George Murphy
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
('Pop' Stazak)
The Hoaxters
(Narrator (voice))
For Me and My Gal
(Jimmy K. Metcalf)
Border Incident
(Jack Bearnes)
The Arnelo Affair
(Theodore 'Ted' Parkson)
Step Lively
(Gordon Miller)
Bataan
(Lt. Steve Bentley)
This Is the Army
(Jerry Jones)
Broadway Melody of 1940
(King Shaw)
Little Nellie Kelly
(Jerry Kelly)
Broadway Melody of 1938
(Sonny Ledford)
Little Miss Broadway
(Roger Wendling)
Rise and Shine
(Jimmy McGonagle)
Broadway Rhythm
(Johnny Demming)
No Questions Asked
(Police Insp. Matt Duggan)
It's a Big Country
(Mr. Patrick Callaghan)
Tom, Dick and Harry
(Tom)
Talk About a Stranger
(Robert Fontaine Sr.)
Two Girls on Broadway
(Eddie Kerns)
Walk East on Beacon
(Inspector James 'Jim' Belden)
Letter of Introduction
(Barry Paige)
The Navy Comes Through
(Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands)
Tenth Avenue Angel
(Steve Abbutt)
Ringside Maisie
(Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire)
Having Wonderful Crime
(Jake Justus)
Cynthia
(Larry Bishop)
The Public Menace
(Edward Joseph "Red" Foster)
The Women Men Marry
(Bill Raeburn)
Show Business
(George Doane)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
(Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup)
Up Goes Maisie
(Joseph Morton)
The Mayor of 44th Street
(Joe Jonathan)
Big City
(Patrick O'Donnell)
London by Night
(Michael Denis)
Hold That Co-ed
(Rusty Stevens)
Hollywood Hobbies
(Self (uncredited))
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
Kid Millions
(Jerry Lane)
Risky Business
(Dan Clifford)
The Powers Girl
(Jerry Hendricks)
Public Deb No. 1
(Alan Blake)
You're a Sweetheart
(Hal Adams)
Top of the Town
(Ted Lane)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
After the Dance
(Jerry Davis)
That's Entertainment!
((archive footage) (uncredited))
Woman Trap
(Keat Shevlin)
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
(Himself (uncredited))
They Died with Their Boots On
(Cavalryman (uncredited))
Jealousy
(Larry O'Roarke)
I'll Love You Always
(Carl Brent)
Show-Business at War
(Self)
Violets in Spring
(Charlie Hall)
That's Entertainment! III
((archive footage))
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
(Self)
Twenty Years After
((archive footage))
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
(Self)
That's Dancing!
(From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage))
Frank Capra's American Dream
(Self (archive footage))
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Thin Man
MGM Parade
(Host)