“They sent me the first 'Untouchables' script, for instance, and I'm glad I didn't do it. For one thing, it was practically a feature film, and for very little money. If I'd taken it, I'd have been faced with the job of turning them down on the series later.”

American actor

Fred MacMurray was an American actor, active for nearly half a century, whose career ran from 1935 into the 1970s. He was known for more than one hundred films and for the television series My Three Sons. He is best remembered for Billy Wilder’s 1944 film noir Double Indemnity, which became his most renowned role. Later, from 1959 to 1973, he appeared in a string of Disney films, including The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor, Follow Me, Boys!, and The Happiest Millionaire, and he played Steve Douglas in My Three Sons.