George Murphy
Age: 89 | From: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1902-07-04 21:13:24
Death: 1992-05-03 21:13:24
Aliases: George Lloyd Murphy
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 36
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
MGM Parade
(1955) Host
Battleground
(1949) 'Pop' Stazak
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941) Cavalryman (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III
(1994) (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(1974) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Show-Business at War
(1943) Self
Broadway Melody of 1940
(1940) King Shaw
Ringside Maisie
(1941) Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' MaguireActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | (archive footage) | |
| 1985 | From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage) | |
| 1974 | (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1958 | N/A | |
| 1957 | N/A | |
| 1955 | Host | |
| N/A | ||
| 1952 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Inspector James 'Jim' Belden | ||
| Robert Fontaine Sr. | ||
| 1951 | Mr. Patrick Callaghan | |
| Police Insp. Matt Duggan | ||
| 1949 | 'Pop' Stazak | |
| Jack Bearnes | ||
| 1948 | Patrick O'Donnell | |
| Steve Abbutt | ||
| 1947 | Larry Bishop | |
| Theodore 'Ted' Parkson | ||
| 1946 | Joseph Morton | |
| 1945 | Jake Justus | |
| 1944 | Gordon Miller | |
| George Doane | ||
| Johnny Demming | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1943 | Jerry Jones | |
| Lt. Steve Bentley | ||
| Self | ||
| Jerry Hendricks | ||
| 1942 | Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands | |
| Jimmy K. Metcalf | ||
| Joe Jonathan | ||
| 1941 | Jimmy McGonagle | |
| Cavalryman (uncredited) | ||
| Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire | ||
| Tom | ||
| Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup | ||
| 1940 | Jerry Kelly | |
| Self | ||
| Alan Blake | ||
| Eddie Kerns | ||
| King Shaw | ||
| 1939 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Himself (uncredited) | ||
| Dan Clifford | ||
| 1938 | Rusty Stevens | |
| Barry Paige | ||
| Roger Wendling | ||
| 1937 | Hal Adams | |
| Bill Raeburn | ||
| Sonny Ledford | ||
| Michael Denis | ||
| Ted Lane | ||
| 1936 | Self | |
| Charlie Hall | ||
| Keat Shevlin | ||
| 1935 | Edward Joseph "Red" Foster | |
| Jerry Davis | ||
| Carl Brent | ||
| 1934 | Larry O'Roarke | |
| Jerry Lane | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
