7.2
7.2
Big City
1948
as Patrick O'Donnell
George Murphy
Acting
Born:July 4, 1902
Died:May 3, 1992(aged 89)
Birthplace:New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (51 movies)
6.9
6.9
Border Incident
1949
as Jack Bearnes
6.7
6.7
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
as King Shaw
6.7
6.7
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
as Jerry Kelly
6.7
6.7
Up Goes Maisie
1946
as Joseph Morton
6.7
6.7
Battleground
1949
as 'Pop' Stazak
6.6
6.6
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
as Eddie Kerns
6.5
6.5
Kid Millions
1934
as Jerry Lane
6.5
6.5
The Powers Girl
1943
as Jerry Hendricks
6.5
6.5
Little Miss Broadway
1938
as Roger Wendling
6.4
6.4
Bataan
1943
as Lt. Steve Bentley
6.4
6.4
For Me and My Gal
1942
as Jimmy K. Metcalf
6.3
6.3
Hold That Co-ed
1938
as Rusty Stevens
6.3
6.3
Having Wonderful Crime
1945
as Jake Justus
6.2
6.2
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
as Sonny Ledford
6.1
6.1
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948
as Steve Abbutt
6.0
6.0
No Questions Asked
1951
as Police Insp. Matt Duggan
6.0
6.0
Step Lively
1944
as Gordon Miller
6.0
6.0
Talk About a Stranger
1952
as Robert Fontaine Sr.
6.0
6.0
Rise and Shine
1941
as Jimmy McGonagle
6.0
6.0
Risky Business
1939
as Dan Clifford
6.0
6.0
After the Dance
1935
as Jerry Davis
6.0
6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
6.0
6.0
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
1955
5.9
5.9
London by Night
1937
as Michael Denis
5.9
5.9
Cynthia
1947
as Larry Bishop
5.7
5.7
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Barry Paige
5.7
5.7
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Tom
5.6
5.6
This Is the Army
1943
as Jerry Jones
5.6
5.6
The Navy Comes Through
1942
as Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
5.5
5.5
The Women Men Marry
1937
as Bill Raeburn
5.5
5.5
Broadway Rhythm
1944
as Johnny Demming
5.3
5.3
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
It's a Big Country
1951
as Mr. Patrick Callaghan
5.3
5.3
Violets in Spring
1936
as Charlie Hall
5.2
5.2
Top of the Town
1937
as Ted Lane
5.2
5.2
Walk East on Beacon
1952
as Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
5.0
5.0
The Arnelo Affair
1947
as Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
5.0
5.0
Show Business
1944
as George Doane
5.0
5.0
The Public Menace
1935
as Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
4.7
4.7
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
4.7
4.7
Jealousy
1934
as Larry O'Roarke
4.5
4.5
Ringside Maisie
1941
as Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
4.4
4.4
Public Deb No. 1
1940
as Alan Blake
4.3
4.3
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942
as Joe Jonathan
4.2
4.2
The Hoaxters
1952
as Narrator (voice)
4.1
4.1
You're a Sweetheart
1937
as Hal Adams
3.5
3.5
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939
as Himself (uncredited)
3.0
3.0
I'll Love You Always
1935
as Carl Brent
Woman Trap
1936
as Keat Shevlin
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
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