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.
Fotos
Películas (59)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
1985 · From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
1955
The Hoaxters
1952 · Narrator (voice)
Walk East on Beacon
1952 · Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
Talk About a Stranger
1952 · Robert Fontaine Sr.
It's a Big Country
1951 · Mr. Patrick Callaghan
No Questions Asked
1951 · Police Insp. Matt Duggan
Battleground
1949 · 'Pop' Stazak
Border Incident
1949 · Jack Bearnes
Big City
1948 · Patrick O'Donnell
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948 · Steve Abbutt
Cynthia
1947 · Larry Bishop
The Arnelo Affair
1947 · Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
Up Goes Maisie
1946 · Joseph Morton
Having Wonderful Crime
1945 · Jake Justus
Step Lively
1944 · Gordon Miller
Show Business
1944 · George Doane
Broadway Rhythm
1944 · Johnny Demming
Twenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
This Is the Army
1943 · Jerry Jones
Bataan
1943 · Lt. Steve Bentley
Show-Business at War
1943 · Self
The Powers Girl
1943 · Jerry Hendricks
The Navy Comes Through
1942 · Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
For Me and My Gal
1942 · Jimmy K. Metcalf
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942 · Joe Jonathan
Rise and Shine
1941 · Jimmy McGonagle
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Cavalryman (uncredited), Stunts
Ringside Maisie
1941 · Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941 · Tom
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
Little Nellie Kelly
1940 · Jerry Kelly
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Self
Public Deb No. 1
1940 · Alan Blake
Two Girls on Broadway
1940 · Eddie Kerns
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940 · King Shaw
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939 · Himself (uncredited)
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 · Self (uncredited)
Risky Business
1939 · Dan Clifford
Hold That Co-ed
1938 · Rusty Stevens
Letter of Introduction
1938 · Barry Paige
Little Miss Broadway
1938 · Roger Wendling
You're a Sweetheart
1937 · Hal Adams
The Women Men Marry
1937 · Bill Raeburn
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937 · Sonny Ledford
London by Night
1937 · Michael Denis
Top of the Town
1937 · Ted Lane
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Self
Violets in Spring
1936 · Charlie Hall
Woman Trap
1936 · Keat Shevlin
The Public Menace
1935 · Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
After the Dance
1935 · Jerry Davis
I'll Love You Always
1935 · Carl Brent
Jealousy
1934 · Larry O'Roarke
Kid Millions
1934 · Jerry Lane
