Fredric March

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
August 31, 1897 (77 years old)
Died
April 15, 1975
Place of Birth
Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Romance History
Career Span
1921 – 2021

Fredric March

14 wins
56 nominations
14 Oscars
102 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Aug 31, 1897
From
Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1921 – 2021

Known For

Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
1960
as Matthew Harrison Brady
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Al Stephenson
Nothing Sacred
Nothing Sacred
1937
as Wallace "Wally" Cook
I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch
1942
as Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
1935
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Hombre
Hombre
1967
as Dr. Alex Favor
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
1937
as Norman Maine
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
1956
as Philip of Macedonia
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Anthony Adverse
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Anthony Adverse
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
as Ralph Hopkins

Frequent Collaborators

Bert Stevens
Bert Stevens
3 shared projects
in "I Married a Witch"
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Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
3 shared projects
in "Les Misérables"
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Robert Greig
Robert Greig
3 shared projects
in "Les Misérables"
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Ray Teal
Ray Teal
2 shared projects
in "The Best Years of Our Lives"
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Florence Eldridge
Florence Eldridge
2 shared projects
in "Les Misérables"
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John Alban
2 shared projects
in "I Married a Witch"
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Jack Deery
2 shared projects
in "I Married a Witch"
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Lester Dorr
Lester Dorr
2 shared projects
in "The Best Years of Our Lives"
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Earle Hodgins
Earle Hodgins
2 shared projects
in "The Best Years of Our Lives"
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Thomas Martin
2 shared projects
in "The Best Years of Our Lives"
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Frank Mills
Frank Mills
2 shared projects
in "I Married a Witch"
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Stephen Soldi
2 shared projects
in "The Best Years of Our Lives"
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Award Recognition

14
Wins
56
Nominations
14
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2021

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker as Archival Footage

2014

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (archive footage)

2007

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)

1990

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To as (archive footage)

1986

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self (archive footage)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s as Self (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage) Award

1973

The Iceman Cometh as Harry Hope

1970

Tick... Tick... Tick... as Mayor Jeff Parks Award

1967

Hombre as Dr. Alex Favor Award

1964

Seven Days in May as President Jordan Lyman

1962

The Condemned of Altona as Albrecht von Gerlach

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Count Vronsky (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Young Doctors as Dr. Joseph Pearson

1960

Inherit the Wind as Matthew Harrison Brady Award

1959

Middle of the Night as Jerry Kingsley
A Christmas Carol as Narrator

1958

The Winslow Boy as Arthur Winslow

1957

Albert Schweitzer as Albert Schweitzer (voice)

1956

Alexander the Great as Philip of Macedonia Award
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit as Ralph Hopkins Award
Island of Allah as Himself / Narrator

1955

The Desperate Hours as Daniel C. Hilliard

1954

Executive Suite as Loren Phineas Shaw Award
The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Rear Adm. George Tarrant Award
A Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge

1953

Man on a Tightrope as Karel Cernik

1951

Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman
It's a Big Country as Joe Esposito

1949

Christopher Columbus as Christopher Columbus
The Twentieth Century as Oscar Jaffe

1948

An Act of Murder as Judge Calvin Cooke
Another Part of the Forest as Marcus Hubbard

1947

So You Want to Be in Pictures as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives as Al Stephenson Award

1945

A Pass to Tomorrow as Self - Narrator
Welcome Home as Narrator

1944

The Adventures of Mark Twain as Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
Tomorrow, the World! as Mike Frame
Valley of the Tennessee as Narrator (voice)

1942

I Married a Witch as Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley Award

1941

One Foot in Heaven as William Spence Award
So Ends Our Night as Josef Steiner
Bedtime Story as Luke Drake

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
Susan and God as Barrie Trexel
Victory as Hendrik Heyst

1939

The 400 Million as Narration (voice)

1938

The Buccaneer as Jean Lafitte
There Goes My Heart as Bill Spencer
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo as Narrator (voice)
Trade Winds as Sam Wye

1937

Nothing Sacred as Wallace "Wally" Cook Award
A Star Is Born as Norman Maine Award

1936

Anthony Adverse as Anthony Adverse Award
Mary of Scotland as Bothwell Award
The Road to Glory as Lieutenant Michel Denet
Breakdowns of 1936 as Self
The Making of a Great Motion Picture

1935

Les Misérables as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu Award
Anna Karenina as Count Vronsky Award
The Dark Angel as Alan Trent

1934

Death Takes a Holiday as Prince Sirki Award
The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Robert Browning
The Affairs of Cellini as Benvenuto Cellini
We Live Again as Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov
All of Me as Don Ellis
Good Dame as Mace Townsley

1933

Design for Living as Tom Chambers
The Eagle and the Hawk as Jerry H. Young
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tonight Is Ours as Sabien Pastal

1932

The Sign of the Cross as Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome Award
Merrily We Go to Hell as Jerry Corbett
Make Me a Star as Fredric March (uncredited)
Smilin' Through as Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy
Strangers in Love as Buddy Drake / Arthur Drake
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 as Self

1931

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde Award
Honor Among Lovers as Jerry Stafford
The Night Angel as Rudek Berken
My Sin as Dick Grady

1930

The Royal Family of Broadway as Tony Cavendish
Paramount on Parade as Marine
Laughter as Paul Lockridge
Ladies Love Brutes as Dwight Howell
Sarah and Son as Howard Vanning
Manslaughter as Dan O'Bannon
True to the Navy as Bull's Eye McCoy

1929

The Wild Party as James Gilmore
Footlights and Fools as Gregory Pyne
Jealousy as Pierre
Paris Bound as Jim Hutton
The Marriage Playground as Martin Boyne
The Dummy as Trumbull Meredith
The Studio Murder Mystery as Richard Hardell

1921

The Devil as Bal Masque Participant (uncredited)
The Great Adventure as Man (uncredited)
Paying the Piper as Man (uncredited)
The Education of Elizabeth as Man (uncredited)

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Inherit the Wind
The Best Years of Our Lives
Nothing Sacred
I Married a Witch
Hombre
A Star Is Born
Alexander the Great

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