Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1902-07-04
Day of Death
1992-05-03
Place of Birth
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
George Murphy
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 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 (59)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
That's Entertainment! III
1994
That's Dancing!
1985
That's Entertainment!
19741955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
1955The Hoaxters
1952
Walk East on Beacon
1952
Talk About a Stranger
1952
It's a Big Country
1951
No Questions Asked
1951
Battleground
1949
Border Incident
1949
Big City
1948
