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Fredric March

Born 1897-08-31

Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), as well as the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Years Ago (1947) and Long Day's Journey into Night (1956). March is one of only two actors, the other being Helen Hayes, to have won both the Academy Award and the Tony Award twice.

Known for

The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 · 8.1 Inherit the Wind 1960 · 8.1 Seven Days in May 1964 · 7.8 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 · 7.6 Hombre 1967 · 7.4 A Star Is Born 1937 · 7.3 The Desperate Hours 1955 · 7.5 I Married a Witch 1942 · 7.1 Design for Living 1933 · 7.4 Nothing Sacred 1937 · 6.8 The Bridges at Toko-Ri 1954 · 6.7 Anna Karenina 1935 · 7.0 Executive Suite 1954 · 7.4 Alexander the Great 1956 · 5.8 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 1956 · 7.1 Mary of Scotland 1936 · 6.3 Death Takes a Holiday 1934 · 6.9 The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1934 · 6.9 Anthony Adverse 1936 · 6.3 Merrily We Go to Hell 1932 · 6.9 Man on a Tightrope 1953 · 7.2 Smilin' Through 1932 · 6.9 Middle of the Night 1959 · 7.1 The Eagle and the Hawk 1933 · 7.0 Tick, Tick, Tick 1970 · 6.7 Honor Among Lovers 1931 · 6.5 Coded 2021 · 7.4 The 400 Million 1939 · 6.8