Cast
George Murphy
Acting
Cast
George Murphy
Known for
Acting
Born
1902-07-04
From
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Died
1992-05-03
Also known as George Lloyd Murphy
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.
Battleground
as 'Pop' Stazak
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
Step Lively
as Gordon Miller
Cynthia
as Larry Bishop
Border Incident
as Jack Bearnes
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
Broadway Rhythm
as Johnny Demming
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
Bataan
as Lt. Steve Bentley
Little Miss Broadway
as Roger Wendling
That's Dancing!
as From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
This Is the Army
as Jerry Jones
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Sonny Ledford
It's a Big Country
as Mr. Patrick Callaghan
For Me and My Gal
as Jimmy K. Metcalf
Tenth Avenue Angel
as Steve Abbutt
Show-Business at War
as Self
Rise and Shine
as Jimmy McGonagle
Talk About a Stranger
as Robert Fontaine Sr.
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
Broadway Melody of 1940
as King Shaw
Having Wonderful Crime
as Jake Justus
Public Deb No. 1
as Alan Blake
Tom, Dick and Harry
as Tom
The Powers Girl
as Jerry Hendricks
Kid Millions
as Jerry Lane
Two Girls on Broadway
as Eddie Kerns
Up Goes Maisie
as Joseph Morton
Letter of Introduction
as Barry Paige
Show Business
as George Doane
The Navy Comes Through
as Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
Risky Business
as Dan Clifford
Walk East on Beacon
as Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
Little Nellie Kelly
as Jerry Kelly
No Questions Asked
as Police Insp. Matt Duggan
Big City
as Patrick O'Donnell
The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
After the Dance
as Jerry Davis
Top of the Town
as Ted Lane
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
London by Night
as Michael Denis
The Arnelo Affair
as Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
Violets in Spring
as Charlie Hall
Woman Trap
as Keat Shevlin
You're a Sweetheart
as Hal Adams
The Women Men Marry
as Bill Raeburn
Ringside Maisie
as Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
The Public Menace
as Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
Hold That Co-ed
as Rusty Stevens
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Joe Jonathan
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Himself (uncredited)
Jealousy
as Larry O'Roarke
I'll Love You Always
as Carl Brent