Fredric March

Fredric March

Known for

Acting

Born

August 31, 1897

Birthplace

Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Died

April 14, 1975 (aged 77)

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.

Best known work

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1960

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931

Hombre

Hombre

1967

A Star Is Born

1937

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

1964

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

1942

Design for Living

Design for Living

1933

The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours

1955

Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred

1937

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)
1973
The Iceman Cometh
as Harry Hope
1970
… tick… tick… tick…
as Mayor Jeff Parks
1967
Hombre
as Dr. Alex Favor
1964
Seven Days in May
as President Jordan Lyman
1962
The Condemned of Altona
as Albrecht von Gerlach
1961
The Young Doctors
as Dr. Joseph Pearson
1960
Inherit the Wind
as Matthew Harrison Brady
1959
A Christmas Carol
as Narrator
1959
Middle of the Night
as Jerry Kingsley
1959
Tales from DickensTV
as Self / Host (2 episodes)
1958
The Winslow Boy
as Arthur Winslow
1957
Albert Schweitzer
as Albert Schweitzer (voice)
1956
Island of Allah
as Himself / Narrator
1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Ralph Hopkins
1956
Tony AwardsTV
as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
1956
Alexander the Great
as Philip of Macedonia
1955
The Desperate Hours
as Daniel C. Hilliard