George Murphy
American actor and politician (1902-1992) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 89
George Lloyd Murphy was an American actor and politician. 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.
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That's Entertainment!Film, (archive footage) (uncredited)1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1958
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries1957
The Thin ManSeries1955
MGM ParadeSeries, Host1952
Talk About a StrangerFilm, Robert Fontaine Sr.1951Academy Honorary AwardAward1949
BattlegroundFilm, 'Pop' Stazak1948
Big CityFilm, Patrick O'Donnell1947
CynthiaFilm, Larry Bishop1944
Show BusinessFilm, George Doane1943
BataanFilm, Lt. Steve Bentley1942
For Me and My GalFilm, Jimmy K. Metcalf1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of SoundFilm1939
Hollywood HobbiesFilm1937
Broadway Melody of 1938Film, Sonny Ledford1934
Kid MillionsFilm, Jerry Lane1902Born4 July 1902People around George
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Jack Cummings Produced Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Norman Taurog Directed Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Roy Del Ruth Directed Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
Dore Schary Produced Battleground (1950)
Samuel Goldwyn Produced The Powers Girl and Kid Millions
William A. Wellman Directed Battleground and It's a Big Country
Arthur Freed Produced For Me and My Gal (1942)
Bess Flowers Also in This Is the Army (1943)
Irving Bacon Also in This Is the Army (1943)
Edwin L. Marin Directed Ringside Maisie and Show Business
Donald Meek Also in Little Miss Broadway (1938)- Roger Edens Produced Deep in My Heart (1954)
Judy Garland Also in For Me and My Gal (1942)
Gene Kelly Also in For Me and My Gal and Deep in My Heart
Ann Sothern Also in Ringside Maisie and Up Goes Maisie
Leon Ames Also in It's a Big Country and Risky Business
A. Edward Sutherland Directed The Navy Comes Through (1942)
Charles Winninger Also in Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Dick Lane Also in Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
Warner Anderson Also in This Is the Army and The Arnelo Affair
Raymond Walburn Also in Rise and Shine and Jealousy
Roy Webb Wrote Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
David Buttolph Wrote Public Deb No. 1 and Rise and Shine
Cyril Ring Also in Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Known for
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That's Entertainment! 1974
Battleground 1949
They Died with Their Boots On 1941
For Me and My Gal 1942
Filmography 40
64 credits on file
Television 4
Media & music
Photos 5
George Murphy as an actor c. 1930s.
Murphy while serving as U.S. Senator.
Seven actors and studio workers during a telephone conference held in the aftermath of Hollywood Black Friday in which American Federation of Labor officials denied issuing a "clarification" which set off the film strike, October 26, 1946.(L-R): James Skelton, Herbert Sorrell, Ronald Reagan, Edward Arnold, Roy Tindall, George Murphy, and Gene Kelly.
Murphy in the film London by Night (1937).Awards
About this person
Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as U.S. Senator from California, the first notable American actor to be elected to statewide office in California, predating Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who each served two terms as governor. He is the only United States senator represented by a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
