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