Fredric March

Fredric March

🎂 31st August 1897 (128 yrs) 📍 Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Known For

The Best Years of Our Lives

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.

Fredric March

Movies Featuring Fredric March

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker (2021)

as Archival Footage
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)

as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women

Complicated Women (2003)

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

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)

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

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)

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

Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

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

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)

as Self (archive footage)
The Iceman Cometh

The Iceman Cometh (1973)

as Harry Hope
… tick… tick… tick…

… tick… tick… tick… (1970)

as Mayor Jeff Parks
Hombre

Hombre (1967)

as Dr. Alex Favor
Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May (1964)

as President Jordan Lyman
The Condemned of Altona

The Condemned of Altona (1962)

as Albrecht von Gerlach
The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors (1961)

as Dr. Joseph Pearson
Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind (1960)

as Matthew Harrison Brady
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol (1959)

as Narrator
Middle of the Night

Middle of the Night (1959)

as Jerry Kingsley
The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy (1958)

as Arthur Winslow
Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer (1957)

as Albert Schweitzer (voice)
Island of Allah

Island of Allah (1956)

as Himself / Narrator
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)

as Ralph Hopkins
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great (1956)

as Philip of Macedonia
The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours (1955)

as Daniel C. Hilliard
The Bridges at Toko-Ri

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

as Rear Adm. George Tarrant
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol (1954)

as Ebenezer Scrooge
Executive Suite

Executive Suite (1954)

as Loren Phineas Shaw
Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope (1953)

as Karel Cernik
Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman (1951)

as Willy Loman
It's a Big Country

It's a Big Country (1951)

as Joe Esposito
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950)

as Narrator (voice)
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus (1949)

as Christopher Columbus
The Twentieth Century

The Twentieth Century (1949)

as Oscar Jaffe
An Act of Murder

An Act of Murder (1948)

as Judge Calvin Cooke
Another Part of the Forest

Another Part of the Forest (1948)

as Marcus Hubbard
No Image

So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

as Al Stephenson
No Image

A Pass to Tomorrow (1945)

as Self - Narrator
Welcome Home

Welcome Home (1945)

as Narrator
Tomorrow, the World!

Tomorrow, the World! (1944)

as Mike Frame
The Adventures of Mark Twain

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

as Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
The Valley of the Tennessee

The Valley of the Tennessee (1944)

as Narrator (voice)
I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch (1942)

as Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley
Bedtime Story

Bedtime Story (1941)

as Luke Drake
One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven (1941)

as William Spence
So Ends Our Night

So Ends Our Night (1941)

as Josef Steiner
Victory

Victory (1940)

as Hendrik Heyst
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

as Self (archive footage)
Susan and God

Susan and God (1940)

as Barrie Trexel
Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)

as Self
The 400 Million

The 400 Million (1939)

as Narration (voice)
Trade Winds

Trade Winds (1938)

as Sam Wye
There Goes My Heart

There Goes My Heart (1938)

as Bill Spencer
The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer (1938)

as Jean Lafitte
Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred (1937)

as Wallace "Wally" Cook
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born (1937)

as Norman Maine
Breakdowns of 1936

Breakdowns of 1936 (1936)

as Self
The Road to Glory

The Road to Glory (1936)

as Lieutenant Michel Denet
Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse (1936)

as Anthony Adverse
Mary of Scotland

Mary of Scotland (1936)

as Bothwell
The Making of a Great Motion Picture

The Making of a Great Motion Picture (1936)

The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel (1935)

as Alan Trent
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina (1935)

as Count Vronsky
Les Misérables

Les Misérables (1935)

as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
We Live Again

We Live Again (1934)

as Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov
The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

as Robert Browning
The Affairs of Cellini

The Affairs of Cellini (1934)

as Benvenuto Cellini
Death Takes a Holiday

Death Takes a Holiday (1934)

as Prince Sirki
Good Dame

Good Dame (1934)

as Mace Townsley
All of Me

All of Me (1934)

as Don Ellis
Design for Living

Design for Living (1933)

as Tom Chambers
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)

as Jerry H. Young
Tonight Is Ours

Tonight Is Ours (1933)

as Sabien Pastal
The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross (1932)

as Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
Smilin' Through

Smilin' Through (1932)

as Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (1932)

as Self
Make Me a Star

Make Me a Star (1932)

as Fredric March (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

as Jerry Corbett
Strangers in Love

Strangers in Love (1932)

as Buddy Drake / Arthur Drake
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
My Sin

My Sin (1931)

as Dick Grady
The Night Angel

The Night Angel (1931)

as Rudek Berken
Honor Among Lovers

Honor Among Lovers (1931)

as Jerry Stafford
The Royal Family of Broadway

The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)

as Tony Cavendish
Laughter

Laughter (1930)

as Paul Lockridge
Manslaughter

Manslaughter (1930)

as Dan O'Bannon
True to the Navy

True to the Navy (1930)

as Bull's Eye McCoy
Ladies Love Brutes

Ladies Love Brutes (1930)

as Dwight Howell
Paramount on Parade

Paramount on Parade (1930)

as Marine
Sarah and Son

Sarah and Son (1930)

as Howard Vanning
The Marriage Playground

The Marriage Playground (1929)

as Martin Boyne
Footlights and Fools

Footlights and Fools (1929)

as Gregory Pyne
Jealousy

Jealousy (1929)

as Pierre
Paris Bound

Paris Bound (1929)

as Jim Hutton
The Studio Murder Mystery

The Studio Murder Mystery (1929)

as Richard Hardell
The Wild Party

The Wild Party (1929)

as James Gilmore
The Dummy

The Dummy (1929)

as Trumbull Meredith
The Devil

The Devil (1921)

as Bal Masque Participant (uncredited)
No Image

The Education of Elizabeth (1921)

as Man (uncredited)
Paying the Piper

Paying the Piper (1921)

as Man (uncredited)
The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure (1921)

as Man (uncredited)