Editing Fredric March

{{short description|American actor (1897–1975)}}
{{for|the Australian soldier|Frederick Hamilton March}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Fredric March
| image        = Fredric March-1.jpg
| caption      = March in 1940
| birth_name   = Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1897|8|31|mf=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Racine, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1975|4|14|1897|8|31|mf=y}}
| death_place  = Los Angeles, [[California]], U.S.
| occupation   = Actor
| party        = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| years active = 1921–1973
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Ellis Baker<br />|1921|1927|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Florence Eldridge]]<br />|1927}}
}}
| children     = 2
}}

'''Fredric March''' (born '''Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel'''; August 31, 1897 &ndash; April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated stars of the 1930s and 1940s.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/121733%7C56086/Fredric-March/ |title=Fredric March |website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref><ref name="WVobit">Obituary ''[[Variety Obituaries|Variety]]'', April 16, 1975, page 95.</ref> As a performer he was known for his versatility. He received numerous accolades including two [[Academy Awards]], a [[Golden Globe Award]], and two [[Tony Award]]s as well as nominations for three [[BAFTA Awards]] and three [[Emmy Awards]].

March began his career in 1920, by working as an extra in movies filmed in New York City. He made his stage debut on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1926 at the age of 29, and by the end of the decade, he had signed a film contract with [[Paramount Pictures]]. He made seven pictures in 1929. He went on to receive
two [[Academy Awards]], for his performances in ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (1931) and ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'' (1946). His other Oscar-nominated performances were in the films ''[[The Royal Family of Broadway]]'' (1930), ''[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star is Born]]'' (1937), and ''[[Death of a Salesman (1951 film)|Death of a Salesman]]'' (1951). 

March gained popularity after establishing himself with [[leading man]] roles in films such as ''[[Honor Among Lovers]]'' (1931), ''[[Merrily We Go to Hell]]'' (1932), ''[[Design for Living (film)|Design for Living]]'' (1933), ''[[Death Takes a Holiday]]'', ''[[The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934 film)|The Barretts of Wimpole Street]]'' (both 1934), ''[[Les Misérables (1935 film)|Les Misérables]]'', ''[[Anna Karenina (1935 film)|Anna Karenina]]'', ''[[The Dark Angel (1935 film)|The Dark Angel]]'' (all 1935), ''[[Nothing Sacred (film)|Nothing Sacred]]'' (1937), and ''[[I Married a Witch]]'' (1942). His later film roles include ''[[Executive Suite]]'', ''[[The Bridges at Toko-Ri]]'' (both 1954), ''[[The Desperate Hours (1955 film)|The Desperate Hours]]'' (1955), ''[[Inherit the Wind (1960 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' (1960), and ''[[Seven Days in May]]'' (1964). He made his final film appearance in ''[[The Iceman Cometh (1973 film)|The Iceman Cometh]]'' (1973).

March was also known for his stage roles; he made his [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut in the play ''The Melody Man'' (1926), and during his stage career he twice won the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]], for his performances in the [[Ruth Gordon]] play ''Years Ago'' (1947) and in [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (1956). He and [[Helen Hayes]] are the only actors to have won both the Academy Award and the Tony Award twice.

==Early life==
March was born in [[Racine, Wisconsin]], the son of Cora Brown Marcher (1863–1936), a schoolteacher from England,<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/45drbKEfL2M Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140304223000/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45drbKEfL2M&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite episode |title=Guests: Jill & Dickie Kolmar; Fredric March |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45drbKEfL2M |series=What's My Line? |air-date=March 21, 1954 |minutes=15:00 |network=CBS |via=YouTube |access-date=March 5, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and John F. Bickel (1859–1941), a devout [[Presbyterian]] Church [[Elder (Christianity)|elder]] who worked in the wholesale hardware business.<ref>{{cite book |pages=359–363 |url=https://archive.org/details/playeraprofileof002609mbp |title=The Player A Profile Of An Art |last1=Ross |first1=Lillian |last2=Ross |first2=Helen |date=September 22, 1961 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> March attended the Winslow Elementary School (established in 1855), [[Racine High School]], and the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]],{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} where he was a member of [[Alpha Delta Phi]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105857947/the-bangor-daily-news/ "Alpha Delts Accept Colby College Charter"]. ''The Bangor Daily News''. February 23, 1961. p.&nbsp;19. Retrieved July 18, 2022.</ref>

March served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]] as an artillery lieutenant.

He began a career as a banker, but an emergency [[appendectomy]] caused him to re-evaluate his life and, in 1920, he began working as an "extra" in movies made in New York City, using a shortened form of his mother's maiden name. He appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1926, and by the end of the decade, he signed a film contract with [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref name="paramount">{{cite encyclopedia| url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fredric-March| date=August 27, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310155912/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fredric-March| archive-date=March 10, 2018| title=Fredric March, american actor| encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref>

==Career==
{{more citations needed|date=April 2013}}
{{box quote|width=30em|bgcolor=cornsilk|fontsize=100%|salign=left|quote="March's special ability was to suggest genuine mental pain. As a portrayer of tortured and distressed men, he has no equal. The complete physical control which allows him convincingly to sag, stoop and collapse is assisted by a face suggesting at the same time both intelligence and sensitivity"—Australian-born film historian [[John Baxter (author)|John Baxter]].<ref>Baxter, 1970 p. 176</ref>}}

Like [[Laurence Olivier]], March had a rare [[protean]] quality to his acting that allowed him to assume almost any persona convincingly, from [[Robert Browning]] to [[William Jennings Bryan]] to Dr Jekyll - or Mr. Hyde. He received an Oscar nomination for the [[4th Academy Awards]] in 1930 for ''[[The Royal Family of Broadway]]'', in which he played a role modeled on [[John Barrymore]]. He won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for the [[5th Academy Awards]] in 1932 for ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (tied with [[Wallace Beery]] for ''[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]'', although March accrued one more vote than Beery<ref name=Tranberg>{{cite book |last=Tranberg |first=Charles |title=Fredric March: A Consummate Actor  |publisher=BearManor Media |location=Duncan, OK |year=2013 |isbn=978-1593937454}}</ref>). This led to roles in a series of classic films based on stage hits and classic novels like ''[[Design for Living (film)|Design for Living]]'' (1933) with [[Gary Cooper]] and [[Miriam Hopkins]]; ''[[Death Takes a Holiday]]'' (1934); ''[[Les Miserables (1935 film)|Les Misérables]]'' (1935) with [[Charles Laughton]]; ''[[Anna Karenina (1935 film)|Anna Karenina]]'' (1935) with [[Greta Garbo]]; ''[[Anthony Adverse]]'' (1936) with [[Olivia de Havilland]]; and as the original Norman Maine in ''[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star is Born]]'' (1937) with [[Janet Gaynor]], for which he received his third Academy Award nomination.

[[File:The Road to Glory (1936) 1.jpg|left|thumb|[[Warner Baxter]], [[June Lang]], and March in ''[[The Road to Glory (1936 film)|The Road to Glory]]'' (1936)]]
[[File:FredricMarchinAStarIsBorn1937.jpg|thumb|right|March with [[Janet Gaynor]] in ''A Star is Born'' (1937)]]
[[File:1940, Fredric March as Jean Lafitte on original program for movie The Buccaneer.jpg|thumb|1940, March as [[Jean Lafitte]] on an original program for ''[[The Buccaneer (1938 film)|The Buccaneer]]'' (1938), playing in a local cinema in [[Prilep]], [[North Macedonia|Macedonia]] ([[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]])]]

March resisted signing long-term contracts with the studios,<ref name=Tranberg /><ref>{{cite web |title=Fredric March: A Consummate Actor – An Interview with author Charles Tranberg |url=http://letsmisbehaveprecodefilmtribute.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/fredric-march-consummate-actor.html |website=Let's Misbehave: A Tribute to Precode Hollywood |publisher=Blogspot.com.au}}</ref> enabling him to play roles in films from a variety of studios. He returned to Broadway after a ten-year absence in 1937 with a notable flop, ''Yr. Obedient Husband'', but after the success of [[Thornton Wilder]]'s ''[[The Skin of Our Teeth]]'', he focused as much on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] as on [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]]. He won two Best Actor [[Tony Awards]]: in 1947 for the play ''Years Ago'', written by [[Ruth Gordon]], and in 1957 for his performance as James Tyrone in the original Broadway production of [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[Long Day's Journey Into Night]]''. He also had major successes in ''[[A Bell for Adano]]'' in 1944 and ''[[Gideon (play)|Gideon]]'' in 1961, and he played in [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen's]] ''[[An Enemy of the People]]'' on Broadway in 1951. During this period, he also starred in films, including ''[[I Married a Witch]]'' (1942) and ''[[Another Part of the Forest (film)|Another Part of the Forest]]'' (1948). March won his second [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Oscar]] in 1946 for ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]''.

March also branched out into television, winning Emmy nominations for his third attempt at ''[[The Royal Family (play)|The Royal Family]]'' for the series ''[[The Best of Broadway]]'' as well as for television performances as [[Dodsworth (novel)|Samuel Dodsworth]] and [[Ebenezer Scrooge]]. On March 25, 1954, March co-hosted the [[26th Academy Awards|26th Annual Academy Awards]] ceremony from New York City, with co-host [[Donald O'Connor]] in Los Angeles.

[[File:Best Years of Our Lives.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hoagy Carmichael]], March, [[Myrna Loy]], [[Dana Andrews]] and [[Teresa Wright]] in ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'' (1946)]]

March's neighbor in Connecticut, playwright [[Arthur Miller]], was thought to favor March to inaugurate the part of [[Willy Loman]] in the [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winning ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (1949). However, March read the play and turned down the role, whereupon director [[Elia Kazan]] cast [[Lee J. Cobb]] as Willy and [[Arthur Kennedy (actor)|Arthur Kennedy]] as one of Willy's sons, [[Biff Loman]]. Cobb and Kennedy were two actors with whom the director had worked in the film ''[[Boomerang (1947 film)|Boomerang]]'' (1947). March later regretted turning down the role and finally played Willy Loman in [[Columbia Pictures]]'s [[Death of a Salesman (1951 film)|1951 film version of the play]], directed by [[Laslo Benedek]]. March earned his fifth and final [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nomination as well as a [[Golden Globe Award]]. He also played one of two leads in ''[[The Desperate Hours (1955 film)|The Desperate Hours]]'' (1955) with [[Humphrey Bogart]]. Bogart and [[Spencer Tracy]] had both insisted upon top billing, and Tracy withdrew, leaving the part available for March.

In 1957, March was awarded the George Eastman Award, given by [[George Eastman House]] for "distinguished contribution to the art of film".<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards granted by George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film |url=http://www.eastmanhouse.org/museum/awards.php |publisher=[[George Eastman House]] |access-date=April 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415183637/http://www.eastmanhouse.org/museum/awards.php |archive-date=April 15, 2012 }}</ref>
[[File:Inherit the wind trailer (6) Spencer Tracy Fredric March.jpg|thumb|left|Henry Drummond ([[Spencer Tracy]], left) and Matthew Harrison Brady (March, right) in ''[[Inherit the Wind (1960 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' (1960). Previously, March had taken the role in ''[[The Desperate Hours (1955 film)|The Desperate Hours]]'' (1955) originally offered to Tracy. Both men had also played Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde.]]

On February 12, 1959, March appeared before a [[List of joint sessions of the United States Congress#1950s|joint session]] of the [[86th United States Congress]], reading the [[Gettysburg Address]] as part of a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s birth.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nation Honor Lincoln On Sesquicentennial |url=http://dig.lib.niu.edu/ISHS/ishs-1959summer/ishs-1959summer-291.pdf |date=February 11, 1959 |work=[[The Journal News|Yonkers Herald-Statesman]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=April 25, 2013 |quote=Congress gets into the act tomorrow, when a joint session will be held. [[Carl Sandburg]], famed Lincoln biographer, will give and address, and actor Fredric March will read the [[Gettysburg Address]]. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101065149/http://dig.lib.niu.edu/ISHS/ishs-1959summer/ishs-1959summer-291.pdf |archive-date=November 1, 2013}}</ref>

March co-starred with Spencer Tracy in the 1960 Stanley Kramer film ''[[Inherit the Wind (1960 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'', in which he played a dramatized version of famous orator and political figure [[William Jennings Bryan]]. March's Bible-thumping character provided a rival for Tracy's [[Clarence Darrow]]-inspired character. In the 1960s, March's film career continued with a performance as President Jordan Lyman in the political thriller ''[[Seven Days in May]]'' (1964) in which he co-starred with [[Burt Lancaster]], [[Kirk Douglas]], and [[Edmond O'Brien]]; the part earned March a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actor.

March made several spoken word recordings, including a version of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[The Happy Prince and Other Tales|The Selfish Giant]]'' issued in 1945 in which he narrated and played the title role, and ''[[The Sounds of History]]'', a twelve volume LP set accompanying the twelve volume set of books ''The [[Life Magazine|Life]] History of the United States'', published by [[Time-Life]]. The recordings were narrated by [[Charles Collingwood (journalist)|Charles Collingwood]], with March and his wife Florence Eldridge performing dramatic readings from historical documents and literature.

Following surgery for [[prostate cancer]] in 1970, it seemed his career was over; yet, he managed to give one last performance in ''[[The Iceman Cometh (1973 film)|The Iceman Cometh]]'' (1973) as the complicated Irish saloon keeper, Harry Hope.

==Marriage and public activities==
[[File:Fredric March in Best Years of Our Lives trailer.jpg|thumb|March in 1946]]
 
March was married to actress [[Florence Eldridge]] from 1927 until his death in 1975, and they had two adopted children. They appeared in seven films together, the last being ''Inherit the Wind''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pryor |first=Thomas M. |url=https://archive.org/stream/variety219-1960-07#page/n6/mode/2up |title=Film Reviews: Inherit the Wind |work=Variety |page=6 |date=July 6, 1960 |access-date=December 4, 2020 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

March and Eldridge commissioned [[Wallace Neff]] to build [[Fredric March House|their house in Ridgeview Drive]], [[Bel Air, Los Angeles|Bel Air]], in 1934. It has subsequently been owned by the philanthropist [[Wallis Annenberg]] and the actors [[Brad Pitt]] and [[Jennifer Aniston]].<ref name=Variety>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2019/dirt/actors/hedge-funder-slashes-price-of-showbiz-pedigreed-estate-by-4-5-million-1203380154/ |title=Hedge Funder Slashes Price of Showbiz Pedigreed Estate by $4.5 Million |date=October 22, 2019 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |accessdate=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023142124if_/https://variety.com/2019/dirt/actors/hedge-funder-slashes-price-of-showbiz-pedigreed-estate-by-4-5-million-1203380154/ |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Throughout his life, March and Eldridge were supporters of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. In July 1936, March co-founded the [[Hollywood Anti-Nazi League|Hollywood Anti-Nazi League (HANL)]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://digital-library.csun.edu/Backyard/hollywood-fights-back.html| title=Hollywood Fights Back - In Our Own Backyard: Resisting Nazi Propaganda in Southern California 1933-1945| website=digital-library.csun.edu| language=en| access-date=May 31, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601085029/http://digital-library.csun.edu/Backyard/hollywood-fights-back.html| archive-date=June 1, 2018| url-status=dead}}</ref> along with the writers [[Dorothy Parker]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/you_must_remember_this/2016/02/the_hollywood_career_and_blacklist_experience_of_dorothy_parker.html| title=Dorothy Parker Goes to Hollywood| last=Longworth| first=Karina| date=February 26, 2016| journal=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]| access-date=May 31, 2018| language=en-US| issn=1091-2339}}</ref> and [[Donald Ogden Stewart]], the director [[Fritz Lang]], and the composer [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Oscar Hammerstein]].

In 1938, March was one of many Hollywood personalities who were investigated by the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] (HUAC) and the hunt for Communists in the film community. In July 1940, he was among a number of individuals who were questioned by a HUAC subcommittee which was led by Representative [[Martin Dies Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://blog.ecu.edu/sites/cwis/2017/12/huac-goes-to-hollywood-part-1-the-forgotten-investigation-of-1940/| title=HUAC Goes to Hollywood, Part 1: The Forgotten Investigation of 1940| website=Cold War & Internal Security (CWIS) Collection: East Carolina University| language=en-US| date=December 7, 2017| access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>

Later, in 1948, he and his wife sued the anti-communist publication ''[[Counterattack (newsletter)|Counterattack]]'' for [[defamation]], seeking $250,000 in damages.<ref name=Everitt>
{{cite book
| first = David
| last = Everitt
| title = A Shadow of Red: Communism and the Blacklist in Radio and Television
| publisher = Ivan R. Dee
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OZQ0DwAAQBAJ
| pages = 30 (1948), 85 (1950)
| date = 2007
| accessdate = March 3, 2018| isbn = 9781683931133
}}</ref> The suit was settled out of court.<ref name=Cuthbertson>
{{cite book
| first = Ken
| last = Cuthbertson
| title = A Complex Fate: William L. Shirer and the American Century
| publisher = McGill-Queen's Press
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jZwHCAAAQBAJ
| pages = 
| date = May 1, 2015
| accessdate = March 3, 2018| isbn = 9780773597242
}}</ref>

March died of [[prostate cancer]] in Los Angeles on April 14, 1975, at the age of 77.<ref name="z458">{{cite news |last=Krebs |first=Albin | title=Fredric March Dies of Cancer; Stage and Screen Actor Was 77; Fredric March Dies of Cancer at 77 | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=April 15, 1975 | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/04/15/76348051.html?pageNumber=1 | access-date=May 15, 2024}}</ref> He was buried at his estate in [[New Milford, Connecticut]].<ref name="m259">{{cite news | title=A city boy's month on the farm | website=The Tidewater News | date=June 25, 2014 | url=https://www.thetidewaternews.com/2014/06/25/a-city-boys-month-on-the-farm/ | access-date=May 15, 2024}}</ref><ref name="a121">{{cite news | title=New Milford's Merryall Center for the Arts to hold film series | website=The Register Citizen | date=May 28, 2014 | url=https://www.registercitizen.com/entertainment/article/New-Milford-s-Merryall-Center-for-the-Arts-to-12008932.php | access-date=May 15, 2024}}</ref>

==Legacy==

=== Modern assessment ===
March is regarded as one of the most eminent Hollywood actors of the 1930s and 1940s.<ref name=":0" /> Critic and [[Turner Classic Movies]] host [[Ben Mankiewicz]] opined that "two actors from Hollywood’s golden age really stand in a tier above the rest ... Spencer Tracy and Fredric March".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brookins |first=Laurie |date=August 28, 2022 |title=Supporters Attempt to Redeem Legacy of Hollywood Legend Fredric March, Canceled Over Racism Allegations: 'This Was a Rush to Judgment' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/fredric-march-kkk-cancel-culture-turner-classic-movies-tribute-1235206312/ |access-date=January 15, 2024 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> [[The Boston Globe|Boston Globe]] writer Joan Wickersham described March as a Hollywood great who "rejected the Hollywood studio system" and "built a brilliant stage and film career" despite lacking the "instant name recognition" of contemporaries like Humphrey Bogart and [[Cary Grant]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wickersham |first=Joan |date=July 27, 2023 |title=Fredric March — Hollywood's great chameleon |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/27/opinion/joan-wickersham-frederic-march-hollywood/ |access-date=January 15, 2024 |work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> March is also remembered for his later character roles such as those in ''Inherit the Wind'', ''Seven Days in May'', and ''The Iceman Cometh'', roles he played during what was considered a downturn in his film career at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 30, 2023 |title=Fredric March |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fredric-March |access-date=January 15, 2024 |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref>

=== Controversy ===
March was briefly a member of an interfraternity society composed of leading students formed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1919 and 1920 named the Ku Klux Klan which is not believed to have been affiliated with the notorious organization of that name.<ref name=badger>{{cite journal| url=https://www.uwalumni.com/askabe/1924-badger/|title=Ask Flamingle| date=July 5, 2008| website=Wisconsin Alumni Association}}</ref><ref name="McWhorter">{{cite news|last=McWhorter|first=John|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/opinion/wisconsin-Fredric-March.html|title=The University of Wisconsin Smears a Once-Treasured Alum|work=The New York Times|date=September 17, 2021|access-date=March 29, 2022}}</ref> In actuality, March was an outspoken proponent of the civil rights movement for five decades, and worked closely with the [[NAACP]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-monuments-to-john-wayne-d-w-griffith-and-more-are-under-scrutiny-a-status-report|title=Hollywood Monuments to John Wayne, D.W. Griffith and More Are Under Fire: A Status Report|date=December 18, 2020|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref><ref name=bright>{{Cite web|last=Gonis|first=George|url=https://brightlightsfilm.com/a-star-is-shorn-thanks-to-woefully-underinformed-campus-activists-acting-legend-badger-alum-and-civil-rights-champion-fredric-march-is-suddenly-off-wisconsin/|title=A Star Is Shorn: Thanks to Woefully Underinformed Campus Activists, Acting Legend, Badger Alum, and Civil Rights Champion Fredric March Is Suddenly "Off Wisconsin"|date=November 25, 2020|website=Bright Lights Film Journal|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> When the collegiate organization was named, the (later national) KKK was a small regional organization. As the national KKK became better known, the collegiate organization changed its name in 1922.<ref name="McWhorter" />

False rumors based on a misunderstanding of the organization of which March was a member were spread on social media and alleged that March was a [[white supremacist]].<ref name=bright /> The 500-seat [[theater]] at the [[University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh]] was formerly named after March.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uwosh.edu/theatre/Theatre/ThFaci.html |title=UW Oshkosh: Theatre Facilities |access-date=August 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619123303/http://www.uwosh.edu/theatre/Theatre/ThFaci.html |archive-date=June 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |website=University of Wisconsin—Oshkosh}}</ref> The [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] had named the 168-seat at the [[Memorial Union (University of Wisconsin-Madison)|Memorial Union]] as the [[Wisconsin Union Theater|Fredric March Play Circle Theater]]; however, in 2018, his name was removed, after student protests following reports of March's membership in a student fraternal organization calling itself Ku Klux Klan.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.union.wisc.edu/playcircle.htm| title=Wisconsin Union Theater| website=Wisconsin Union| access-date=March 5, 2019| archive-date=July 4, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704113356/http://www.union.wisc.edu/playcircle.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Widell| first=Sydney| url=http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2018/05/union-to-remove-kkk-members-names-from-gallery-play-circle| title=Union to cover KKK fraternity members' names on gallery, play circle| newspaper=[[The Daily Cardinal]]| date=May 3, 2018| access-date=March 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release| first=Doug| last=Erickson| url=https://news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-releases-report-on-student-organizations-that-took-name-of-kkk-in-1920s/| title=UW–Madison releases report on student organizations that took name of KKK in 1920s| publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison| date=April 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.uwalumni.com/askabe/1924-badger/|title=1924 Badger| date=July 5, 2008| website=Wisconsin Alumni Association}}</ref> UW–Oshkosh pulled March's name from what is now the Theatre Arts Center shortly before the 2020–21 academic term.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/uw-oshkosh-renames-theatre-building-after-troubling-discovery/|title=UW-Oshkosh renames theatre building after troubling discovery|last=Ordonez|first=Brenda|date=August 18, 2020|publisher=[[WFRV-TV]]|access-date=August 18, 2020}}</ref> After new revelations about the nature of the KKK fraternity, as of autumn 2022, there were discussions for a return of March's name.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eu.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2022/09/06/calls-return-fredric-marchs-name-uw-madison-campus-get-loud/7935291001/ | title=UW alum and Oscar winner Fredric March's name was removed from a campus theater in 2018. Calls for its return are getting louder }}</ref>

==Filmography==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="5" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Films
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes 
|-
|rowspan=4|1921
|''[[The Education of Elizabeth]]''
|Extra
|Uncredited <br /> '''Lost''' film
|-
|''[[The Great Adventure (1921 film)|The Great Adventure]]''
|Extra
|Uncredited
|-
|''[[The Devil (1921 film)|The Devil]]''
|Extra
|Uncredited
|-
|''[[Paying the Piper (film)|Paying the Piper]]''
|Extra
|Uncredited <br /> '''Lost''' film
|-
|rowspan=7|1929
|''[[The Dummy (1929 film)|The Dummy]]''
|Trumbull Meredith
|
|-
|''[[The Wild Party (1929 film)|The Wild Party]]''
|James 'Gil' Gilmore
|
|-
|''[[The Studio Murder Mystery]]''
|Richard Hardell
|
|-
|''[[Paris Bound]]''
|Jim Hutton
|
|-
|''[[Jealousy (1929 film)|Jealousy]]''
|Pierre
|'''Lost''' film
|-
|''[[Footlights and Fools]]''
|Gregory Pyne
|'''Lost''' film; the soundtrack survives
|-
|''[[The Marriage Playground]]''
|Martin Boyne
|
|-
|rowspan=7|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 (1930 film)|Manslaughter]]''
|Dan O'Bannon
|
|-
|''[[Laughter (1930 film)|Laughter]]''
|Paul Lockridge
|
|-
|''[[The Royal Family of Broadway]]''
|Tony Cavendish
|
|-
|rowspan=4|1931
|''[[Honor Among Lovers]]''
|Jerry Stafford
|
|-
|''[[The Night Angel]]''
|Rudek Berken
|
|-
|''[[My Sin]]''
|Dick Grady
|
|-
|''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''
|[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde|Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr Edward Hyde]]
|
|-
|rowspan=6|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 (1932 film)|Smilin' Through]]''
|Kenneth Wayne
|
|-
|''[[The Sign of the Cross (1932 film)|The Sign of the Cross]]''
|Marcus Superbus
|
|-
|''Hollywood on Parade No. A-1''
|Himself
|short film
|-
|rowspan=3|1933
|''[[Tonight Is Ours]]''
|Sabien Pastal
|
|-
|''[[The Eagle and the Hawk (1933 film)|The Eagle and the Hawk]]''
|Jerry H. Young
|
|-
|''[[Design for Living (film)|Design for Living]]''
|Thomas B. 'Tom' Chambers
|
|-
|rowspan=7|1934
|''[[All of Me (1934 film)|All of Me]]''
|Don Ellis
|
|-
|''[[Good Dame]]''
|Mace Townsley
|
|-
|''[[Death Takes a Holiday]]''
|Prince Sirki / [[Personifications of death|Death]]
|
|-
|''[[The Affairs of Cellini]]''
|[[Benvenuto Cellini]]
|
|-
|''[[The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934 film)|The Barretts of Wimpole Street]]''
|[[Robert Browning]]
|
|-
|''[[We Live Again]]''
|Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov
|
|-
|''Hollywood on Parade No. B-6''
|Himself
|short film
|-
|rowspan=4|1935
|''[[Les Misérables (1935 film)|Les Misérables]]''
|[[Jean Valjean]] / [[Champmathieu]]
|
|-
|''[[Anna Karenina (1935 film)|Anna Karenina]]''
|Count Vronsky
|
|-
|''[[The Dark Angel (1935 film)|The Dark Angel]]''
|Alan Trent
|
|-
|''Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 11''
|Himself
|short film
|-
|rowspan=4|1936
|''[[The Road to Glory (1936 film)|The Road to Glory]]''
|Lieutenant Michel Denet
|
|-
|''[[Mary of Scotland (film)|Mary of Scotland]]''
|[[James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell|Bothwell]]
|
|-
|''[[Anthony Adverse]]''
|Anthony Adverse
|
|-
|''Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3''
|Himself
|short film
|-
|rowspan=3|1937
|''[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star Is Born]]''
|Norman Maine
|
|-
|''[[Nothing Sacred (film)|Nothing Sacred]]''
|Wallace 'Wally' Cook
|
|-
|''Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 5''
|Himself
|short film
|-
|rowspan=3|1938
|''[[The Buccaneer (1938 film)|The Buccaneer]]''
|[[Jean Lafitte]]
|
|-
|''[[There Goes My Heart (film)|There Goes My Heart]]''
|Bill Spencer
|
|-
|''[[Trade Winds (1938 film)|Trade Winds]]''
|Sam Wye
|
|-
|1939
|''The 400 Million''
|Narrator
|Documentary
|-
|rowspan=3|1940
|''[[Susan and God]]''
|Barrie Trexel
|
|-
|''[[Victory (1940 film)|Victory]]''
|Hendrik Heyst
|
|-
|''Lights Out in Europe''
|Narrator
|Documentary
|-
|rowspan=3|1941
|''[[So Ends Our Night]]''
|Josef Steiner
|
|-
|''[[One Foot in Heaven]]''
|William Spence
|
|-
|''[[Bedtime Story (1941 film)|Bedtime Story]]''
|Lucius 'Luke' Drake
|-
|rowspan=2|1942
|''[[I Married a Witch]]''
|Jonathan Wooley / Nathaniel Wooley / Samuel Wooley
|
|-
|''Lake Carrier''
|Narrator
|Documentary short
|-
|rowspan=3|1944
|''Valley of the Tennessee''
|Narrator
|
|-
|''[[The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944 film)|The Adventures of Mark Twain]]''
|[[Mark Twain|Samuel Langhorne Clemens]]
|
|-
|''[[Tomorrow, the World]]!''
|Mike Frame
|
|-
|1946
|''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]''
|Al Stephenson
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1948
|''[[Another Part of the Forest (film)|Another Part of the Forest]]''
|Marcus Hubbard
|
|-
|''[[An Act of Murder]]''
|Judge Calvin Cooke
|
|-
|1949
|''[[Christopher Columbus (1949 film)|Christopher Columbus]]''
|[[Christopher Columbus]]
|
|-
|1950
|''[[The Titan: Story of Michelangelo]]''
|Narrator
|Documentary
|-
|rowspan=2|1951
|''[[It's a Big Country]]''
|Joe Esposito
|
|-
|''[[Death of a Salesman (1951 film)|Death of a Salesman]]''
|[[Willy Loman]]
|
|-
| 1953
|''[[Man on a Tightrope]]''
|Karel Cernik
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1954
|''[[The Bridges at Toko-Ri]]''
|Rear Admiral George Tarrant
|
|-
|''[[Executive Suite]]''
|Loren Phineas Shaw
|
|-
|1955
|''[[The Desperate Hours (1955 film)|The Desperate Hours]]''
|Dan C. Hilliard
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1956
|''[[Alexander the Great (1956 film)|Alexander the Great]]''
|[[Philip II of Macedon]]
|
|-
|''[[The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit]]''
|Ralph Hopkins
|
|-
|''Island of Allah''
|Narrator
|
|-
| 1957
|''[[Albert Schweitzer (film)|Albert Schweitzer]]''
|Narrator
|Documentary
|-
|1959
|''[[Middle of the Night]]''
|Jerry Kingsley
|
|-
|1960
|''[[Inherit the Wind (1960 film)|Inherit the Wind]]''
|[[William Jennings Bryan#In popular culture|Matthew Harrison Brady]]
|
|-
|1961
|''[[The Young Doctors (film)|The Young Doctors]]''
|Dr. Joseph Pearson
|
|-
|1962
|''[[The Condemned of Altona (film)|The Condemned of Altona]]''
|Albrecht von Gerlach
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1964
|''[[Seven Days in May]]''
|President Jordan Lyman
|
|-
|''Pieta''
|Narrator
|Documentary
|-
|1967
|''[[Hombre (film)|Hombre]]''
|Dr. Alex Favor
|
|-
|1970
|''[[Tick, Tick, Tick (film)|...tick...tick...tick...]]''
|Mayor Jeff Parks
|
|-
|1973
|''[[The Iceman Cometh (1973 film)|The Iceman Cometh]]''
|Harry Hope
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="5" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes 
|-
| 1949
|''[[Ford Theatre|The Ford Theatre Hour]]''
|Oscar Jaffe
|Episode: "The Twentieth Century"
|-
| 1950
|''[[The Nash Airflyte Theater]]''
|
|Episode: "The Boor"
|-
| 1951
|''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
|
|Episode: "The Speech"
|-
|rowspan=2|1952
|''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
|Captain Matt
|Episode: "Ferry Crisis at Friday Point"
|-
|''[[The Ed Sullivan Show|Toast of the Town]]''
|Himself
|later known as ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''
|-
|rowspan=1|1953
|''[[Omnibus (U.S. TV series)|Omnibus]]''
|Don Juan
|Episode: "The Last Night of Don Juan"
|-
| rowspan=3|1954
|''[[The Best of Broadway]]''
|Tony Cavendish
|Episode: "[[The Royal Family]]" <br/> based on March's Broadway play and film of the same name
|-
|''[[Shower of Stars]]''
|[[Ebenezer Scrooge]]
|Episode: "A Christmas Carol"
|-
|''[[What's My Line?]]''
|Himself
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1956
|''[[Producers' Showcase]]''
|Sam Dodsworth
|Episode: "Dodsworth"
|-
|''[[Shower of Stars]]''
|Eugene Tesh
|Episode: "The Flattering World"
|-
|1957
|''[[The Ed Sullivan Show|Toast of the Town]]''
|Himself
|later known as ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''
|-
|rowspan=2|1958
|''The DuPont Show of the Month''
|Arthur Winslow
|Episode: "The Winslow Boy"
|-
|''Tales from Dickens''
|Host
| March hosted seven episodes during 1958 and 1959<br />Episodes: "Bardell Versus Pickwick" <br/> "Uriah Heep" <br/> "A Christmas Carol" <br/> "David and Betsy Trotwood" <br/> "David and His Mother" <Br/> "Christmas at Dingley Dell" <br/> "The Runaways"
|-
|1963
|''A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts''
|Host
|Television special 
|-
|1964
|''The Presidency: A Splendid Mystery''
|Narrator
|Television
|-
|}

=== Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="5" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Theatre 
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Playwright !! Venue 
|-
|1924 || ''The Melody Man'' || Donald Clemens || Herbert Richard Lorenz || Central Theatre, Broadway 
|- 
|1925 || ''Puppets'' || Bruno Monte || Francis Lightner || [[American Airlines Theatre|Selwyn Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1926 || ''The Half-Caste'' || Dick Chester || Jack McClellan || [[Nederlander Theatre|National Theatre]], Broadway 
|-
|1926 || ''Devil in the Cheese'' || Jimmie Chard || [[Tom Cushing]] || Charles Hopkins Theatre, Broadway 
|-
|1938 || ''Your Obedient Husband'' || Richard Steele || [[Horace Jackson]] || [[Broadhurst Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1939 || ''[[The American Way (play)|The American Way]]'' || Martin Gunther || [[George S. Kaufman]] / [[Moss Hart]] || Center Theatre, Broadway
|-
|1941 || ''Hope for a Harvest'' || Elliott Martin || [[Sophie Treadwell]] || Guild Theatre, Broadway 
|- 
|1942 || ''[[The Skin of Our Teeth]]'' || Mr. Antrobus || [[Thorton Wilder]] || [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1944 || ''[[A Bell for Adano]]'' || Major Victor Joppolo || [[Paul Osborn]] || [[James Earl Jones Theatre|Cort Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1946 || ''Years Ago'' || Clifton Jones || [[Ruth Gordon]] || [[Lena Horne Theatre|Mansfield Theatre]], Broadway
|- 
|1950 || ''Now Lay Me Down To Sleep'' || General Leonidas Erosa || [[Elaine Ryan]] || rowspan=2|[[Broadhurst Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1951 || ''[[An Enemy of the People]]'' || Dr. Thomas Stockman || [[Henrik Ibsen]] 
|-
|1951 || ''[[The Autumn Garden]]'' || Nicholas Denery || [[Lillian Hellman]] || [[Eugene O'Neill Theatre|Coronet Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1956 || ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' || James Tyrone || [[Eugene O'Neill]] || [[Helen Hayes Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1961 || ''[[Gideon (play)|Gideon]]'' || Angel || [[Paddy Chayefsky]] || Plymouth Theatre, Broadway
|-
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
March has a star for motion pictures on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], at 1620 Vine Street.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.walkoffame.com/fredric-march| title=Fredric March| website=Hollywood Walk of Fame| access-date=December 1, 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable unsortable"
|- align="center"
! Award
! Year
! Category
! Work
! Result
|-
|rowspan=5|[[Academy Awards]]
|[[4th Academy Awards|1931]]
|rowspan=5|[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''[[The Royal Family of Broadway]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[5th Academy Awards|1932]]
|[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'']]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[10th Academy Awards|1938]]
|[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|''A Star Is Born'']]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[19th Academy Awards|1947]]
|''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[24th Academy Awards|1952]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Death of a Salesman (1951 film)|''Death of a Salesman'']]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[BAFTA Awards]]
|[[6th British Academy Film Awards| 1952]]
|rowspan=3|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[8th British Academy Film Awards|1955]]
|''[[Executive Suite]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[14th British Academy Film Awards|1961]]
|[[Inherit the Wind (1960 film)|''Inherit the Wind'']]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[9th Golden Globe Awards|1952]]
|rowspan=3|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
|[[Death of a Salesman (1951 film)|''Death of a Salesman'']]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[17th Golden Globe Awards|1960]]
|''[[Middle of the Night]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[22nd Golden Globe Awards|1965]]
|''[[Seven Days in May]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|rowspan=2|[[7th Primetime Emmy Awards| 1955]]
|rowspan=3|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Best Single Performance by an Actor]]
| ''[[The Best of Broadway]]'' (for episode "The Royal Family")
|{{nom}}
|-
|''[[Shower of Stars]]'' (for episode "A Christmas Carol")
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[9th Primetime Emmy Awards|1957]]
|''[[Producers' Showcase]]'' (for episode "Dodsworth")
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Tony Awards]]
|[[1st Tony Awards| 1947]]
|rowspan=3|[[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Actor in a Play]]
|''Years Ago''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[11th Tony Awards|1957]]
| ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[16th Tony Awards|1962]]
|[[Gideon (play)|''Gideon'']]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Venice Film Festival]] Awards
|[[1st Venice International Film Festival| 1932]]
|[[Volpi Cup for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'']]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[13th Venice International Film Festival| 1952]]
|[[Volpi Cup for Best Actor]]
|[[Death of a Salesman (1951 film)|''Death of a Salesman'']]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[15th Venice International Film Festival|1954]]
|Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting
|''[[Executive Suite]]''
|{{won}} (shared with the principal cast)
|-
|[[Berlin Film Festival]] Awards
|[[10th Berlin International Film Festival|1960]]
|[[ Silver Bear for Best Actor]]
|[[Inherit the Wind (1960 film)|''Inherit the Wind'']]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[David di Donatello Awards]]
|1964
|[[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor|Best Foreign Actor]]
|''[[Seven Days in May]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle]] Awards
|1946
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Laurel Awards]]
|1967
|Top Male Supporting Performance
|[[Hombre (film)|''Hombre'']]
|{{nom}}
|}

==Radio appearances==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Program !! Episode/source
|-
| 1942 || ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''[[One Foot in Heaven]]''<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Those Were the Days| magazine=Nostalgia Digest| date=Spring 2017| volume=43| issue=2| page=33}}</ref>
|-
| 1946|| ''[[Academy Award (radio)|Academy Award]]'' || ''[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star Is Born]]''<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Those Were The Days|magazine=Nostalgia Digest| date=Summer 2015| volume=41| issue=3| pages=32–39}}</ref>
|-
| 1949|| ''[[The MGM Theater of the Air]]'' || ''Citadel''
|-
| 1953|| ''[[The United States Steel Hour#Theatre Guild on the Air|Theatre Guild on the Air]]'' || ''[[Cass Timberlane]]''<ref>{{cite news| last1=Kirby| first1=Walter| title=Better Radio Programs for the Week| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2660609/the_decatur_daily_review/| newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review| date=February 15, 1953| page=42| via=[[Newspapers.com]]| access-date=June 21, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|-
| 1953|| rowspan="2" | ''Star Playhouse'' || ''[[A Bell for Adano]]''<ref>{{cite news| last1=Kirby| first1=Walter| title=Better Radio Programs for the Week| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2759320/the_decatur_daily_review/| newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review| date=October 11, 1953| page=50| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=July 6, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|-
| 1953|| ''[[There Shall Be No Night]]''<ref>{{cite news| last1=Kirby| first1=Walter| title=Better Radio Programs for the Week| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2770472/the_decatur_daily_review/| newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review| date=November 29, 1953| page=50| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=July 14, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|}

==Biographies==
* ''Fredric March: Craftsman First, Star Second'' by Deborah C. Peterson (1996),<ref name=Peterson>{{cite book| last=Peterson| first=Deborah C.| title=Fredric March: Craftsman First, Star Second| year=1996| publisher=Greenwood Press| location=Westport, Connecticut| isbn=978-0313298028}}</ref>
* ''Fredric March: A Consummate Actor'' (2013) by Charles Tranberg.<ref name=Tranberg />

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* [[List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting categories]]

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*Baxter, John. 1970. ''Hollywood in the Thirties''. International Film Guide Series. Paperback Library, New York. LOC Card Number 68-24003.

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|0545298}}
* {{IBDB name|68224}}
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* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=283 Photographs of Fredric March]

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