Editing Fred MacMurray (section)

=== ''My Three Sons'' ===
[[File:My Three Sons cast photo 1967.jpg|left|thumb|MacMurray (third from left) with the cast of ''[[My Three Sons]]'' in 1967]]
In an interview with [[Hedda Hopper]] in 1956, MacMurray noted that he had been asked to take on the role of [[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]] on television. He turned it down, saying "I want to do as little TV work as possible – it's lots of work. I guess I am just lazy".<ref name=":3" />

From 1960 to 1972, he starred in ''[[My Three Sons]],'' a long-running, highly rated TV series. Concurrently with it, MacMurray starred in other films, playing Professor Ned Brainard in ''[[The Absent-Minded Professor]]'' and its sequel ''[[Son of Flubber]]''. Using his star-power clout, MacMurray had a provision in his ''My Three Sons'' contract that all of his scenes on that series were to be shot in two separate month-long production blocks and filmed first. That condensed performance schedule provided him more free time to pursue his work in films, maintain his ranch in [[Northern California]], and enjoy his favorite leisure activity, golf.<ref name="TCM" /> Over the years, MacMurray became one of the wealthiest actors in the entertainment industry, primarily from wise real estate investments and from his "notorious frugality".<ref name="TCM">Gaita, Paul. [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/119195%7C55171/fred-macmurray#biography "Fred MacMurray"], biographical profile, Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Retrieved June 2, 2017.</ref>