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