George Murphy actor
- All known tv series 3
- Total known movies 59
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.
'Pop' Stazak
Movie 1949
Narrator (voice)
Movie 1952
Jimmy K. Metcalf
Movie 1942
Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
Movie 1947
Lt. Steve Bentley
Movie 1943
Gordon Miller
Movie 1944
Jerry Jones
Movie 1943
King Shaw
Movie 1940
Jerry Kelly
Movie 1940
Sonny Ledford
Movie 1937
Johnny Demming
Movie 1944
Police Insp. Matt Duggan
Movie 1951
Tom
Movie 1941
Robert Fontaine Sr.
Movie 1952
Eddie Kerns
Movie 1940
Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
Movie 1952
Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
Movie 1942
Steve Abbutt
Movie 1948
Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
Movie 1941
Jake Justus
Movie 1945
Larry Bishop
Movie 1947
Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
Movie 1935
Bill Raeburn
Movie 1937
George Doane
Movie 1944
Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
Movie 1941
Joseph Morton
Movie 1946
Joe Jonathan
Movie 1942
Patrick O'Donnell
Movie 1948
Self (uncredited)
Movie 1939
Movie 1955
Jerry Lane
Movie 1934
Dan Clifford
Movie 1939
Jerry Hendricks
Movie 1943
Alan Blake
Movie 1940
Hal Adams
Movie 1937
Ted Lane
Movie 1937
Movie 2003
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie 1974
Keat Shevlin
Movie 1936
Himself (uncredited)
Movie 1939
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Movie 1941
Larry O'Roarke
Movie 1934
Carl Brent
Movie 1935
Self
Movie 1943
Charlie Hall
Movie 1936
Self
Movie 1940
(archive footage)
Movie 1944
Self
Movie 1936
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Movie 1985
Self (archive footage)
Movie 1997
Tv 1958
Tv 1957
Host
Tv 1955
