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George Murphy
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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 Hollyw…
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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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- 2003
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1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1994
That's Entertainment! III
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1985
That's Dancing!
Movie From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
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1974
That's Entertainment!
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV show
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1957
The Thin Man
TV show
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1955
MGM Parade
TV show Host
- 1955
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1952
The Hoaxters
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1952
Walk East on Beacon
Movie Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
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1952
Talk About a Stranger
Movie Robert Fontaine Sr.
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1951
It's a Big Country
Movie Mr. Patrick Callaghan
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1951
No Questions Asked
Movie Police Insp. Matt Duggan
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1949
Battleground
Movie 'Pop' Stazak
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1949
Border Incident
Movie Jack Bearnes
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1948
Big City
Movie Patrick O'Donnell
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1948
Tenth Avenue Angel
Movie Steve Abbutt
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1947
Cynthia
Movie Larry Bishop
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1947
The Arnelo Affair
Movie Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
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1946
Up Goes Maisie
Movie Joseph Morton
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1945
Having Wonderful Crime
Movie Jake Justus
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1944
Step Lively
Movie Gordon Miller
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1944
Show Business
Movie George Doane
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1944
Broadway Rhythm
Movie Johnny Demming
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1944
Twenty Years After
Movie (archive footage)
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1943
This Is the Army
Movie Jerry Jones
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1943
Bataan
Movie Lt. Steve Bentley
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1943
Show-Business at War
Movie Self
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1943
The Powers Girl
Movie Jerry Hendricks
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1942
The Navy Comes Through
Movie Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
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1942
For Me and My Gal
Movie Jimmy K. Metcalf
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1942
The Mayor of 44th Street
Movie Joe Jonathan
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1941
Rise and Shine
Movie Jimmy McGonagle
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1941
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie Cavalryman (uncredited)
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1941
Ringside Maisie
Movie Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
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1941
Tom, Dick and Harry
Movie Tom
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1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Movie Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
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1940
Little Nellie Kelly
Movie Jerry Kelly
