Meriwether Lewis was portrayed by Fred MacMurray in 1955 and by Chevy Chase in 2003. He has suffered enough indignity at modern hands.
There being no current compelling reason to dig up the old fellow, let him rest in peace.
‘Meriwether Lewis was portrayed by Fred MacMurray in 1955 and by Chevy Chase in 2003. He has suffered enough indignity at modern hands.’
In 1955 Fred MacMurray was known as a serious actor with a career 26 years old at that time, including ‘Double Indemnity’, ‘The Apartment’ and ‘The Caine Mutiny’. Nearly all of his Disney comedies and ‘My Three Sons’ which stereotyped him were well in the future. He gave a substantial and nuanced performance as Jefferson’s protege, the educated Easterner partnered with Charlton Heston, as the frontier military man. MacMurray’s portrayal was no indignity.