1902-07-04 New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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.
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Frank Capra's American Dream | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-01 |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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That's Dancing! | From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage) | 1985-01-18 |
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That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-06-21 |
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1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration | 1955-01-01 | |
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Talk About a Stranger | Robert Fontaine Sr. | 1952-04-18 |
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Walk East on Beacon! | Inspector James 'Jim' Belden | 1952-06-01 |
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The Hoaxters | Narrator (voice) | 1952-12-05 |
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It's a Big Country | Mr. Patrick Callaghan | 1951-11-20 |
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No Questions Asked | Police Insp. Matt Duggan | 1951-06-15 |
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Battleground | 'Pop' Stazak | 1949-11-09 |
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Border Incident | Jack Bearnes | 1949-10-28 |
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Tenth Avenue Angel | Steve Abbutt | 1948-02-20 |
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Big City | Patrick O'Donnell | 1948-03-25 |
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The Arnelo Affair | Theodore 'Ted' Parkson | 1947-02-13 |
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Cynthia | Larry Bishop | 1947-08-29 |
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Up Goes Maisie | Joseph Morton | 1946-02-01 |
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Having Wonderful Crime | Jake Justus | 1945-04-12 |
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Broadway Rhythm | Johnny Demming | 1944-01-19 |
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Step Lively | Gordon Miller | 1944-07-26 |
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Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
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Show Business | George Doane | 1944-05-10 |
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This Is the Army | Jerry Jones | 1943-08-14 |
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Bataan | Lt. Steve Bentley | 1943-06-03 |
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Show-Business at War | Self | 1943-05-21 |
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The Powers Girl | Jerry Hendricks | 1943-01-15 |
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For Me and My Gal | Jimmy K. Metcalf | 1942-10-21 |
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The Mayor of 44th Street | Joe Jonathan | 1942-10-15 |
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The Navy Comes Through | Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands | 1942-10-30 |
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Tom, Dick and Harry | Tom | 1941-06-13 |
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A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup | 1941-03-14 |
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They Died with Their Boots On | Cavalryman (uncredited) | 1941-11-20 |
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Rise and Shine | Jimmy McGonagle | 1941-11-21 |
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Ringside Maisie | Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire | 1941-08-01 |
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Two Girls on Broadway | Eddie Kerns | 1940-04-19 |
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
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Public Deb No. 1 | Alan Blake | 1940-09-13 |
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Broadway Melody of 1940 | King Shaw | 1940-02-09 |
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Little Nellie Kelly | Jerry Kelly | 1940-11-22 |
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Hollywood Hobbies | Himself (uncredited) | 1939-05-03 |
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Risky Business | Dan Clifford | 1939-03-03 |
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Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga | Himself (uncredited) | 1939-09-02 |
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Hold That Co-ed | Rusty Stevens | 1938-09-16 |
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Letter of Introduction | Barry Paige | 1938-08-05 |
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Little Miss Broadway | Roger Wendling | 1938-07-29 |
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The Women Men Marry | Bill Raeburn | 1937-09-10 |
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London by Night | Michael Denis | 1937-07-30 |
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Broadway Melody of 1938 | Sonny Ledford | 1937-08-20 |
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You're a Sweetheart | Hal Adams | 1937-12-26 |
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Top of the Town | Ted Lane | 1937-04-17 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | 1936-09-11 |
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Woman Trap | Keat Shevlin | 1936-03-06 |
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Violets in Spring | Charlie Hall | 1936-09-05 |
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After the Dance | Jerry Davis | 1935-06-25 |
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The Public Menace | Edward Joseph "Red" Foster | 1935-09-30 |
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I'll Love You Always | Carl Brent | 1935-03-19 |
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Kid Millions | Jerry Lane | 1934-11-10 |
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Jealousy | Larry O'Roarke | 1934-11-23 |
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine |
