George Murphy

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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Battleground 1949Film als 'Pop' Stazak

Broadway Melody of 1940 1940Film als King Shaw

Broadway Melody of 1938 1937Film als Sonny Ledford

For Me and My Gal 1942Film als Jimmy K. Metcalf

Border Incident 1949Film als Jack Bearnes

Tenth Avenue Angel 1948Film als Steve Abbutt

Step Lively 1944Film als Gordon Miller

Woman Trap 1936Film als Keat Shevlin

Ringside Maisie 1941Film als Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire

This Is the Army 1943Film als Jerry Jones

Little Miss Broadway 1938Film als Roger Wendling

Bataan 1943Film als Lt. Steve Bentley

The Mayor of 44th Street 1942Film als Joe Jonathan

Letter of Introduction 1938Film als Barry Paige

Up Goes Maisie 1946Film als Joseph Morton