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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 4, 1902
Died
May 3, 1992
Place of Birth
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
- George Lloyd Murphy
George Murphy
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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.
Known For
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
6.3
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
7.0
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.0
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
1985
7.4
(archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
1974
5.8
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
7.5
The Thin Man
1957
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Host
MGM Parade
1955
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6.0
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
1955
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4.2
Narrator (voice)
The Hoaxters
1952
Credits
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
0.0
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1997
6.3
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
That's Dancing!
as From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
1985
7.0
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
7.4
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
The Thin Man
1957
7.5
MGM Parade
as Host
1955
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1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
1955
6.0
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The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
1952
4.2
Walk East on Beacon
as Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
1952
5.2
Talk About a Stranger
as Robert Fontaine Sr.
1952
6.0
It's a Big Country
as Mr. Patrick Callaghan
1951
5.3
No Questions Asked
as Police Insp. Matt Duggan
1951
6.0
Battleground
as 'Pop' Stazak
1949
6.7
Border Incident
as Jack Bearnes
1949
6.9
Big City
as Patrick O'Donnell
1948
7.2
Tenth Avenue Angel
as Steve Abbutt
1948
6.0
Cynthia
as Larry Bishop
1947
5.9
The Arnelo Affair
as Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
1947
5.0
Up Goes Maisie
as Joseph Morton
1946
6.7
Having Wonderful Crime
as Jake Justus
1945
6.3
Step Lively
as Gordon Miller
1944
6.0
Show Business
as George Doane
1944
5.0
Broadway Rhythm
as Johnny Demming
1944
5.5
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
6.0
This Is the Army
as Jerry Jones
1943
5.6
Bataan
as Lt. Steve Bentley
1943
6.4
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
The Powers Girl
as Jerry Hendricks
1943
6.5
The Navy Comes Through
as Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
1942
5.6
For Me and My Gal
as Jimmy K. Metcalf
1942
6.4
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Joe Jonathan
1942
4.3
Rise and Shine
as Jimmy McGonagle
1941
6.0
They Died with Their Boots On
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Ringside Maisie
as Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
1941
4.5
Tom, Dick and Harry
as Tom
1941
5.7
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
1941
4.7
Little Nellie Kelly
as Jerry Kelly
1940
6.7
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1940
6.7
Public Deb No. 1
as Alan Blake
1940
4.4
Two Girls on Broadway
as Eddie Kerns
1940
6.6
Broadway Melody of 1940
as King Shaw
1940
6.7
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Himself (uncredited)
1939
3.5
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
1939
5.3
Risky Business
as Dan Clifford
1939
6.0
Hold That Co-ed
as Rusty Stevens
1938
6.3
Letter of Introduction
as Barry Paige
1938
5.7
Little Miss Broadway
as Roger Wendling
1938
6.4
You're a Sweetheart
as Hal Adams
1937
4.3
The Women Men Marry
as Bill Raeburn
1937
5.5
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Sonny Ledford
1937
6.2
London by Night
as Michael Denis
1937
5.9
Top of the Town
as Ted Lane
1937
5.2
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
1936
6.0
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Violets in Spring
as Charlie Hall
1936
5.3
Woman Trap
as Keat Shevlin
1936
0.0
The Public Menace
as Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
1935
5.0
After the Dance
as Jerry Davis
1935
6.0
I'll Love You Always
as Carl Brent
1935
3.0
Jealousy
as Larry O'Roarke
1934
4.7
Kid Millions
as Jerry Lane
1934
6.5