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(March 2008) Fredric March photograph by Carl Van Vechten (1939) Born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel August 31, 1897(1897-08-31) Racine, Wisconsin Died April 14, 1975 (aged 77) Los Angeles, California Years active 1921 - 1973 Spouse(s) Ellis Baker (1921-1927) Florence Eldridge (1927-1975) [show]Awards won Academy Awards Best Actor 1932 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1947 The Best Years of Our Lives Golden Globe Awards Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama 1951 Death of a Salesman Other awards Silver Bear for Best Actor' 1960 Inherit the Wind Volpi Cup for Best Actor 1951 Death of a Salesman Walk of Fame - Motion Picture 1616 Vine Street Fredric March (August 31 1897 – April 14 1975) was an American two-time Academy Award and Tony Award-winning stage and film actor. Contents [hide] 1 Life and career 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography and awards 3 External links [edit] Life and career [edit] Early life March was born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel in Racine, Wisconsin, the son of Cora Brown Marcher and John F. Bickel. He attended the Winslow Elementary School (established in 1855), Racine High School, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He began a career as a banker, but an emergency appendectomy caused him to reevaluate his life, and in 1920 he began working as an extra in movies made in New York City, using a shortened form of his mother's maiden name, Marcher. He appeared on Broadway in 1926, and by the end of the decade signed a film contract with Paramount Pictures. [edit] Career March won an Oscar nomination in 1930 for The Royal Family of Broadway, in which he played a role based upon John Barrymore. He won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1932 for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and again in 1946 for The Best Years of Our Lives. On March 25, 1954, March co-hosted the 26th Annual Academy Awards ceremony from New York City, with co-host Donald O'Connor in Los Angeles. March in A Star is Born (1937)March was one of the few actors to resist signing long-term contracts with the studios, and was able to freelance and pick and choose his roles, in the process also avoiding typecasting. By this time, he was working on Broadway as often as in Hollywood, and his screen career was not as prolific as it had been. March, however, won two Best Actor Tony Awards: in 1947 for the play Years Ago, written by Ruth Gordon; and in 1957 for his performance as James Tyrone in the original Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night. March's neighbor in Connecticut, playwright Arthur Miller, was thought to favor March to inaugurate the part of Willy Loman in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Death of a Salesman (1949). However, March read the play and turned down the role, whereupon director Elia Kazan cast Lee J. Cobb as Willy, and Arthur Kennedy as one of Willy's sons, Biff Loman, two men that the director had worked with in the film Boomerang (1947). March later regretted turning down the role and finally played Willy Loman in Columbia Pictures's 1951 film version of the play, directed by Laslo Benedek. Perhaps March's greatest late-in-life role was in Inherit the Wind (1960), opposite Spencer Tracy. in Inherit the Wind (1960)When March underwent major surgery for prostate cancer in 1970, it seemed his career was over, yet he managed to give one last great performance in The Iceman Cometh (1973), as the complicated Irish bartender, Harry Hope. Coincidentally, co-star Robert Ryan was entering the final stages of lung cancer, so the film was the last for both March and Ryan. March has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1616 Vine Street. [edit] Personal life Although March died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 77 from cancer, he considered the rural Litchfield County town of New Milford, Connecticut his primary residence since the 1930s. This property was subsequently home to American playwright Lillian Hellman as well as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. March was married to actress Florence Eldridge from 1927 until his death, and they had two adopted children. He was buried at his estate in New Milford, Connecticut. Throughout his life, he and his wife were supporters of the Democratic Party and liberal political causes. His support for the Republican (Second Spanish Republic) side during the Spanish Civil War was particularly controversial.[citation needed] [edit] Filmography and awards Year Title Role Notes 1921 The Great Adventure uncredited extra Paying the Piper uncredited extra The Education of Elizabeth uncredited extra The Devil uncredited extra 1929 The Dummy Trumbull Meredith The Wild Party James 'Gil' Gilmore The Studio Murder Mystery Richard Hardell Paris Bound Jim Hutton Jealousy Pierre Footlights and Fools Gregory Pyne The Marriage Playground Martin Boyne 1930 Sarah and Son Howard Vanning Paramount on Parade Marine Ladies Love Brutes Dwight Howell True to the Navy Bull's Eye McCoy Manslaughter Dan O'Bannon Laughter Paul Lockridge The Royal Family of Broadway Tony Cavendish 1931 Honor Among Lovers Jerry Stafford Night Angel Rudek Berken My Sin Dick Grady Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde Academy Award for Best Actor (tied with Wallace Beery for The Champ) 1932 Strangers in Love Buddy Drake/Arthur Drake Merrily We Go to Hell Jerry Corbett Make Me a Star himself behind-the-scenes drama. Smilin' Through Kenneth Wayne The Sign of the Cross Marcus Superbus Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 himself short film 1933 Tonight Is Ours Sabien Pastal The Eagle and the Hawk Jerry H. Young Design for Living Thomas B. 'Tom' Chambers 1934 All of Me Don Ellis Death Takes a Holiday Prince Sirki/Death Good Dame Mace Townsley The Affairs of Cellini Benvenuto Cellini The Barretts of Wimpole Street Robert Browning We Live Again Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 himself short film 1935 Les Misérables Jean Valjean/Champmathieu Anna Karenina Vronsky The Dark Angel Alan Trent Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 11 himself short film 1936 The Road to Glory Lieutenant Michel Denet Mary of Scotland Bothwell Anthony Adverse Anthony Adverse Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 himself short film 1937 A Star Is Born Norman Maine Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor Nothing Sacred Wallace 'Wally' Cook Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 5 himself short film 1938 The Buccaneer Jean Lafitte There Goes My Heart Bill Spencer Trade Winds Sam Wye 1939 The 400 Million Narrator Documentary of Chinese history 1940 Susan and God Barrie Trexel Victory Hendrik Heyst Lights Out in

Europe Narrator War documentary about the outbreak of World War II in Europe 1941 So Ends Our Night Josef Steiner One Foot in Heaven William Spence Bedtime Story Lucius 'Luke' Drake 1942 I Married a Witch Jonathan Wooley/Nathaniel Wooley/Samuel Wooley Lake Carrier Narrator Documentary short 1944 Valley of the Tennessee Narrator voice only The Adventures of Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens Tomorrow, the World! Mike Frame 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives Al Stephenson Academy Award for Best Actor 1948 Another Part of the Forest Marcus Hubbard An Act of Murder Judge Calvin Cooke 1949 Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus The Ford Theatre Hour Television Episode: "The Twentieth Century" 1950 The Titan: Story of Michelangelo Narrator documentary about the life and works of Michelangelo Buonarroti Nash Airflyte Theatre Television Episode: "The Boor" 1951 It's a Big Country Joe Esposito Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Volpi Cup Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor Lux Video Theatre Television Episode: "The Speech" 1952 Lux Video Theatre Television Episode: "Ferry Crisis at Friday Point" Toast of the Town himself later known as The Ed Sullivan Show 1953 25th Academy Awards himself presenter Academy Award for Best Actress to Shirley Booth for Come Back, Little Sheba Omnibus Television Episode: "The Last Night of Don Juan" Man on a Tightrope Karel Cernik The Bridges at Toko-Ri Rear Admiral George Tarrant 1954 26th Academy Awards himself Co-hosted from New York, with Donald O'Connor in Hollywood Executive Suite Loren Phineas Shaw Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting (shared with the principal cast) Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor The Best of Broadway Tony Cavendish Television Episode: "The Royal Family" (based on March's Broadway play and film of the same name) Nominated — Emmy Award for Best Single Performance by an Actor Shower of Stars Ebenezer Scrooge Television Episode: "A Christmas Carol" Nominated — Emmy Award for Best Single Performance by an Actor What's My Line? himself 1955 Dan C. Hilliard 1956 Alexander the Great Philip of Macedonia The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Ralph Hopkins Producers' Showcase Sam Dodsworth Television Episode: "Dodsworth" Nominated — Emmy Award for Best Single Performance by an Actor Shower of Stars Eugene Tesh Television Episode: "The Flattering World" Island of Allah Narrator 1957 Toast of the Town himself later known as The Ed Sullivan Show Albert Schweitzer Narrator documentary 1958 The DuPont Show of the Month Arthur Winslow Television Episode: "The Winslow Boy" Tales from Dickens Host also known as Fredric March Presents Tales From Dickens, March hosted seven episodes during 1958 and 1959. Episodes: "Bardell Versus Pickwick", "Uriah Heep", "A Christmas Carol", "David and Betsy Trotwood", "David and His Mother", "Christmas at Dingley Dell" and "The Runaways" 1959 Middle of the Night Jerry Kingsley Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 1960 Inherit the Wind Matthew Harrison Brady Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated — Silver Bear for Best Actor 1961 The Young Doctors Dr. Joseph Pearson 1962 I Sequestrati di Altona (The Condemned of Altona) Albrecht von Gerlach 1963 A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts Host broadcast on November 24, 1963, two days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy 1964 Seven Days in May President Jordan Lyman Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama The Presidency: A Splendid Mystery Narrator Television Pieta Narrator documentary 1967 Hombre Dr. Alex Favor 1970 …tick…tick…tick… Mayor Jeff Parks 1973 The Iceman Cometh Harry Hope [edit] External links Fredric March at the Internet Movie Database Photographs of Fredric March Fredric March at Find A Grave Awards and achievements Preceded by Jean Gabin for La Nuit est Mon Royaume Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup Best Actor 1952 for Death of a Salesman Succeeded by Henri Vilbert for Le Bon Dieu Sans Confession [show]v • d • eAcademy Award for Best Actor Emil Jannings (1928) · Warner Baxter (1929) · George Arliss (1930) · Lionel Barrymore (1931) · Fredric March / Wallace Beery (1932) · Charles Laughton (1933) · Clark Gable (1934) · Victor McLaglen (1935) · Paul Muni (1936) · Spencer Tracy (1937) · Spencer Tracy (1938) · Robert Donat (1939) · James Stewart (1940) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete List · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001-present) [show]v • d • eAcademy Award for Best Actor Gary Cooper (1941) · James Cagney (1942) · Paul Lukas (1943) · Bing Crosby (1944) · Ray Milland (1945) · Fredric March (1946) · Ronald Colman (1947) · Laurence Olivier (1948) · Broderick Crawford (1949) · José Ferrer (1950) · Humphrey Bogart (1951) · Gary Cooper (1952) · William Holden (1953) · Marlon Brando (1954) · Ernest Borgnine (1955) · Yul Brynner (1956) · Alec Guinness (1957) · David Niven (1958) · Charlton Heston (1959) · Burt Lancaster (1960) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete List · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–present) [show]v • d • eHosts of the Academy Awards ceremonies Bob Hope (1941) · Bob Hope (1943) · Jack Benny (1944) · Bob Hope / John Cromwell (1945) · Bob Hope / James Stewart (1946) · Jack Benny (1947) · Robert Montgomery (1949) · Paul Douglas (1950) · Fred Astaire (1951) · Danny Kaye (1952) · Bob Hope / Conrad Nagel (1953) · Donald O'Connor / Fredric March (1954) · Bob Hope / Thelma Ritter (1955) · Jerry Lewis / Claudette Colbert / Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1956) · Jerry Lewis / Celeste Holm (1957) · Bob Hope / David Niven / James Stewart / Jack Lemmon / Rosalind Russell (1958) · Bob Hope / David Niven / Tony Randall / Mort Sahl / Laurence Olivier / Jerry Lewis (1959) · Bob Hope (1960) Complete List · (1929–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001-present) [show]v • d • eTony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play José Ferrer / Fredric March (1947) · Henry Fonda / Paul Kelly / Basil Rathbone (1948) · Rex Harrison (1949) · Sidney Blackmer (1950) · Claude Rains (1951) · José Ferrer (1952) · Tom Ewell (1953) · David Wayne (1954) · Alfred Lunt (1955) · Paul Muni (1956) · Fredric March (1957) · Ralph Bellamy (1958) · Jason Robards, Jr. (1959) · Melvyn Douglas (1960) · Zero Mostel (1961) · Paul Scofield (1962) · Arthur Hill (1963) · Alec Guinness (1964) · Walter Matthau (1965) · Hal Holbrook (1966) · Paul Rogers (1967) · Martin Balsam (1968) · James Earl Jones (1969) · Fritz Weaver (1970) · Brian Bedford (1971) · Cliff Gorman (1972) · Alan Bates (1973) · Michael Moriarty (1974) · John Kani / Winston Ntshona (1975) Complete list: (1947-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present) Persondata NAME March, Fredric ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bickel, Ernest Frederick McIntyre SHORT DESCRIPTION actor DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1897 PLACE OF BIRTH Racine, Washington, United States DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1975 PLACE OF DEATH Los Angeles, California, United States Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredric_March" Categories: 1897 births | 1975 deaths | American stage actors | American film actors | American silent film actors | Best Actor Academy Award winners | Best Drama Actor Golden Globe (film) winners | People from Racine, Wisconsin | Deaths from prostate cancer | Tony Award winners | Cancer deaths in California