Person
Fredric March
Actor· Racine, Wisconsin, USA
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
The roles that explain the career.
The Best Years of Our Lives
Al Stephenson · 1946
Inherit the Wind
Matthew Harrison Brady · 1960
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde · 1931
Hombre
Dr. Alex Favor · 1967
A Star Is Born
Norman Maine · 1937
Seven Days in May
President Jordan Lyman · 1964
I Married a Witch
Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley · 1942
Design for Living
Tom Chambers · 1933
Filmography
73 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1973 | The Iceman Cometh | Harry Hope | Film |
| 1970 | … tick… tick… tick… | Mayor Jeff Parks | Film |
| 1967 | Hombre | Dr. Alex Favor | Film |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | President Jordan Lyman | Film |
| 1962 | The Condemned of Altona | Albrecht von Gerlach | Film |
| 1961 | The Young Doctors | Dr. Joseph Pearson | Film |
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind | Matthew Harrison Brady | Film |
| 1959 | Middle of the Night | Jerry Kingsley | Film |
| 1957 | Albert Schweitzer | Albert Schweitzer (voice) | Film |
| 1956 | Alexander the Great | Philip of Macedonia | Film |
| 1956 | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Ralph Hopkins | Film |
| 1955 | The Desperate Hours | Daniel C. Hilliard | Film |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | Loren Phineas Shaw | Film |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Rear Adm. George Tarrant | Film |
| 1953 | Man on a Tightrope | Karel Cernik | Film |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country | Joe Esposito | Film |
| 1951 | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman | Film |
| 1950 | The Titan: Story of Michelangelo | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1949 | Christopher Columbus | Christopher Columbus | Film |
| 1948 | An Act of Murder | Judge Calvin Cooke | Film |
| 1948 | Another Part of the Forest | Marcus Hubbard | Film |
| 1947 | So You Want to Be in Pictures | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Al Stephenson | Film |
| 1944 | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) | Film |
| 1944 | Tomorrow, the World! | Mike Frame | Film |
| 1942 | I Married a Witch | Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley | Film |
| 1941 | Bedtime Story | Luke Drake | Film |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | William Spence | Film |
| 1941 | So Ends Our Night | Josef Steiner | Film |
| 1940 | Susan and God | Barrie Trexel | Film |
| 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | Film |
| 1939 | The 400 Million | Narration (voice) | Film |
| 1938 | There Goes My Heart | Bill Spencer | Film |
| 1938 | Trade Winds | Sam Wye | Film |
| 1938 | The Buccaneer | Jean Lafitte | Film |
| 1937 | Nothing Sacred | Wallace "Wally" Cook | Film |
| 1937 | A Star Is Born | Norman Maine | Film |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland | Bothwell | Film |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse | Anthony Adverse | Film |
| 1936 | The Road to Glory | Lieutenant Michel Denet | Film |
| 1936 | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | Film |
| 1935 | Anna Karenina | Count Vronsky | Film |
| 1935 | Les Misérables | Jean Valjean / Champmathieu | Film |
| 1935 | The Dark Angel | Alan Trent | Film |
| 1934 | Good Dame | Mace Townsley | Film |
| 1934 | Death Takes a Holiday | Prince Sirki | Film |
| 1934 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Robert Browning | Film |
| 1934 | The Affairs of Cellini | Benvenuto Cellini | Film |
| 1934 | We Live Again | Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov | Film |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1933 | The Eagle and the Hawk | Jerry H. Young | Film |
| 1933 | Tonight Is Ours | Sabien Pastal | Film |
| 1933 | Design for Living | Tom Chambers | Film |
| 1932 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Jerry Corbett | Film |
| 1932 | The Sign of the Cross | Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome | Film |
| 1932 | Strangers in Love | Buddy Drake / Arthur Drake | Film |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 | Self | Film |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star | Fredric March (uncredited) | Film |
| 1932 | Smilin' Through | Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy | Film |
| 1931 | My Sin | Dick Grady | Film |
| 1931 | Honor Among Lovers | Jerry Stafford | Film |
| 1931 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | Film |
| 1930 | Ladies Love Brutes | Dwight Howell | Film |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Marine | Film |
| 1930 | Manslaughter | Dan O'Bannon | Film |
| 1930 | True to the Navy | Bull's Eye McCoy | Film |
| 1930 | Sarah and Son | Howard Vanning | Film |
| 1930 | Laughter | Paul Lockridge | Film |
| 1930 | The Royal Family of Broadway | Tony Cavendish | Film |
| 1929 | The Studio Murder Mystery | Richard Hardell | Film |
| 1929 | The Marriage Playground | Martin Boyne | Film |
| 1929 | The Wild Party | James Gilmore | Film |
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