Fredric March

Fredric March

1897-08-31 – 1975-04-14 (age 77) Racine, Wisconsin, USA
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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.

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Known For

Hombre
Hombre

1967

as Dr. Alex Favor

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

as Al Stephenson

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born

1937

as Norman Maine

Les Misérables
Les Misérables

1935

as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

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1970

as Mayor Jeff Parks

The Sign of the Cross
The Sign of the Cross

1932

as Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome

Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind

1960

as Matthew Harrison Brady

Complicated Women
Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great

1956

as Philip of Macedonia

The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer

1938

as Jean Lafitte

Executive Suite
Executive Suite

1954

as Loren Phineas Shaw

The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh

1973

as Harry Hope

Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May

1964

as President Jordan Lyman

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch

1942

as Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley

The Bridges at Toko-Ri
The Bridges at Toko-Ri

1954

as Rear Adm. George Tarrant

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina

1935

as Count Vronsky

Paris Bound
Paris Bound

1929

as Jim Hutton

The Desperate Hours
The Desperate Hours

1955

as Daniel C. Hilliard

Anthony Adverse
Anthony Adverse

1936

as Anthony Adverse