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 | Philip of Macedonia, Al Stephenson, Bothwell, Wally Cook, Marcus Superbus |
| 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:
President Jordan Lyman: The next step should be to your liking, Chris. Esther, call the Pentagon. Tell General Scott I want to see him right away.
Esther Townsend: [on intercom] Yes, sir.
Christopher Todd: I think it's time we faced the enemy, Mr. President.
President Jordan Lyman: He's not the enemy. Scott, the Joint Chiefs, even the very emotional, very illogical lunatic fringe: they're not the enemy. The enemy's an age - a nuclear age. It happens to have killed man's faith in his ability to influence what happens to him. And out of this comes a sickness, and out of sickness a frustration, a feeling of impotence, helplessness, weakness. And from this, this desperation, we look for a champion in red, white, and blue. Every now and then a man on a white horse rides by, and we appoint him to be our personal god for the duration. For some men it was a Senator McCarthy, for others it was a General Walker, and now it's a General Scott.
Father Perez: I see you're a scholar, my son, as well as a traveler.
Christopher Columbus: Certainly a traveler, Father. I've sailed as far north as Iceland, as far south as Guinea, and eastward to the Golden Horn.
Father Perez: But that is to have reached the limits of the World.
Christopher Columbus: Of the known world? Yes, Father, but the actual world... not by a thousand leagues.
Father Perez: How can you say that - never having seen it?
Christopher Columbus: Have you ever seen Heaven or Hell?
Father Perez: We have sound reasons for believing they exist.
Christopher Columbus: I have sound reasons too.
Father Perez: What are they?
Christopher Columbus: The same as yours, Father, and revelations to which I can add cosmography and mathematics.
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