George Murphy
Acting
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.
Filmography
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003 · Movie
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997 · Movie
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
That's Dancing!
1985 · Movie
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Movie
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Series
The Thin Man
1957 · Series
MGM Parade
1955 · Series
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
1955 · Movie
The Hoaxters
1952 · Movie
Walk East on Beacon
1952 · Movie
Talk About a Stranger
1952 · Movie
It's a Big Country
1951 · Movie
No Questions Asked
1951 · Movie
Battleground
1949 · Movie
Border Incident
1949 · Movie
Big City
1948 · Movie
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948 · Movie
Cynthia
1947 · Movie
The Arnelo Affair
1947 · Movie
Up Goes Maisie
1946 · Movie
Having Wonderful Crime
1945 · Movie
Step Lively
1944 · Movie
Show Business
1944 · Movie
Broadway Rhythm
1944 · Movie
Twenty Years After
1944 · Movie
This Is the Army
1943 · Movie
Bataan
1943 · Movie
Show-Business at War
1943 · Movie
The Powers Girl
1943 · Movie
The Navy Comes Through
1942 · Movie
For Me and My Gal
1942 · Movie
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942 · Movie
Rise and Shine
1941 · Movie
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Movie
Ringside Maisie
1941 · Movie
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941 · Movie
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Movie
Little Nellie Kelly
1940 · Movie
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Movie
Public Deb No. 1
1940 · Movie
Two Girls on Broadway
1940 · Movie
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940 · Movie
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939 · Movie
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 · Movie
Risky Business
1939 · Movie
Hold That Co-ed
1938 · Movie
Letter of Introduction
1938 · Movie
Little Miss Broadway
1938 · Movie
You're a Sweetheart
1937 · Movie
The Women Men Marry
1937 · Movie
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937 · Movie
London by Night
1937 · Movie
Top of the Town
1937 · Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Movie
Violets in Spring
1936 · Movie
Woman Trap
1936 · Movie
The Public Menace
1935 · Movie
After the Dance
1935 · Movie
I'll Love You Always
1935 · Movie
Jealousy
1934 · Movie
Kid Millions
1934 · Movie