Fredric March

Acting

Fredric March

Born 31 August 1897 · Racine, Wisconsin, USA · Died 14 April 1975 at 77

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.

Known for

Highlights

The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · Film · Al Stephenson
Inherit the Wind1960 · Film · Matthew Harrison Brady
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1931 · Film · Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Seven Days in May1964 · Film · President Jordan Lyman
A Star Is Born1937 · Film · Norman Maine
Hombre1967 · Film · Dr. Alex Favor

Filmography

Movies

82 films

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker2021 · Film · Archival Footage
The Iceman Cometh1973 · Film · Harry Hope
… tick… tick… tick…1970 · Film · Mayor Jeff Parks
Hombre1967 · Film · Dr. Alex Favor
Seven Days in May1964 · Film · President Jordan Lyman
The Condemned of Altona1962 · Film · Albrecht von Gerlach
The Young Doctors1961 · Film · Dr. Joseph Pearson
Inherit the Wind1960 · Film · Matthew Harrison Brady
Middle of the Night1959 · Film · Jerry Kingsley
The Winslow Boy1958 · Film · Arthur Winslow
Albert Schweitzer1957 · Film · Albert Schweitzer (voice)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit1956 · Film · Ralph Hopkins
Alexander the Great1956 · Film · Philip of Macedonia
The Desperate Hours1955 · Film · Daniel C. Hilliard
The Bridges at Toko-Ri1954 · Film · Rear Adm. George Tarrant
A Christmas Carol1954 · Film · Ebenezer Scrooge
Executive Suite1954 · Film · Loren Phineas Shaw
Man on a Tightrope1953 · Film · Karel Cernik
Death of a Salesman1951 · Film · Willy Loman
It's a Big Country1951 · Film · Joe Esposito
Christopher Columbus1949 · Film · Christopher Columbus
The Twentieth Century1949 · Film · Oscar Jaffe
An Act of Murder1948 · Film · Judge Calvin Cooke
Another Part of the Forest1948 · Film · Marcus Hubbard
The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · Film · Al Stephenson
Tomorrow, the World!1944 · Film · Mike Frame
The Adventures of Mark Twain1944 · Film · Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
I Married a Witch1942 · Film · Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley
Bedtime Story1941 · Film · Luke Drake
One Foot in Heaven1941 · Film · William Spence
So Ends Our Night1941 · Film · Josef Steiner
Victory1940 · Film · Hendrik Heyst
Susan and God1940 · Film · Barrie Trexel
The 400 Million1939 · Film · Narration (voice)
Trade Winds1938 · Film · Sam Wye
There Goes My Heart1938 · Film · Bill Spencer
The Buccaneer1938 · Film · Jean Lafitte
Nothing Sacred1937 · Film · Wallace "Wally" Cook
A Star Is Born1937 · Film · Norman Maine
The Road to Glory1936 · Film · Lieutenant Michel Denet
Anthony Adverse1936 · Film · Anthony Adverse
Mary of Scotland1936 · Film · Bothwell
The Making of a Great Motion Picture1936 · Film
The Dark Angel1935 · Film · Alan Trent
Anna Karenina1935 · Film · Count Vronsky
Les Misérables1935 · Film · Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
We Live Again1934 · Film · Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov
The Barretts of Wimpole Street1934 · Film · Robert Browning
The Affairs of Cellini1934 · Film · Benvenuto Cellini
Death Takes a Holiday1934 · Film · Prince Sirki
Good Dame1934 · Film · Mace Townsley
All of Me1934 · Film · Don Ellis
Design for Living1933 · Film · Tom Chambers
The Eagle and the Hawk1933 · Film · Jerry H. Young
Tonight Is Ours1933 · Film · Sabien Pastal
The Sign of the Cross1932 · Film · Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
Smilin' Through1932 · Film · Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy
Make Me a Star1932 · Film · Fredric March (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell1932 · Film · Jerry Corbett
Strangers in Love1932 · Film · Buddy Drake / Arthur Drake
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1931 · Film · Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
My Sin1931 · Film · Dick Grady
The Night Angel1931 · Film · Rudek Berken
Honor Among Lovers1931 · Film · Jerry Stafford
The Royal Family of Broadway1930 · Film · Tony Cavendish
Laughter1930 · Film · Paul Lockridge
Manslaughter1930 · Film · Dan O'Bannon
True to the Navy1930 · Film · Bull's Eye McCoy
Ladies Love Brutes1930 · Film · Dwight Howell
Paramount on Parade1930 · Film · Marine
Sarah and Son1930 · Film · Howard Vanning
The Marriage Playground1929 · Film · Martin Boyne
Footlights and Fools1929 · Film · Gregory Pyne
Jealousy1929 · Film · Pierre
Paris Bound1929 · Film · Jim Hutton
The Studio Murder Mystery1929 · Film · Richard Hardell
The Wild Party1929 · Film · James Gilmore
The Dummy1929 · Film · Trumbull Meredith
The Devil1921 · Film · Bal Masque Participant (uncredited)
The Education of Elizabeth1921 · Film · Man (uncredited)
Paying the Piper1921 · Film · Man (uncredited)
The Great Adventure1921 · Film · Man (uncredited)

Filmography

Series

2 shows

Lux Video Theatre1950 · Series · Sam
Lamp Unto My Feet1948 · Series · Albert Schweitzer (voice)