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.
Filmography
all 63
Movies 60
self 10
TV Shows 3
Narrator 1
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
That's Dancing! (1985)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
MGM Parade (1955)
The Hoaxters (1952)
Walk East on Beacon! (1952)
Talk About a Stranger (1952)
It's a Big Country (1951)
No Questions Asked (1951)
Battleground (1949)
Border Incident (1949)
Big City (1948)
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
Cynthia (1947)
The Arnelo Affair (1947)
Up Goes Maisie (1946)
Having Wonderful Crime (1945)
Step Lively (1944)
Show Business (1944)
Broadway Rhythm (1944)
Twenty Years After (1944)
This Is the Army (1943)
Bataan (1943)
The Powers Girl (1943)
The Navy Comes Through (1942)
For Me and My Gal (1942)
The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
Rise and Shine (1941)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Ringside Maisie (1941)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga (1939)
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
Risky Business (1939)
Letter of Introduction (1938)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
You're a Sweetheart (1937)
The Women Men Marry (1937)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
London by Night (1937)
Top of the Town (1937)
Violets in Spring (1936)
Woman Trap (1936)
The Public Menace (1935)
After the Dance (1935)
I'll Love You Always (1935)
Jealousy (1934)
Kid Millions (1934)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1902-07-04
Deathday1992-05-03 (89 years old)
Birth NameGeorge Lloyd Murphy
Birth PlaceNew Haven, Connecticut, USA
ReligionCatholic Church
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsGeorge Lloyd Murphy
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Honorary Award
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