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Talk About a Stranger

as Robert Fontaine Sr.

1952
It's a Big Country

as Mr. Patrick Callaghan

1951
Battleground

as 'Pop' Stazak

1949
Border Incident

as Jack Bearnes

1949
Tenth Avenue Angel

as Steve Abbutt

1948
The Arnelo Affair

as Theodore 'Ted' Parkson

1947
Up Goes Maisie

as Joseph Morton

1946
Step Lively

as Gordon Miller

1944
Broadway Rhythm

as Johnny Demming

1944
Show Business

as George Doane

1944
Bataan

as Lt. Steve Bentley

1943
This Is the Army

as Jerry Jones

1943
The Powers Girl

as Jerry Hendricks

1943
For Me and My Gal

as Jimmy K. Metcalf

1942
The Navy Comes Through

as Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands

1942
The Mayor of 44th Street

as Joe Jonathan

1942
Rise and Shine

as Jimmy McGonagle

1941
Ringside Maisie

as Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire

1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup

1941
Broadway Melody of 1940

as King Shaw

1940
Little Nellie Kelly

as Jerry Kelly

1940
Two Girls on Broadway

as Eddie Kerns

1940
Little Miss Broadway

as Roger Wendling

1938
Broadway Melody of 1938

as Sonny Ledford

1937
You're a Sweetheart

as Hal Adams

1937
London by Night

as Michael Denis

1937
Top of the Town

as Ted Lane

1937
Kid Millions

as Jerry Lane

1934
George Murphy George Murphy

Birthday

1902-07-04

Place of Birth

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Biography

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.
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