Albert Gordon MacRae
| Sign | Pisces |
| Born | Mar 12, 1921 East Orange, NJ |
| Died | Jan 24, 1986 Lincoln, NE |
| Age | Died at 64 |
Gordon MacRae | |
| Job | Actor |
| Top Roles | William 'Bill' Sherman, Jimmy Smith, Curly, Billy Bigelow, B.G. 'Buddy' De Sylva |
| Top Genres | Musical, Comedy, Romance, Drama, Film Adaptation, Biographical |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Show Business, Broadway |
| Top Collaborators | Doris Day, Roy Del Ruth (Director), Gene Nelson, David Butler (Director) |
| Shares birthday with | Liza Minnelli, Florence Lee, Frank Overton see more.. |
Gordon MacRae Overview:
Legendary actor, Gordon MacRae, was born Albert Gordon MacRae on Mar 12, 1921 in East Orange, NJ. MacRae died at the age of 64 on Jan 24, 1986 in Lincoln, NE .
MINI BIO:
Brown-haired, chubby-cheeked American singer who played bright-eyed young hopefuls opposite Doris Day in some sparkling family musicals during a five-year Warner contract, then won the leading roles in two big musicals from stage successes. Left films for nightclub work when the demand for musicals vanished. At one time an alcoholic, MacRae became Chairman of the National Council of Alcoholism three years before his death from cancer of the mouth and jaw. The actresses Meredith MacRae (1946-2000) and Heather MacRae (1946-) are his daughters. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Radio. MacRae was never nominated for an Academy Award.
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Gordon MacRae Quotes:
Billy Bigelow:
To be perfectly honest with you...
Starkeeper: I WOULD be, if I were you.
Billy Bigelow: All right - I didn't mind livin' off her
[Julie's]
Billy Bigelow: cousin Nettie. It was just having nothin' to do that drove me crazy.
Curly: [to Jud] How did you get to be the way you air
[are]
Curly: anyhow? A-sittin' up here in this filthy hole
[referring to the smokehouse]
Curly: ? Why don't you do something healthy once in a while, instead of staying shut up here, a-crawlin' and a-festerin'?
Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield, William 'Bill' Sherman: [sings] We were sailing along / On Moonlight Bay / We could hear the voices ringing / They seemed to say.
Chorus: [sings] Wish we could stay.
Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield, William 'Bill' Sherman: [sings] You have stolen her heart / Now, don't go away.
Chorus: [sings] Nobody here but you and me.
Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield, William 'Bill' Sherman: [sings] As we sang love's old sweet song on Moonlight Bay.
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Starkeeper: I WOULD be, if I were you.
Billy Bigelow: All right - I didn't mind livin' off her
[Julie's]
Billy Bigelow: cousin Nettie. It was just having nothin' to do that drove me crazy.
Curly: [to Jud] How did you get to be the way you air
[are]
Curly: anyhow? A-sittin' up here in this filthy hole
[referring to the smokehouse]
Curly: ? Why don't you do something healthy once in a while, instead of staying shut up here, a-crawlin' and a-festerin'?
Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield, William 'Bill' Sherman: [sings] We were sailing along / On Moonlight Bay / We could hear the voices ringing / They seemed to say.
Chorus: [sings] Wish we could stay.
Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield, William 'Bill' Sherman: [sings] You have stolen her heart / Now, don't go away.
Chorus: [sings] Nobody here but you and me.
Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield, William 'Bill' Sherman: [sings] As we sang love's old sweet song on Moonlight Bay.
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