About
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...
Known for
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries • 1958
The Thin ManSeries • 1957
MGM ParadeSeries • 1955
BattlegroundMovie • 1949
They Died with Their Boots OnMovie • 1941
Broadway Melody of 1940Movie • 1940
That's Entertainment!Movie • 1974
That's Entertainment! IIIMovie • 1994
That's Dancing!Movie • 1985
BataanMovie • 1943
This Is the ArmyMovie • 1943
For Me and My GalMovie • 1942
Walk East on BeaconMovie • 1952
Border IncidentMovie • 1949
Tom, Dick and HarryMovie • 1941