George Murphy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 4, 1902
- Died
- May 3, 1992 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Biography
George Murphy was an American dancer and stage, screen, and television actor, as well as a United States Senator. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946, and was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1951. Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as U.S. Senator from California, the first notable U.S. actor to be elected to statewide office in California, predating Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is the only United States Senator represented by a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In movies, Murphy was known as a song-and-dance man and appeared in many big-budget musicals such as Broadway Melody of 1938, Broadway Melody of 1940 and For Me and My Gal. He made his movie debut shortly after talking pictures had replaced silent movies in 1930, and his career continued until he retired as an actor in 1952, at the age of 50. During World War II, he organized entertainment for American troops. In 1951, he was awarded an honorary Academy Award. He was never nominated for an Oscar in any competitive category. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946. He was also a vice president of Desilu Productions and of the Technicolor Corporation. He was director of entertainment for presidential inaugurations in 1953, 1957 and 1961.
Known For
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Filmography
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
Movie
Frank Capra's American Dream
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
Movie · as From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
The Thin Man
TV · 1 ep
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
Movie
MGM Parade
TV · as Host · 34 eps
The Hoaxters
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Talk About a Stranger
Movie · as Robert Fontaine Sr.
Walk East on Beacon
Movie · as Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
No Questions Asked
Movie · as Police Insp. Matt Duggan
It's a Big Country
Movie · as Mr. Patrick Callaghan
Battleground
Movie · as 'Pop' Stazak
Border Incident
Movie · as Jack Bearnes
Tenth Avenue Angel
Movie · as Steve Abbutt
Big City
Movie · as Patrick O'Donnell
The Arnelo Affair
Movie · as Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
Cynthia
Movie · as Larry Bishop
Up Goes Maisie
Movie · as Joseph Morton
Having Wonderful Crime
Movie · as Jake Justus
Step Lively
Movie · as Gordon Miller
Broadway Rhythm
Movie · as Johnny Demming
Show Business
Movie · as George Doane
Twenty Years After
Movie · as (archive footage)
Bataan
Movie · as Lt. Steve Bentley
This Is the Army
Movie · as Jerry Jones
The Powers Girl
Movie · as Jerry Hendricks
Show-Business at War
Movie · as Self
For Me and My Gal
Movie · as Jimmy K. Metcalf
The Navy Comes Through
Movie · as Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
The Mayor of 44th Street
Movie · as Joe Jonathan
Rise and Shine
Movie · as Jimmy McGonagle
Tom, Dick and Harry
Movie · as Tom
Ringside Maisie
Movie · as Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Movie · as Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie · as Cavalryman (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1940
Movie · as King Shaw
Little Nellie Kelly
Movie · as Jerry Kelly
Two Girls on Broadway
Movie · as Eddie Kerns
Public Deb No. 1
Movie · as Alan Blake
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Hobbies
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Risky Business
Movie · as Dan Clifford
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Movie · as Himself (uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway
Movie · as Roger Wendling
Letter of Introduction
Movie · as Barry Paige
Hold That Co-ed
Movie · as Rusty Stevens
Broadway Melody of 1938
Movie · as Sonny Ledford
The Women Men Marry
Movie · as Bill Raeburn
London by Night
Movie · as Michael Denis
You're a Sweetheart
Movie · as Hal Adams
Top of the Town
Movie · as Ted Lane
Woman Trap
Movie · as Keat Shevlin
Violets in Spring
Movie · as Charlie Hall
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Movie · as Self
The Public Menace
Movie · as Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
After the Dance
Movie · as Jerry Davis
I'll Love You Always
Movie · as Carl Brent
Kid Millions
Movie · as Jerry Lane
Jealousy
Movie · as Larry O'Roarke