Gordon MacRae
{{Short description|American actor, singer, and TV and radio host (1921–1986)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Gordon MacRae
| image = Gordon MacRae 1953.JPG
| caption = MacRae in 1953
| birth_name = Albert Gordon MacRae
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|3|12}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer|TV and radio show host}}
| years_active = 1939–1980
| birth_place = East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|1|24|1921|3|12}}
| death_place = Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.{{cite news |last=Folkart |first=Burt A. |date=January 24, 1986 |title=Gordon MacRae, Star of 'Oklahoma,' Dies at 64 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-24-mn-24015-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, CA |access-date=November 25, 2018 }}
| resting_place = Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska
| death_cause =
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Sheila MacRae|1941|1967|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Elizabeth Lambert Schrafft
|1967}}
}}
| children = 5, including Heather and Meredith
}}
Albert Gordon MacRae (March 12, 1921 – January 24, 1986) was an American actor, singer, and television and radio host. He appeared in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956), and played the leading man opposite Doris Day in On Moonlight Bay (1951) and its sequel, By The Light of the Silvery Moon (1953).{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Virgin Books|date=2002|edition=Third|isbn=1-85227-937-0|page=268/9}}
Early life
Gordon MacRae was born in East Orange, New Jersey, to parents William LaMont MacRae, a toolmaker and radio singer, and Helen Violet Sonn, a concert pianist.{{cite news |last1=Flint |first1=Peter B. |title=Gordon MacRae Dies: Star of Movie Musicals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/25/obituaries/gordon-macrae-dies-star-of-movie-musicals.html |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=January 25, 1986}} His father was descended from Clan MacRae. MacRae attended Nottingham High School in Syracuse, New York, where he was active in the Drama Club.{{cite web |title=The Hollywood Salon |url=https://archive.nebraskacoast.com/famous-hollywood-nebraskans/gordon-macrae/ |website=The Nebraska Coast Connection |date=December 29, 2013 |access-date=2 February 2024}} He later attended and graduated in 1940 from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and thereafter served as a navigator in IX Troop Carrier Command in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
Career
=Singer=
MacRae was a baritone. Winning a contest enabled him to sing at the 1939 New York World's Fair with the Harry James and Les Brown orchestras.
=Broadway=
He made his Broadway debut in 1942, acquiring his first recording contract soon afterwards. Many of his recordings were made with Jo Stafford.
=Radio=
On the radio in 1945, his talents were showcased on the Gordon MacRae Show on the CBS network in collaboration with the conductor Archie Bleyer.{{Cite web |url=http://otrrpedia.net/getprogram1.php?item=2485 |title=Gordon MacRae Show, the |access-date=March 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309071138/http://otrrpedia.net/getprogram1.php?item=2485 |archive-date=March 9, 2017 |url-status=dead }} In 1946, his fifteen minute variety show Skyline Roof also featured emerging musical talent, including the accordionist John Serry Sr.[https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Series 4 Recordings: Item 8 audio disc "John Serry guest on the Gordon Macrea Show as "outstanding accordionist of the year" p. 18 in The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music][https://books.google.com/books?id=mLoUAQAAIAAJ&q=Gordon+MacRae+Skyline+Roof Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalogue of Over 1800 Shows. Terrace, Vincent. McFarland 1999 p. 306 ISBN 9780786403519 Gordon MacRae Skyline Roof on Google Books][https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/ Eastman School of Music: Sibley Music Library: Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Dept.- "The John Serry Sr. Collection" - Items donated to the library include an audio recording of John Serry who is named in the recording of the August 22, 1946 show as the featured accordionist by Gordon MacRae on his live broadcast and performs with Archie Bleyer's Orchestra on the show, www.esm.rochester.edu] MacRae was also the host and lead actor on The Railroad Hour, a half-hour anthology series made up of condensed versions of hit Broadway musicals.{{Cite web|url=http://www.otrsite.com/logs/logr1004.htm|title=Railroad Hour .. episodic log|website=Otrsite.com|access-date=October 25, 2019}} The programs were later released as popular studio cast albums, most of which have been reissued on CD.{{Cite web|url=http://castalbums.org/people/Gordon-MacRae/2647|title=Gordon MacRae Discography|website=Castalbums.org|access-date=October 25, 2019}}
In 1946, he was in the revue Three to Make Ready, which ran for 326 performances.
=Film=
MacRae signed a contract with Warner Bros. in 1947. In 1948, he appeared in his first film, The Big Punch, a drama about boxing. He followed this with a film noir with Virginia Mayo, Backfire (made in 1948, released 1950).
MacRae's first on-screen musical was Look for the Silver Lining (1949), a biopic of Marilyn Miller (June Haver), where MacRae played Frank Carter. David Butler directed. MacRae was reunited with Haver and Butler in The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950). Warners put him in a Western, Return of the Frontiersman (1950). Then he starred with Doris Day in Tea for Two (1950), a reworking of No, No, Nanette, also for Butler. Public response was enthusiastic. MacRae and Day were teamed again in The West Point Story (1950) starring James Cagney and Mayo, On Moonlight Bay (1951), and the all-star Korean War tribute, Starlift (1951).
MacRae was in a military school musical, About Face (1952) with Eddie Bracken, then he and Day did a sequel to On Moonlight Bay, By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953). That same year, he starred opposite Kathryn Grayson in the third film version of The Desert Song and teamed with Jane Powell in Three Sailors and a Girl (1953). MacRae's best known film role was Curly in the big screen adaptation of Oklahoma! (1955) alongside Shirley Jones. He and Jones were used on another Rodgers and Hammerstein adaptation, Carousel (1956), at 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios). MacRae played Buddy De Sylva in The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) for 20th Century-Fox.
=Television=
MacRae was host and singer on The Gordon MacRae Show on NBC in 1956.{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 338|edition=4th}} He appeared frequently on television, on such variety programs as The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. He also appeared on drama shows such as Lux Video Theatre.
During Christmas 1958, MacRae and Ford performed the Christmas hymn "O Holy Night".{{cite web|url=http://clevelandclassicmedia.blogspot.com/2007/12/o-holy-night-tennessee-ernie-ford-and.html|title="O Holy Night," Tennessee Ernie Ford and Gordon MacRae|website=Clevelandclassicmedia.blogspot.com|date=December 22, 2007|access-date=November 25, 2010}} Earlier in 1958, MacRae guest-starred on the short-lived NBC variety series The Polly Bergen Show.
He starred in the TV musical The Gift of the Magi (1958). Thereafter, MacRae appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, and The Bell Telephone Hour.
=Later career=
MacRae guest starred on McCloud. He had supporting roles in the films Zero to Sixty (1978) and The Pilot (1980).
Personal life
MacRae was married to Sheila MacRae from 1941 until 1967.[https://web.archive.org/web/20081215131531/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,837192,00.html Milestones: August 4, 1967] from Time magazine They met on the set of a play and it was "love at first sight."{{cite news|date=14 July 1974|title=Sheila projects aura of strength|page=15|newspaper=The Salina Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2316234/sheila_macrae_2nd_marriage/|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=29 April 2015}} {{Open access}} The couple were the parents of four children, including actresses Heather and Meredith MacRae. Sheila later married television producer Ronald Wayne.
MacRae's second marriage was to Elizabeth Lambert Schrafft on September 25, 1967, and together they had one daughter. They remained married until his death. He battled alcohol problems for many years, but overcame them by the late 1970s.
MacRae had cancer of the mouth and jaw. He died in 1986 of pneumonia, at his home in Lincoln, Nebraska, aged 64.{{cite news |last1=Flint |first1=Peter B. |title=Gordon Macrae Dies: Star of Movie Musicals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/25/obituaries/gordon-macrae-dies-star-of-movie-musicals.html |access-date=January 4, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=January 25, 1986}} He was buried at the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Filmography
File:Doris Day Gordon MacRae - Tea for Two.jpg in Tea for Two (1950)]]
File:Starlift DorisDay and GordonMacRae.jpg (1951)]]
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|+Feature films |
| width=2%|Year
! width=25%|Title ! width=25%|Role ! width=25%|Notes |
|---|
| 1948
| Johnny Grant | |
| 1949
| |
| 1950
| Backfire | Bob Corey | |
| 1950
| {{sort|daught|The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady}} | |
| 1950
| Logan Barrett | |
| 1950
| Jimmy Smith | |
| 1950
| {{sort|west|The West Point Story}} | Tom Fletcher | |
| 1951
| William Sherman | |
| 1951
| Starlift | Himself | |
| 1952
| Tony Williams | |
| 1953
| By the Light of the Silvery Moon | William Sherman | |
| 1953
| {{sort|desert|The Desert Song}} | El Khobar / Paul Bonnard | |
| 1953
| "Choirboy" Jones | |
| 1955
| Curly McLain | |
| 1956
| Carousel | Billy Bigelow | |
| 1956
| {{sort|best|The Best Things in Life Are Free}} | |
| 1978
| Officer Joe | |
| 1980
| {{sort|pilot|The Pilot}} | Joe Barnes |(final film role) |
| class="wikitable sortable" width=52%
|+Short subjects |
| width=2%|Year
! width=25%|Title ! width=25%|Role ! width=25%|Notes |
|---|
| 1951
| The Screen Director | Himself | |
| 1952
| Screen Snapshots: Fun in the Sun | Himself | |
| 1953
| So You Want a Television Set | Himself | |
Stage work
- Junior Miss (1942, Broadway, replacement for Walter Collins)
- Three to Make Ready (1946, Broadway)
- Carousel (1955, Music Hall at Fair Park)
- Annie Get Your Gun (1960, Starlight Theatre)
- Bells Are Ringing (1961, Columbus, Ohio)
- Guys and Dolls (1963, summer stock tour)
- Bells Are Ringing (1964, summer stock tour)
- Jerome Kern's Theatre (1966, Avery Fisher Hall)
- Kismet (1966, Columbus, Ohio)
- Oklahoma! (1967, summer stock tour)
- I Do! I Do! (1967, Broadway, replacement for Robert Preston)
- Golden Rainbow (1969, summer stock tour)
- Milk and Honey (1972, Columbus, Ohio)
- Paint Your Wagon (1978, Columbus, Ohio)
Radio
File:Marion Hutton et al.jpg, Mel Tormé and MacRae on The Teentimers Club radio show (1947)]]MacRae replaced Frank Sinatra on a radio program in 1943, but he soon had to leave for military service. In 1946, he was the "singing emcee" of The Teentimers Club, a Saturday morning program.{{cite news|title=From Page Boy To Emcee|url=http://americanradiohistory.org/Archive-Miscellaneous/Radio-Vision-1946-11.pdf|access-date=April 14, 2016|agency=Radio-Vision|date=November 30, 1946|page=6}} From 1945 to 1948 he also hosted and performed on The Gordon MacRae Show for the CBS radio network.
He also appeared in programs as shown in the table below.
Discography
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=Solo albums=
- Gordon MacRae Sings (1950){{cite web |title=Cast Albums |url=https://castalbums.org/recordings/Gordon-MacRae-1952-Gordon-MacRae/29981 |website=castalbums.org |access-date=January 7, 2025}}
- Gordon MacRae Sings with Walter Gross’ Orchestra (1952)
- Gordon MacRae Sings Operetta Favorites (1955)
- Romantic Ballads (1955){{cite web |title=Cast Albums |url=https://castalbums.org/recordings/Romantic-Ballads-1955-Gordon-MacRae/29983 |website=castalbums.org |access-date=January 7, 2025}}
- The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956){{cite web |title=Cast Albums |url=https://castalbums.org/recordings/The-Best-Things-in-Life-Are-Free-1956-Gordon-MacRae/4649 |website=castalbums.org |access-date=January 7, 2025}}
- Cowboy’s Lament (1957)
- Motion Picture Soundstage (1957){{cite web |title=Cast Albums |url=https://castalbums.org/recordings/Motion-Picture-Soundstage-Great-Songs-from-the-Hollywood-Screen-1957-Gordon-MacRae/4650 |website=castalbums.org |access-date=January 7, 2025}}
- This Is Gordon MacRae (1958)
- Gordon MacRae in Concert (1958){{cite web |title=Cast Albums |url=https://castalbums.org/recordings/Gordon-MacRae-in-Concert-1958-Gordon-MacRae/23339 |website=castalbums.org |access-date=January 7, 2025}}
- The Seasons of Love (1959){{cite web |title=Cast Albums |url=https://castalbums.org/recordings/The-Seasons-of-Love-1959-Gordon-MacRae/29982 |website=castalbums.org |access-date=January 7, 2025}}
- Songs for an Evening at Home (1959)
- Our Love Story (1960){{cite web |title=Cast Albums |url=https://castalbums.org/recordings/Our-Love-Story-1960-Gordon-and-Sheila-MacRae/19324 |website=castalbums.org |access-date=January 7, 2025}}
- Hallowed Be Thy Name (1961)
- If She Walked Into My Life (1966)
- Only Love (1969){{cite web |title=Cast Albums |url=https://castalbums.org/recordings/Only-Love-1968-Gordon-MacRae/10207 |website=castalbums.org |access-date=January 7, 2025}}
=Albums with Jo Stafford=
- Kiss Me Kate (1949)
- Sunday Evening Songs (1950)
- Memory Songs (1956)
- Whispering Hope (1962)
- There's Peace in the Valley (1963)
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable" |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|Year
! align="center" rowspan="2"|Single ! align="center" colspan="1"|Chart positions |
|---|
| width="40"|Hot 100 |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1945
|align="left"|"You Go to My Head" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"It's Anybody's Spring" b/w "Love Is the Sweetest Thing" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1947
|align="left"|"I Still Get Jealous" | align="center"|25 |
| align="left"|"At the Candlelight Cafe" b/w "I Surrender Dear" | align="center"|20 |
| align="center" rowspan="12"|1948
|align="left"|"Thoughtless" | align="center"|28 |
| align="left"|"You Were Meant for Me"
| align="center"|22 |
| align="left"|"That Feathery Feeling" b/w "Matinee" | align="center"|27 |
| align="left"|"It's Magic" b/w "Spring in December" | align="center"|9 |
| align="left"|"Steppin' Out with My Baby" b/w "Evelyn" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Hankerin'" b/w "I Went Down to Virginia" | align="center"|23 |
| align="left"|"Win or Lose" b/w "At Your Command" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue"
| align="center"|7 |
| align="left"|"Rambling Rose"
| align="center"|27 |
| align="left"|"Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart" (with Jo Stafford)
| align="center"|10 |
| align="left"|"Bluebird of Happiness" (with Jo Stafford)
| align="center"|16 |
| align="left"|"My Darling, My Darling" b/w "Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys" Both sides with Jo Stafford and The Starlighters | align="center"|1 |
| align="center" rowspan="18"|1949
|align="left"|"Down the Lane" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"N'Yot N'Yow (The Pussycat Song)" b/w "I'll String Along with You" Both sides with Jo Stafford | align="center"|26 |
| align="left"|"So in Love" b/w "A Rosewood Spinet" | align="center"|20 |
| align="left"|"You're Still the Belle of the Ball" b/w "The Melancholy Minstrel" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"'A' You're Adorable" (with Jo Stafford)
| align="center"|4 |
| align="left"|"Need You" (with Jo Stafford)
| align="center"|7 |
| align="left"|"Some Enchanted Evening" b/w (B-side by Margaret Whiting: "A Wonderful Guy") | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Younger Than Springtime" b/w(B-side by Margaret Whiting: "A Cock-Eyed Optimist) | align="center"|30 |
| align="left"|"Whispering Hope" b/w "A Thought in My Heart" Both sides with Jo Stafford | align="center"|4 |
| align="left"|"Thank You" b/w "My One and Only Highland Fling" Both sides with The Starlighters | align="center" |
| align="left"|"The Wedding of Lilli Marlene" b/w "Twenty-Four Hours of Sunshine" Both sides with The Starlighters | align="center" |
| align="left"|"I Want You to Want Me (to Want You)" b/w "Wonderful One" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Wunderbar" b/w "I'll String Along with You" Both sides with Jo Stafford | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Mule Train"
| align="center"|14 |
| align="left"|"Dear Hearts and Gentle People"
| align="center"|19 |
| align="left"|"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (with Jo Stafford)
| align="center"|13 |
| align="left"|"Echoes" (with Jo Stafford)
| align="center"|18 |
| align="left"|"The Sunshine of Your Smile" b/w "Body and Soul" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="8"|1950
|align="left"|"Adeste Fideles" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Songs of Christmas" (Part 1) b/w "Songs of Christmas" (Part 2) Both sides with Jo Stafford | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Love's Old Sweet Song" b/w "Juanita" Both sides with Jo Stafford | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Dearie" b/w "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (I Love You)" Both sides with Jo Stafford | align="center"|10 |
| align="left"|"Beyond the Sunset" b/w "Near Me" Both sides with Jo Stafford | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Where Are You Gonna Be When the Moon Shines" b/w "Driftin' Down the Dreamy Ol' Ohio" Both sides with Jo Stafford | align="center" |
| align="left"|"A Perfect Day" b/w "The Rosary" Both sides with Jo Stafford | align="center" |
| align="left"|"I'm in the Middle of a Riddle" b/w "Tea for Two" Both sides with Jo Stafford | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="8"|1951
|align="left"|"Love Means Love" (with The Ewing Sisters) | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Whispering Hope" (Reissue) b/w "I'll String Along with You" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Wunderbar" b/w "Beyond the Sunset" Both sides with Jo Stafford | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Ol' Man River" b/w "On a Sunday at Coney Island" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Down the Old Ox Road" b/w "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Cuban Love Song" b/w "Last Night When We Were Young" (with Jo Stafford) | align="center" |
| align="left"|"On Rosary Hill" b/w "Lover's Waltz" Both sides with Gisele MacKenzie | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Be My Girl" b/w "Laughing at Love" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="5"|1952
|align="left"|"When It's Springtime in the Rockies" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"My Love" b/w "How Close" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Green Acres and Purple Mountains" b/w "Baby Doll" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"These Things Shall Pass" b/w "Gentle Hands" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Brotherly Love" b/w "Straight and Narrow" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="5"|1953
|align="left"|"How Do You Speak to an Angel" | align="center"|30 |
| align="left"|"Congratulations to Someone"
| align="center"|28 |
| align="left"|"C'est Magnifique" b/w "Homin' Time" | align="center"|29 |
| align="left"|"Stranger in Paradise" b/w "Never in a Million Years" | align="center"|29 |
| align="left"|"I Don't Want to Walk Without You" b/w "I Still Dream of You" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="4"|1954
|align="left"|"Ramona" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Face to Face" b/w "Backward, Turn Backward" | align="center"|30 |
| align="left"|"Cara Mia" b/w "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Here's What I'm Here For" b/w "Love Can Change the Stars" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="6"|1955
|align="left"|"You Forgot (to Tell Me That You Love Me)" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Follow Your Heart" b/w "Bella Notte" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Why Break the Heart That Loves You" b/w "Jim Bowie" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" b/w "People Will Say We're in Love" Both sides with Ray Anthony | align="center" |
| align="left"|"A Woman in Love" b/w "Wonderful Christmas" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Never Before and Never Again" b/w "Fate" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="4"|1956
|align="left"|"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" | align="center"|96 |
| align="left"|"I Asked the Lord" b/w "One Misty Morning" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Obey" b/w "Without Love" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Endless Love" b/w "When You Kiss Me" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1957
|align="left"|"Till We Meet Again" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Sayonara" b/w "Never Till Now" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="3"|1958
|align="left"|"If I Forget You" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"The Secret" b/w "A Man Once Said" | align="center"|18 |
| align="left"|"Fly Little Bluebird" b/w "Little Do You Know" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1959
|align="left"|"The Stranger" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"The Sound of Music" b/w "When Did I Fall in Love" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1960
|align="left"|"You Were There" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"If Ever I Would Leave You" b/w "Dolce Far Niente" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1961
|align="left"|"Face to Face" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Ordinary People" b/w "Impossible" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1962
|align="left"|"The Sweetest Sounds" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"Lovely" b/w "Warmer Than a Whisper" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1966
|align="left"|"If She Walked into My Life" | align="center" |
| align="left"|"All" b/w "I Don't Think I'm in Love" | align="center" |
| align="center" rowspan="1"|1968
|align="left"|"Only Love" | align="center" |
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- Hollywood Mother of the Year – Sheila MacRae's Own Story, by Sheila MacRae & H. Paul Jeffreys. (Birch Lane Press, 1992) {{ISBN|978-1559721127}}
- Gordon MacRae: A Bio-Bibliography by Bruce B. Leiby. (Greenwood Press, 1991) {{ISBN|978-0313266331}}
External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- {{IMDb name|0534286}}
- {{AFI person | 62812-Gordon-MacRae | Gordon MacRae }}
- {{Tcmdb name|119265%7C62812}}
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- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/460826-Gordon-MacRae Gordon MacRae Discography on Discog.com]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ20S10LWqo Appearance On What's My Line 9/30/62]
- [http://www.railroadhour.com/ Gordon MacRae on NBCs "The Railroad Hour"]
- [http://castalbums.org/people/Gordon-MacRae/2647 Gordon MacRae Discography on CastAlbums.og]
- [https://archive.today/20140711161613/http://www.patfullerton.com/gm/discog-reviews.html Gordon MacRae Discography on PatFullerton.com]
- [https://musicbrainz.org/artist/63da067e-d1ba-4e39-a1ac-ef09594993c4 Gordon MacRae on MusicBrainz.org]
- [http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/MacRae,_Gordon/ Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019061127/http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/MacRae,_Gordon/ |date=October 19, 2011 }} from Starpulse
- [http://www.classicimages.com/people/article_491fb54f-2ef1-56a5-9d74-43fd83f13daf.html Gordon MacRae, "That Old MacRae Magic" by Frances Ingram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017154652/http://www.classicimages.com/people/article_491fb54f-2ef1-56a5-9d74-43fd83f13daf.html |date=October 17, 2014 }}
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