- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 4, 1902
- Place of Birth
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Died
- May 3, 1992
George Murphy
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…
Filmography
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
movieCole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
movieFrank Capra's American Dream
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movieThat's Dancing!
1985 · From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
tvThe Thin Man
1957
tvMGM Parade
1955 · Host
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
movie1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
1955
The Hoaxters
movieThe Hoaxters
1952 · Narrator (voice)
movieWalk East on Beacon
1952 · Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
movieTalk About a Stranger
1952 · Robert Fontaine Sr.
movieIt's a Big Country
1951 · Mr. Patrick Callaghan
movieNo Questions Asked
1951 · Police Insp. Matt Duggan
movieBattleground
1949 · 'Pop' Stazak
movieBorder Incident
1949 · Jack Bearnes
movieBig City
1948 · Patrick O'Donnell
movieTenth Avenue Angel
1948 · Steve Abbutt
movieCynthia
1947 · Larry Bishop
movieThe Arnelo Affair
1947 · Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
movieUp Goes Maisie
1946 · Joseph Morton
movieHaving Wonderful Crime
1945 · Jake Justus
movieStep Lively
1944 · Gordon Miller
movieShow Business
1944 · George Doane
movieBroadway Rhythm
1944 · Johnny Demming
movieTwenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
movieThis Is the Army
1943 · Jerry Jones
movieBataan
1943 · Lt. Steve Bentley
movieShow-Business at War
1943 · Self
movieThe Powers Girl
1943 · Jerry Hendricks
movieThe Navy Comes Through
1942 · Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
movieFor Me and My Gal
1942 · Jimmy K. Metcalf
movieThe Mayor of 44th Street
1942 · Joe Jonathan
movieRise and Shine
1941 · Jimmy McGonagle
movieThey Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Cavalryman (uncredited), Stunts
movieRingside Maisie
1941 · Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
movieTom, Dick and Harry
1941 · Tom
movieA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
movieLittle Nellie Kelly
1940 · Jerry Kelly
movieA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Self
moviePublic Deb No. 1
1940 · Alan Blake
movieTwo Girls on Broadway
1940 · Eddie Kerns
movieBroadway Melody of 1940
1940 · King Shaw
movieRhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939 · Himself (uncredited)
movieHollywood Hobbies
1939 · Self (uncredited)
movieRisky Business
1939 · Dan Clifford
movieHold That Co-ed
1938 · Rusty Stevens
movieLetter of Introduction
1938 · Barry Paige
movieLittle Miss Broadway
1938 · Roger Wendling
movieYou're a Sweetheart
1937 · Hal Adams
movieThe Women Men Marry
1937 · Bill Raeburn
movieBroadway Melody of 1938
1937 · Sonny Ledford
movieLondon by Night
1937 · Michael Denis
movieTop of the Town
1937 · Ted Lane
movieScreen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Self
Violets in Spring
movieViolets in Spring
1936 · Charlie Hall
movieWoman Trap
1936 · Keat Shevlin
movieThe Public Menace
1935 · Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
movieAfter the Dance
1935 · Jerry Davis
movieI'll Love You Always
1935 · Carl Brent
movieJealousy
1934 · Larry O'Roarke
movieKid Millions
1934 · Jerry Lane