phineas Shaw | 1954-04-30 | When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him…. |
The Studio Murder Mystery | Richard Hardell | 1929-06-01 | Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated, Helen… |
The Making of a Great Motion Picture | 1936-04-15 | Narrated documentary of the making of Anthony Adverse (1936), featuring many clips from the actual film…. | |
The Winslow Boy | Arthur Winslow | 1958-11-13 | In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial…. |
The Education of Elizabeth | Man (uncredited) | 1921-01-16 | Billie Burke, the real-life wife of Flo Ziegfeld, plays Ziegfeld Follies dancer Elizabeth Banks who falls for a wealthy young man. His parents are sho… |
The Devil | Bal Masque Participant (uncredited) | 1921-01-17 | Dr. Muller, a friend to all, finds pleasure in turning the goodness in people to evil ends. He meets Marie Matin and her fiancée, Georges Roben, whil… |
It’s a Big Country | Joe Esposito | 1951-11-20 | Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios’ best director… |
Paying the Piper | Man (uncredited) | 1921-01-16 | Larry and Barbara, both the products of rich but broken homes, plan a marriage of convenience. He really loves Marcia, a dancer, and Barbara vamps Kei… |
Paramount on Parade | Marine | 1930-04-22 | This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios’ contract stars, credits 11 directors… |
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | (archive footage) | 1940-07-31 | This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche… |
So You Want to Be in Pictures | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1947-06-07 | Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in…. |
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To | (archive footage) | 1990-06-04 | This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed comm… |
The Great Adventure | Man (uncredited) | 1921-01-06 | An artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman’s advances. He marries another woman but must keep painting in secret to make enough money…. |
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Himself (archive footage) | 1986-03-09 | In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy’s personal and profession… |
Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 | A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1930 and July 1934, before the Hollywood Production Code —the … |
Make Me a Star | Himself (uncredited) | 1932-07-01 | A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent…. |
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | 1933-12-01 | Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots…. | |
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Himself (archive footage) | 2007-05-16 | Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction’s greatest fan – Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with t… |
Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940-05-29 | This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother … |
Breakdowns of 1936 | Himself | 1936-12-30 | Time marches on…. |
Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Count Vronsky (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 | Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in t… |
Going Hollywood: The ’30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 | Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get… |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 | Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression…. |
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