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