
Fredric March
Known For
Acting
Born
1897-08-31 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Died
1975-04-14
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.
Most Known For

What's My Line?
as Self

The Oscars
as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self

Omnibus

MGM Parade
as self

Hombre
as Dr. Alex Favor

Lux Video Theatre
as Sam

Lux Video Theatre
as Captain Matt

Manslaughter
as Dan O'Bannon

Producers' Showcase

Lamp Unto My Feet
as Albert Schweitzer (voice)

The Best Years of Our Lives
as Al Stephenson

Inherit the Wind
as Matthew Harrison Brady

Seven Days in May
as President Jordan Lyman

A Star Is Born
as Norman Maine

Alexander the Great
as Philip of Macedonia

Tales from Dickens
as Self / Host

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Design for Living
as Tom Chambers

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