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