Want to know the best Fredric March movies? How about the worst Fredric March movies? Curious about Fredric March box office grosses or which Fredric March movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Fredric March movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Fredric March (1897-1975) was an American 2-time Oscar® winning actor. March had great success in movies and on the stage. His IMDb page shows 86 acting credits from 1921-1973. This page will rank 52 Fredric March movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Drivel part of the page: Between 1929 and 1933 Fredric March made an incredible 26 movies. Sadly we were only able to find box office information on 7 of those movies. Which means we are missing 19 Fredric March movies. Even sadder is the fact that those numbers will probably never be known. We blame Paramount Pictures. On the good side of things we have every March movie made from 1934 to 1973 included in the page. This Fredric March page was requested by Chris and John.
Fredric March Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Fredric March movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Fredric March movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Fredric March movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Fredric March movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Fredric March movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Fredric March movie won.
- Sort Fredric March movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Fredric March Table
- Twenty Fredric March movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 38.46% of his movies listed. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) was easily his biggest box office hit when looking at adjusted domestic box office gross.
- An average Fredric March movie grosses $102.50 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 39 of Fredric March movies are rated as good movies…or 75.00% of his movies. Seven Days in May (1964) is his highest rated movie while Anthony Adverse (1936) was his lowest rated movie.
- Twenty-one Fredric March movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 40.38% of his movies.
- Six Fredric March movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 11.53% of his movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 40.00. 35 Fredric March movies scored higher than that average….or 67.30% of his movies. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) got the the highest UMR Score while It’s A Big Country (1951) got the lowest UMR Score.
Ten Possibly Interesting Facts About Fredric March
1. Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel was born in Racine, Wisconsin in 1897.
2. So how did Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel become Fredric March? He took shorten versions of his own Fredrick name and his mother’s maiden name (Marcher) and put them together to make his screen name.
3. Fredric March was an artillery lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I.
4. Fredric March’s break through movie was 1931’s The Royal Family of Broadway. He received a Best Actor Oscar® nomination for that role….which was based on actor John Barrymore.
5. Fredric March received 5 Oscar® nominations and 3 Golden Globe® nominations in his career. He won 2 Oscars® and 1 Golden Globe®.
6. Fredric March is the only actor to win 2 Oscars® and 2 Tony® awards.
7. Fredric March was married twice…..he had two children.
8. Fredric March was the acting idol of both William Holden and Marlon Brando. In a 1955 poll, March was voted as the Best Film Actor by a two to one margin.
9. Fredric March spent 3 weeks in a hospital after wrapping up 1932’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The extensive makeup almost caused permanent damage.
10. Fredric March’s favorite personal film was 1946’s The Best Years Of Our Lives….and he has requested that film historian, Steve Lensman, should watch that one.
Check out Fredric March’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
And finally…..we have adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses on 10 Fredric March Movies
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) $199.50 adjusted worldwide box office
- Anna Karenina (1935) $230.80 adjusted worldwide box office
- Anthony Adverse (1936) $309.40 adjusted worldwide box office
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) $245.70 adjusted worldwide box office
- Executive Suite (1954) $187.40 adjusted worldwide box office
- Inherit the Wind (1960) $69.80 adjusted worldwide box office
- It’s A Big Country (1951) $31.30 adjusted worldwide box office
- Mary of Scotland (1936) $143.90 adjusted worldwide box office
- Susan and God (1940) $94.30 adjusted worldwide box office
- Trade Winds (1938) $169.10 adjusted worldwide box office
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Hello Bruce.
Fredric March was a great actor.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), Les Miserables (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), A Star Is Born (1937), I Married a Witch (1942) and my favorite The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) are all classics. He was also great in The Desperate Hours (1955), The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955), Death of a Salesman (1957), The Young Doctors (1961), Seven Days in May (1964) and Hombre (1967). But of course my favorite is The Best Years of Our Lives which I feel is one of the best films ever made. Thanks for this page on Mr. March.
Hey Lyle…thanks for checking out our latest page. So you recommend 12 of his movies….I have seen and enjoyed Best Years, Bridge at Toko-Ri (even with a downer ending), Dr. J. & Mr. H., Desperate Hours, Seven Days in May and Hombre (even though his character was not too nice). I saw and was not too impressed with Anthony Adverse. The others I have not seen….though Laughton in Les Miserables sounds interesting. Of the remaining movies I think A Star Is Born, Death of a Salesman and I Married A Witch are the three I want to see the most. I have not heard much about The Young Doctors. Thanks for sharing your favorites and for taking the time to comment….all your efforts are greatly appreciated.
About he got a page.
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Hey In the shadows….better late than never? Thanks for popping out of the shadows again.
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March was one of the best actors of his generation. Probably more an actor than a star. He had an incredible career, both movies and theatre, he won 2 Tony Awards as well as his two Oscars. His first Oscar for Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is fantastic. As much as I admire Spencer Tracey, I think March’s portrayal was superior. His Mr. Hyde is so primitive.
He was such a versatile actor, he mastered every genre of movie from comedies to historical movies and romance. One of his best is A Star is Born. Very funny, even by today’s standards. And looks great in the rich colour of the 30s.
I Married A Witch holds up really well. Although while filming the movie he couldn’t stand Veronica Lake. He wanted to name the movie I Married A Bitch.
Of course The Best Years of his Life, his second Oscar, everyone was superb in that movie.
But I think my favourite is Inherit The Wind with Spencer Tracey. The court room scene is excellent with both actors at their best. He made so many good movies, I’m surprised he’s not remembered more. Nevertheless he left a great legacy of work.
I’ll make a point of seeing Death of a Salesman, thanks for the page.
Hey Chris.
1. Glad you found your requested Fredric March page.
2. I agree with you about March’s Jekyll and Hyde being better than Spencer’s turn…..though I know there are some major fans that visit this site that prefer the Tracy movie.
3. I have seen Kristofferson and Mason’s A Star Is Born but not March’s….I will have to check that one out….and in color…..very good.
4. Funny story about March and Lake….never heard that one before.
5. I agree with you about The Best Years of Our Lives….which was his favorite movie.
6. I have not seen Inherit the Wind….but I recently picked up a DVD version of that movie….so I will be checking that one out soon….thanks for the recommendation on that one.
As always…thanks for stopping by and sharing your vast movie knowledge.
One of the all time greats for sure. I find it strange to see him so maked up in his early films. He looks like a ghost, it was like they forgot they were not making silent movies any more. His Willy in Death of a Salesman is awesome. His stage performance of that role is said to have been even better. That is something I would liked to see. Another superb page.
Hey Stein. I have not seen enough of his earlier movies to agree with you or not when it comes to the “maked up” look. I will have to check that out. As well as checking out his performance in Death of a Salesman. I guess somebody else did that role before Dustin Hoffman did….lol. Thanks for the visit and the comment.
Wonderful March article. To bad my favorite March movie is not listed. I love March in Strangers in Love.
Thank you Kelly….I actually finished this page yesterday but do to website provider issues I had to wait until today to publish it. Sorry Strangers in Love was not included. I tried to find it….but I could not find any information on that movie. I will have to check that one out. Thanks for stopping by.