- Films
- 65
- Avg rating
- 6.77
- Peak run
- 1943’48
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Fred by the numbers
Average
6.77
31 rated films
Vote weighted
6.85
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.58
rating spread
Career
39y
1935 to 1973
Total votes
540K
across every film
Best
8.3
The Apartment
Worst
6.4
The Shaggy Dog
Newest first
Filmography
| 1973 | Charley and the Angel | Charley Appleby | · | 717 |
| 1967 | The Happiest Millionaire | Anthony J. Drexel Biddle - the Father | 6.5 | 2,717 |
| 1966 | Follow Me, Boys! | Lemuel Siddons | 7.1 | 2,829 |
| 1964 | Kisses for My President | Thad McCloud | · | 800 |
| 1962 | Bon Voyage! | Harry Willard | · | 883 |
| 1962 | Son of Flubber | Prof. Ned Brainard | 6.1 | 3,432 |
| 1961 |  The Absent Minded Professor | Professor Ned Brainard | 6.7 | 10,224 |
| 1960 |  The Apartment | Jeff D. Sheldrake | 8.3 | 224K |
| 1959 | Good Day for a Hanging | Ben Cutler | 6.3 | 1,066 |
| 1959 | Face of a Fugitive | Jim Larsen aka Ray Kincaid | 6.6 | 1,043 |
| 1959 | The Oregon Trail | Neal Harris | · | 564 |
| 1959 | The Shaggy Dog | Wilson Daniels | 6.4 | 6,167 |
| 1958 | Day of the Badman | Judge Jim Scott | · | 619 |
| 1957 | Quantez | Gentry | · | 700 |
| 1956 | Gun for a Coward | Will Keough | · | 735 |
| 1956 | There's Always Tomorrow | Clifford Groves | 7.4 | 4,192 |
| 1955 | At Gunpoint | Jack Wright | · | 732 |
| 1955 | The Far Horizons | Captain Meriwether Lewis | 6.1 | 1,526 |
| 1955 | The Rains of Ranchipur | Tom Ransome | 5.8 | 1,249 |
| 1954 |  The Caine Mutiny | Lt. Tom Keefer | 7.6 | 31,400 |
Better together?
Fred MacMurray's regulars
- Mitchell LeisenDirector and actor · 7 films · 6.80 avg▼−0.08
- Claudette ColbertCo-star · 6 films · 6.77 avg▼−0.12
- George MarshallDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.25
- Wesley RugglesDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.60 avg●−0.03
- Barbara StanwyckCo-star · 4 films · 7.73 avg▲+0.94
- Carole LombardCo-star · 4 films · 6.58 avg▼−0.18
- Paulette GoddardCo-star · 3 films
- Porter HallCo-star · 3 films · 7.27 avg▲+0.41
- Dorothy MaloneCo-star · 3 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.51
- Tommy KirkCo-star · 3 films · 6.40 avg▲+0.22
- William DemarestCo-star · 3 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.68
- Harry KellerDirector and actor · 2 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Fred MacMurray
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