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George Murphy
Born · July 4, 1902
Died · May 3, 1992 (89 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Bio
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.
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
0.0
2003
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
6.2
1997
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
7.0
1994
That's Dancing!
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
7.0
1985
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
7.3
1974
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(1 episode)
5.3
1958
The Thin Man
(1 episode)
7.6
1957
MGM Parade
Host · (5 episodes)
0.0
1955
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
6.0
1955
The Hoaxters
Narrator (voice)
4.2
1952
Walk East on Beacon
Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
5.1
1952
Talk About a Stranger
Robert Fontaine Sr.
6.1
1952
It's a Big Country
Mr. Patrick Callaghan
5.3
1951
No Questions Asked
Police Insp. Matt Duggan
6.0
1951
Battleground
'Pop' Stazak
6.7
1949
Border Incident
Jack Bearnes
6.9
1949
Big City
Patrick O'Donnell
7.2
1948
Tenth Avenue Angel
Steve Abbutt
6.1
1948
Cynthia
Larry Bishop
5.9
1947
The Arnelo Affair
Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
5.3
1947
Up Goes Maisie
Joseph Morton
6.7
1946
Having Wonderful Crime
Jake Justus
6.3
1945
Step Lively
Gordon Miller
6.0
1944
Show Business
George Doane
5.0
1944
Broadway Rhythm
Johnny Demming
5.5
1944
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
6.0
1944
This Is the Army
Jerry Jones
5.7
1943
Bataan
Lt. Steve Bentley
6.4
1943
Show-Business at War
Self
7.0
1943
The Powers Girl
Jerry Hendricks
6.5
1943
The Navy Comes Through
Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
5.6
1942
For Me and My Gal
Jimmy K. Metcalf
6.4
1942
The Mayor of 44th Street
Joe Jonathan
4.0
1942
Rise and Shine
Jimmy McGonagle
6.0
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
Cavalryman (uncredited)
6.6
1941
Ringside Maisie
Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
7.0
1941
Tom, Dick and Harry
Tom
5.5
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
4.7
1941
Little Nellie Kelly
Jerry Kelly
6.0
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
6.7
1940
Public Deb No. 1
Alan Blake
4.2
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
Eddie Kerns
6.8
1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
King Shaw
6.7
1940
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Himself (uncredited)
3.5
1939
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
5.6
1939
Risky Business
Dan Clifford
6.0
1939
Hold That Co-ed
Rusty Stevens
6.3
1938
Letter of Introduction
Barry Paige
5.9
1938
Little Miss Broadway
Roger Wendling
6.6
1938
You're a Sweetheart
Hal Adams
4.0
1937
The Women Men Marry
Bill Raeburn
5.5
1937
Broadway Melody of 1938
Sonny Ledford
6.2
1937
London by Night
Michael Denis
6.0
1937
Top of the Town
Ted Lane
5.2
1937
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
6.0
1936
Violets in Spring
Charlie Hall
5.3
1936
Woman Trap
Keat Shevlin
0.0
1936
The Public Menace
Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
5.0
1935
After the Dance
Jerry Davis
6.0
1935
I'll Love You Always
Carl Brent
3.0
1935
Jealousy
Larry O'Roarke
4.7
1934
Kid Millions
Jerry Lane
6.5
1934