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.
63 acting credits
Acting · 63
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
MGM Parade
1955
The Thin Man
1957
Battleground
1949
Bataan
1943
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Border Incident
1949
That's Entertainment!
1974
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
It's a Big Country
1951
That's Dancing!
1985
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
That's Entertainment! III
1994
The Navy Comes Through
1942
Walk East on Beacon
1952
Show-Business at War
1943
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948
This Is the Army
1943
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
Twenty Years After
1944
Kid Millions
1934
For Me and My Gal
1942
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
Public Deb No. 1
1940
Little Miss Broadway
1938
You're a Sweetheart
1937
Up Goes Maisie
1946
Letter of Introduction
1938
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
Talk About a Stranger
1952
Woman Trap
1936
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
Jealousy
1934
Big City
1948
Ringside Maisie
1941
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
No Questions Asked
1951
The Hoaxters
1952
Rise and Shine
1941
Broadway Rhythm
1944
The Powers Girl
1943
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939
After the Dance
1935
Cynthia
1947
Top of the Town
1937
Hold That Co-ed
1938
London by Night
1937
Step Lively
1944
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942
Having Wonderful Crime
1945
Risky Business
1939
The Arnelo Affair
1947
Show Business
1944
I'll Love You Always
1935
Violets in Spring
1936
The Public Menace
1935
The Women Men Marry
1937
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
1955
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003