Fredric March

Actor · Died April 14, 1975, aged 77 · Racine, Wisconsin, USA

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.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: August 31, 1897
Died: April 14, 1975 (aged 77)
From: Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Works as: Actor
Titles: 50 on MovieCove · 94 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 27% in 30 days

What are Fredric March's films like?

Across their 47 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama22 titles81^st

Comedy9 titles66^th

Biography5 titles64^th

Crime3 titles74^th

Action2 titles76^th

Adventure2 titles73^rd

Documentary2 titles50^th

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

26%

Bonds

21%

Self

19%

Power

12%

Survival

10%

Society

10%

Ideas

Romantic love15 Identity6 Purpose6 Family bonds7 Justice7 Freedom6 Sacrifice4 Redemption4

What they feel like to watch

their average across 47 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 1 · Wry 2 · Earnest 44

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 12 · Serious 9 · Dark 26

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 28 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 6

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 9 · Charged 18 · Intense 20

Steady

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 24 · Shifting 20 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 33 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 5

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 24 · Even-paced 23 · Relentless 0

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 18 · Engaged 25 · Full focus 4

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 12 · Affecting 16 · Heavy 19

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 39 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

48 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 22 of 48 analyzed roles.

Hero

22 of 48

Mentor

8 of 48

Shadow

6 of 48

Threshold guardian

5 of 48

Trickster

3 of 48

Shapeshifter

2 of 48

Ally

2 of 48

Show the 48 roles

Mentoras Paul Lockridge in Laughter (1930)
Mentoras Dan O'Bannon in Manslaughter (1930)
Heroas Dr. Henry Jekyll in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Shadowas Mr. Hyde in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Heroas Jerry Corbett in Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
Heroas Marcus Superbus in The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Heroas Tom Chambers in Design for Living (1933)
Heroas Jerry Young in The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
Heroas Benvenuto Cellini in The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
Tricksteras Benvenuto Cellini in The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
Mentoras Robert Browning in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
Heroas Prince Sirki / Death in Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
Heroas Prince Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhlyudov in We Live Again (1934)
Shadowas Prince Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhlyudov in We Live Again (1934)
Shapeshifteras Count Vronsky in Anna Karenina (1935)
Heroas Jean Valjean in Les Misérables (1935)
Allyas Earl of Bothwell in Mary of Scotland (1936)
Heroas Lt. Michel Denet in The Road to Glory (1936)
Heroas Wally Cook in Nothing Sacred (1937)
Mentoras Norman Maine in A Star Is Born (1937)
Shapeshifteras Norman Maine in A Star Is Born (1937)
Heroas Jean Lafitte in The Buccaneer (1938)
Tricksteras Bill Spencer in There Goes My Heart (1938)
Heroas Sam Wye in Trade Winds (1938)
Heroas Barrie Trexel in Susan and God (1940)
Heroas William Spence in One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Heroas Josef Steiner in So Ends Our Night (1941)
Heroas Jonathan Wooley in I Married a Witch (1942)
Heroas Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain in The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Tricksteras Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain in The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Allyas Al Stephenson in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Heroas Judge Calvin Cooke in An Act of Murder (1948)
Shadowas Marcus Hubbard in Another Part of the Forest (1948)
Threshold guardianas Marcus Hubbard in Another Part of the Forest (1948)
Heroas Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman (1951)
Threshold guardianas Joe Esposito in It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951)
Heroas Karel Cernik in Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Mentoras Rear Adm. George Tarrant in The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
Shadowas Loren Phineas Shaw in Executive Suite (1954)
Threshold guardianas Philip of Macedonia in Alexander the Great (1956)
Mentoras Ralph Hopkins in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Heroas Jerry Kingsley in Middle of the Night (1959)
Shadowas Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind (1960)
Mentoras Dr. Joseph Pearson in The Young Doctors (1961)
Shadowas Dr. Joseph Pearson in The Young Doctors (1961)
Threshold guardianas Albrecht von Gerlach in The Condemned of Altona (1962)
Mentoras President Jordan Lyman in Seven Days in May (1964)
Threshold guardianas Harry Hope in The Iceman Cometh (1973)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

Melancholic

Romantic

Dread

Contemplative

Other

How their films linger

Thought-provoking21 Bittersweet16 Hopeful16 Feel-good9 Haunting11 Fun7

How their films end · 6 with a twist

Happy8
Bittersweet25
Tragic11
Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Fredric March's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 50 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (17).

Also on these channels

ScreenPix3 titles, show their 3 titles on ScreenPix
Shout! TV2 titles, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
BroadwayHD1 title, show their title on BroadwayHD
Dove Channel1 title, show their title on Dove Channel
Great American Pure Flix1 title, show their title on Great American Pure Flix
IndieFlix1 title, show their title on IndieFlix
Kino Film Collection1 title, show their title on Kino Film Collection

Subscription and free streaming for Fredric March's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

94 credits, 50 with a MovieCove page; 20 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
as Archival Footage
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film(2014)
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (archive footage)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond(2009)
as Wally Cook
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to(1990)
as (archive footage)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Iceman Cometh(1973)
as Harry Hope
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Tick, Tick, Tick(1970)
as Mayor Jeff Parks
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Hombre(1967)
as Dr. Alex Favor
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Seven Days in May(1964)
as President Jordan Lyman
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Condemned of Altona(1962)
as Albrecht von Gerlach
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Young Doctors(1961)
as Dr. Joseph Pearson
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Inherit the Wind(1960)
as Matthew Harrison Brady
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
A Christmas Carol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
as Narrator
Middle of the Night(1959)
as Jerry Kingsley
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Winslow Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
as Arthur Winslow
Albert Schweitzer(1957)
as Albert Schweitzer (voice)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit(1956)
as Ralph Hopkins
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Alexander the Great(1956)
as Philip of Macedonia
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
The Desperate Hours(1955)
as Daniel C. Hilliard
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
A Christmas Carol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
as Ebenezer Scrooge
The Bridges at Toko-Ri(1954)
as Rear Adm. George Tarrant
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Producers' Showcase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Show 1 episode · Actor
The Best of Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Executive Suite(1954)
as Loren Phineas Shaw
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Man on a Tightrope(1953)
as Karel Cernik
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Omnibus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Death of a Salesman(1951)
as Willy Loman
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
It's a Big Country: An American Anthology(1951)
as Joe Esposito
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Lux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Show 1 episode · as Captain Matt · as Sam
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
as Narrator (voice)
Christopher Columbus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
as Christopher Columbus
The Twentieth Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
as Oscar Jaffe
An Act of Murder(1948)
as Judge Calvin Cooke
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Lamp Unto My Feet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Show 1 episode · as Albert Schweitzer (voice)
Another Part of the Forest(1948)
as Marcus Hubbard
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Best Years of Our Lives(1946)
as Al Stephenson
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Welcome Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
as Narrator
Tomorrow, the World! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
as Mike Frame
The Adventures of Mark Twain(1944)
as Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Valley of the Tennessee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
as Narrator (voice)
I Married a Witch(1942)
as Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Bedtime Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
as Luke Drake
One Foot in Heaven(1941)
as William Spence
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
So Ends Our Night(1941)
as Josef Steiner
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
as Hendrik Heyst
Susan and God(1940)
as Barrie Trexel
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The 400 Million (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
as Narration (voice)
Trade Winds(1938)
as Sam Wye
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
There Goes My Heart(1938)
as Bill Spencer
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Buccaneer(1938)
as Jean Lafitte
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Nothing Sacred(1937)
as Wallace "Wally" Cook
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
A Star Is Born(1937)
as Norman Maine
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Road to Glory(1936)
as Lieutenant Michel Denet
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Anthony Adverse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
as Anthony Adverse
Mary of Scotland(1936)
as Bothwell
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Making of a Great Motion Picture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Actor
The Dark Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
as Alan Trent
Anna Karenina(1935)
as Count Vronsky
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Les Misérables(1935)
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
We Live Again(1934)
as Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Barretts of Wimpole Street(1934)
as Robert Browning
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Affairs of Cellini(1934)
as Benvenuto Cellini
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Death Takes a Holiday(1934)
as Prince Sirki
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Good Dame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
as Mace Townsley
All of Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
as Don Ellis
Design for Living(1933)
as Tom Chambers
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Eagle and the Hawk(1933)
as Jerry H. Young
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Tonight Is Ours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
as Sabien Pastal
The Sign of the Cross(1932)
as Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Smilin' Through(1932)
as Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Make Me a Star(1932)
as Fredric March (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Merrily We Go to Hell(1932)
as Jerry Corbett
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Strangers in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
as Buddy Drake / Arthur Drake
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(1931)
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
My Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
as Dick Grady
The Night Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
as Rudek Berken
Honor Among Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
as Jerry Stafford
The Royal Family of Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
as Tony Cavendish
Laughter(1930)
as Paul Lockridge
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Manslaughter(1930)
as Dan O'Bannon
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
True to the Navy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
as Bull's Eye McCoy
Ladies Love Brutes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
as Dwight Howell
Paramount on Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
as Marine
Sarah and Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
as Howard Vanning
The Marriage Playground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
as Martin Boyne
Footlights and Fools (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
as Gregory Pyne
Jealousy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
as Pierre
Paris Bound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
as Jim Hutton
The Studio Murder Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
as Richard Hardell
The Wild Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
as James Gilmore
The Dummy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
as Trumbull Meredith
The Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)
as Bal Masque Participant (uncredited)
Paying the Piper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)
as Man (uncredited)
The Education of Elizabeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)
as Man (uncredited)
The Great Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)
as Man (uncredited)

Career shape

Star power in the 99^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 93 titles from 1921 to 2021; peak year 1960.

Biggest box office

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

$24M worldwide

Highest rated

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Midcredits 98^th

Film career

19212021

Peak 1960 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 23 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1931Screen debut· Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931First top-billed film· Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting93 of 93 · 74^th

By decade

1920s11 · acting1930s38 · acting1940s16 · acting1950s18 · acting1960s5 · acting1970s2 · acting1990s1 · acting2010s1 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 33% of 27 roles

67%

40%

20%

31364656

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Fredric March's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74^th percentile, the median of all 50; across their 47 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73^rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

73^rdpercentile

Typical film, the median of 47

Approval · how many liked their films

76^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 47

Reach · how many have seen their films

61^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 47

Midcredits score across 50 titles, by percentile

75^th and up24
50^th to 74^th20
25^th to 49^th6

Shape of the crowd

37 of their 50 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved5
Crowd Pleaser37
Broadly Agreed1
Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Susan and God (1940)

63^rd percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Midcredits 98^th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 79/100 in their films, across 45 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Fredric March's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore5 titles13–58 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all films

Sex & Nudity7 titles3–39 · median 22 · mildnear the median of all films

Profanity5 titles0–22 · median 8 · minimallighter than most films

Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 35 · moderate

Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 36 · moderate

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Fredric March work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fredric March's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Florence Eldridge shares the most, 4.

Fredric March

What are Fredric March's films like?

Genres

Themes

What they feel like to watch

Roles they play

Moods and endings

Where can I watch Fredric March's films?

Filmography

Career shape

Film career

By role

By decade

Billing

How do Fredric March's films land?

Shape of the crowd

Is Fredric March's work okay for kids?

Who does Fredric March work with?

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles