George Murphy
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 S...
Known For
Filmography
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
1985
as From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Thin Man
1957
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
1955
MGM Parade
1955
as Host
The Hoaxters
1952
as Narrator (voice)
Talk About a Stranger
1952
as Robert Fontaine Sr.
Walk East on Beacon
1952
as Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
No Questions Asked
1951
as Police Insp. Matt Duggan
It's a Big Country
1951
as Mr. Patrick Callaghan
Battleground
1949
as 'Pop' Stazak
Border Incident
1949
as Jack Bearnes
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948
as Steve Abbutt
Big City
1948
as Patrick O'Donnell
The Arnelo Affair
1947
as Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
Cynthia
1947
as Larry Bishop
Up Goes Maisie
1946
as Joseph Morton
Having Wonderful Crime
1945
as Jake Justus
Step Lively
1944
as Gordon Miller
Broadway Rhythm
1944
as Johnny Demming
Show Business
1944
as George Doane
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
Bataan
1943
as Lt. Steve Bentley
This Is the Army
1943
as Jerry Jones
The Powers Girl
1943
as Jerry Hendricks
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
For Me and My Gal
1942
as Jimmy K. Metcalf
The Navy Comes Through
1942
as Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942
as Joe Jonathan
Rise and Shine
1941
as Jimmy McGonagle
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Tom
Ringside Maisie
1941
as Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
as King Shaw
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
as Jerry Kelly
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
as Eddie Kerns
Public Deb No. 1
1940
as Alan Blake
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
Risky Business
1939
as Dan Clifford
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939
as Himself (uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway
1938
as Roger Wendling
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Barry Paige
Hold That Co-ed
1938
as Rusty Stevens
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
as Sonny Ledford
The Women Men Marry
1937
as Bill Raeburn
London by Night
1937
as Michael Denis
You're a Sweetheart
1937
as Hal Adams
Top of the Town
1937
as Ted Lane
Woman Trap
1936
as Keat Shevlin
Violets in Spring
1936
as Charlie Hall
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
The Public Menace
1935
as Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
After the Dance
1935
as Jerry Davis
I'll Love You Always
1935
as Carl Brent
Kid Millions
1934
as Jerry Lane
Jealousy
1934
as Larry O'Roarke