Acting
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.
Filmography
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
Film · 2003
Frank Capra's American Dream
Film · 1997
That's Entertainment! III
Film · 1994
That's Dancing!
Film · 1985
That's Entertainment!
Film · 1974
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Series · 1958
The Thin Man
Series · 1957
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
Film · 1955
MGM Parade
Series · 1955
The Hoaxters
Film · 1952
Talk About a Stranger
Film · 1952
Walk East on Beacon
Film · 1952
No Questions Asked
Film · 1951
It's a Big Country
Film · 1951
Battleground
Film · 1949
Border Incident
Film · 1949
Tenth Avenue Angel
Film · 1948
Big City
Film · 1948
The Arnelo Affair
Film · 1947
Cynthia
Film · 1947
Up Goes Maisie
Film · 1946
Having Wonderful Crime
Film · 1945
Step Lively
Film · 1944
Broadway Rhythm
Film · 1944
Show Business
Film · 1944
Twenty Years After
Film · 1944
Bataan
Film · 1943
This Is the Army
Film · 1943
The Powers Girl
Film · 1943
Show-Business at War
Film · 1943
For Me and My Gal
Film · 1942
The Navy Comes Through
Film · 1942
The Mayor of 44th Street
Film · 1942
Rise and Shine
Film · 1941
Tom, Dick and Harry
Film · 1941
Ringside Maisie
Film · 1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Film · 1941
They Died with Their Boots On
Film · 1941
Broadway Melody of 1940
Film · 1940
Little Nellie Kelly
Film · 1940
Two Girls on Broadway
Film · 1940
Public Deb No. 1
Film · 1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Film · 1940
Hollywood Hobbies
Film · 1939
Risky Business
Film · 1939
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Film · 1939
Little Miss Broadway
Film · 1938
Letter of Introduction
Film · 1938
Hold That Co-ed
Film · 1938
Broadway Melody of 1938
Film · 1937
The Women Men Marry
Film · 1937
London by Night
Film · 1937
You're a Sweetheart
Film · 1937
Top of the Town
Film · 1937
Woman Trap
Film · 1936
Violets in Spring
Film · 1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Film · 1936
The Public Menace
Film · 1935
After the Dance
Film · 1935
I'll Love You Always
Film · 1935
Kid Millions
Film · 1934
Jealousy
Film · 1934