This iconic actor portrayed a dishonest insurance salesman in the thriller Double Indemnity opposite Barbara Stanwyck, yet went on to later play America's favorite bachelor-father in the television series, My Three Sons.

Tall and handsome, actor Fred MacMurray got his start as a singer and recorded on the Victor label. Although usually cast as a nice, decent guy, he was cast against type as an underhanded insurance agent in Double Indemnity, a cynical lieutenant in The Caine Mutiny, and a womanizer in The Apartment. Later years saw him back in character opposite Claudette Colbert in The Egg and I as well as a variety of Disney movies.

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