Career
He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1925 and was a member of Delta Tau Delta. Before joining with Glenn Miller, MacGregor played with Irving Aaronson. He played in Glenn Miller’s first unsuccessful band in 1936-1937. He remained when Glenn Miller reformed the orchestra that would eventually become the most popular and successful big band. The band would achieve 23 no.1 hits from 1939 to 1943.
He was played by Harry Morgan in "The Glenn Miller Story" (1953) starring James Stewart and June Allyson, on which he was a consultant and technical advisor.
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