Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bick...
| Sign | Virgo |
| Born | Aug 31, 1897 Racine, WI |
| Died | Apr 14, 1975 Los Angeles, CA |
| Age | Died at 77 |
| Final Resting PlaceOn his estate | |
Fredric March | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1921-1973 |
| Top Roles | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde, Matthew Harrison Brady, Christopher Columbus, Marcus Superbus, Barrie Trexel |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Film Adaptation, War, Historical |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Based on Play, Romance (Drama) |
| Top Collaborators | Dorothy Arzner (Director), Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer), Cecil B. DeMille (Director), Ernst Lubitsch (Director) |
| Shares birthday with | Wheeler Dryden, Dore Schary, James Coburn see more.. |
Fredric March Overview:
Legendary actor, Fredric March, was born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel on Aug 31, 1897 in Racine, WI. March died at the age of 77 on Apr 14, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA and was laid to rest in On his estate Cemetery in New Milford, CT.
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Dark, stocky American leading man who settled in Hollywood with the coming of sound and remained in top roles for over 20 years, especially in the period between his two Oscars (for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Best Years of Our Lives) when his mellifluous voice and clever, self-effacing style won him a wide variety of roles, and he proved unexpectedly adept at sophisticated comedy. Always, in fact, rather more an actor than a star personality. Married (second of two) Florence Eldridge (F. McKechnie 1901-1988) in 1927. He also received Oscar nominations for A Star is Born, The Royal Family of Broadway and Death of a Salesman. Died from cancer. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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Fredric March was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two for Best Actor for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (as Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde) and The Best Years of Our Lives (as Al Stephenson) in 1931/32 and 1946 respectively.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1930/31 | Best Actor | The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) | Tony Cavendish | Nominated |
| 1931/32 | Best Actor | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) | Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde | Won |
| 1937 | Best Actor | A Star Is Born (1937) | Norman Maine (Alfred Hinkel) | Nominated |
| 1946 | Best Actor | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | Al Stephenson | Won |
| 1951 | Best Actor | Death of a Salesman (1951) | Willy Loman | Nominated |
He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Fredric March's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #35 on Apr 21, 1937.
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Fredric March Quotes:
General James Mattoon Scott: And if you want to talk about your oath of office, I'm here to tell you face to face, President Lyman, that you violated that oath when you stripped this country of its muscles - when you deliberately played upon the fear and fatigue of the people and told them they could remove that fear by the stroke of a pen. And then when this nation rejected you, lost faith in you, and began militantly to oppose you, you violated that oath by not resigning from office and turning the country over to someone who could represent the people of the United States.
President Jordan Lyman: And that would be General James Mattoon Scott, would it? I don't know whether to laugh at that kind of megalomania, or simply cry.
General James Mattoon Scott: James Mattoon Scott, as you put it, hasn't the slightest interest in his own glorification. But he does have an abiding interest in the survival of this country.
President Jordan Lyman: Then, by God, run for office. You have such a fervent, passionate, evangelical faith in this country - why in the name of God don't you have any faith in the system of government you're so hell-bent to protect?
Elizabeth Barrett: Robert, have you ever thought that my strength may break down on the journey?
Robert Browning: It had occurred to me, yes.
Elizabeth Barrett: Supposing I were to die on your hands?
Robert Browning: Are you afraid, Ba?
Elizabeth Barrett: Afraid. You should know that I would rather die with you beside me than live a hundred lives without you. But how would you feel if I were to die? And what would the world say of you?
Robert Browning: I should be branded as a little better than a murderer. What I should feel... I leave you to imagine.
Elizabeth Barrett: And yet you ask me to come with you?
Robert Browning: Yes. I am prepared to risk your life, much more my own, to get you out of that dreadful house and into the sun and to have you for my wife.
Elizabeth Barrett: You love me like that?
Robert Browning: I love you like that.
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