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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
Character:
Release Date:02/01/2003
Frank Capra's American Dream
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1997
That's Entertainment! III
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
That's Dancing!
Character:From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Release Date:18/01/1985
That's Entertainment!
Character:(archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:21/06/1974
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1955
The Hoaxters
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:05/12/1952
Walk East on Beacon
Character:Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
Release Date:01/06/1952
Talk About a Stranger
Character:Robert Fontaine Sr.
Release Date:18/04/1952
It's a Big Country
Character:Mr. Patrick Callaghan
Release Date:20/11/1951
No Questions Asked
Character:Police Insp. Matt Duggan
Release Date:15/06/1951
Battleground
Character:'Pop' Stazak
Release Date:09/11/1949
Border Incident
Character:Jack Bearnes
Release Date:28/10/1949
Big City
Character:Patrick O'Donnell
Release Date:25/03/1948
Tenth Avenue Angel
Character:Steve Abbutt
Release Date:20/02/1948
Cynthia
Character:Larry Bishop
Release Date:29/08/1947
The Arnelo Affair
Character:Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
Release Date:13/02/1947
Up Goes Maisie
Character:Joseph Morton
Release Date:01/02/1946
Having Wonderful Crime
Character:Jake Justus
Release Date:12/04/1945
Step Lively
Character:Gordon Miller
Release Date:26/07/1944
Show Business
Character:George Doane
Release Date:10/05/1944
Broadway Rhythm
Character:Johnny Demming
Release Date:19/01/1944
Twenty Years After
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1944
This Is the Army
Character:Jerry Jones
Release Date:14/08/1943
Bataan
Character:Lt. Steve Bentley
Release Date:03/06/1943
Show-Business at War
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1943
The Powers Girl
Character:Jerry Hendricks
Release Date:15/01/1943
The Navy Comes Through
Character:Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
Release Date:30/10/1942
For Me and My Gal
Character:Jimmy K. Metcalf
Release Date:21/10/1942
The Mayor of 44th Street
Character:Joe Jonathan
Release Date:15/10/1942
Rise and Shine
Character:Jimmy McGonagle
Release Date:21/11/1941
They Died with Their Boots On
Character:Cavalryman (uncredited)
Release Date:20/11/1941
Ringside Maisie
Character:Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
Release Date:01/08/1941
Tom, Dick and Harry
Character:Tom
Release Date:13/06/1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Character:Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
Release Date:14/03/1941
Little Nellie Kelly
Character:Jerry Kelly
Release Date:22/11/1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Character:Self
Release Date:24/10/1940
Public Deb No. 1
Character:Alan Blake
Release Date:13/09/1940
Two Girls on Broadway
Character:Eddie Kerns
Release Date:19/04/1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
Character:King Shaw
Release Date:09/02/1940
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Character:Himself (uncredited)
Release Date:02/09/1939
Hollywood Hobbies
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:03/05/1939
Risky Business
Character:Dan Clifford
Release Date:03/03/1939
Hold That Co-ed
Character:Rusty Stevens
Release Date:16/09/1938
Letter of Introduction
Character:Barry Paige
Release Date:05/08/1938
Little Miss Broadway
Character:Roger Wendling
Release Date:29/07/1938
You're a Sweetheart
Character:Hal Adams
Release Date:26/12/1937
The Women Men Marry
Character:Bill Raeburn
Release Date:10/09/1937
Broadway Melody of 1938
Character:Sonny Ledford
Release Date:20/08/1937
London by Night
Character:Michael Denis
Release Date:30/07/1937
Top of the Town
Character:Ted Lane
Release Date:17/04/1937
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/1936
Violets in Spring
Character:Charlie Hall
Release Date:05/09/1936
Woman Trap
Character:Keat Shevlin
Release Date:06/03/1936
The Public Menace
Character:Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
Release Date:30/09/1935
After the Dance
Character:Jerry Davis
Release Date:25/06/1935
I'll Love You Always
Character:Carl Brent
Release Date:19/03/1935
Jealousy
Character:Larry O'Roarke
Release Date:23/11/1934
Kid Millions
Character:Jerry Lane
Release Date:10/11/1934
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