George Murphy
Acting
Born July 4, 1902 · 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 F…
Known For · 40 titles
The Merv Griffin Show
MGM Parade
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Thin Man
Show Business
The Arnelo Affair
They Died with Their Boots On
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! III
Battleground
Frank Capra's American Dream
This Is the Army
Twenty Years After
Little Miss Broadway
That's Dancing!
Step Lively
Ringside Maisie
Border Incident
Tenth Avenue Angel
For Me and My Gal
Show-Business at War
Letter of Introduction
Broadway Melody of 1938
I'll Love You Always
Broadway Melody of 1940
Woman Trap
Tom, Dick and Harry
The Mayor of 44th Street
No Questions Asked
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Bataan
The Women Men Marry
Up Goes Maisie
It's a Big Country
The Navy Comes Through
The Hoaxters
You're a Sweetheart
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Little Nellie Kelly
Public Deb No. 1