Fredric March
Filmography and awards

Fredric March

Section Title: Filmography and awards
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Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes

1921	The Education of Elizabeth	Extra	Uncredited

The Great Adventure	Extra	Uncredited

The Devil	Extra	Uncredited

Paying the Piper	Extra	Uncredited

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	lost film; the soundtrack survives

The Marriage Playground	Martin Boyne

1930	Sarah and Son	Howard Vanning

Paramount on Parade	Doughboy	Cameo

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	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor

1931	Honor Among Lovers	Jerry Stafford

The Night Angel	Rudek Berken

My Sin	Dick Grady

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr Edward 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, Uncredited

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	With Cary Grant and Carole Lombard

Design for Living	Thomas B. 'Tom' Chambers	With Gary Cooper and Miriam Hopkins

1934	All of Me	Don Ellis	With Miriam Hopkins and George Raft

Good Dame	Mace Townsley

Death Takes a Holiday	Prince Sirki / Death

The Affairs of Cellini	Benvenuto Cellini

The Barretts of Wimpole Street	Robert Browning	With Norma Shearer and Charles Laughton

We Live Again	Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov

Hollywood on Parade No. B-6	Himself	short film

1935	Les Misérables	Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

Anna Karenina	Count Vronsky	With Greta Garbo

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	With Katharine Hepburn Directed by John Ford

Anthony Adverse	Anthony Adverse	With Olivia de Havilland

Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3	Himself	short film

1937	A Star Is Born	Norman Maine	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor With Janet Gaynor

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	With Loretta Young and Robert Benchley

1942	I Married a Witch	Jonathan Wooley / Nathaniel Wooley / Samuel Wooley	With Veronica Lake and Robert Benchley

Lake Carrier	Narrator	Documentary short

1944	Valley of the Tennessee	Narrator	Voice

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 Nominated — New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor With Myrna Loy

1948	Another Part of the Forest	Marcus Hubbard

An Act of Murder	Judge Calvin Cooke

1949	Christopher Columbus	Christopher Columbus

The Ford Theatre Hour	Oscar Jaffe	Television Episode: "The Twentieth Century"

1950	The Titan: Story of Michelangelo	Narrator	documentary about the life and works of Michelangelo Buonarroti

The Nash Airflyte Theater	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 for Best Actor Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor

Lux Video Theatre	Television Episode: "The Speech"

1952	Lux Video Theatre	Captain Matt	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	Don Juan	Television Episode: "The Last Night of Don Juan"

Man on a Tightrope	Karel Cernik	With Terry Moore and Gloria Grahame

1954	The Bridges at Toko-Ri	Rear Admiral George Tarrant

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	The Desperate Hours	Dan C. Hilliard	With Humphrey Bogart

1956	Alexander the Great	Philip II of Macedon

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 Written by Paddy Chayevsky

1960	Inherit the Wind	Matthew Harrison Brady	Won — Silver Bear for Best Actor (Berlin Film Festival) Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor With Spencer Tracy

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	David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama With Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas

The Presidency: A Splendid Mystery	Narrator	Television

Pieta	Narrator	Documentary

1967	Hombre	Dr. Alex Favor	Nominated — Laurel Award for Top Male Supporting Performance With Paul Newman

1970	…tick…tick…tick…	Mayor Jeff Parks

1973	The Iceman Cometh	Harry Hope	With Lee Marvin and Robert Ryan (final film role)

Sentence(s)

March performance as President Jordan Lyman in the Seven Days in May (1964), in which he starred with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, earned a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actor.

final_sentence: March performance as President Jordan Lyman in the Seven Days in May (1964), in which he starred with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, earned a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actor.