George Murphy
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
Film • 2003
Frank Capra's American Dream
Film • 1997
jako Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Film • 1994
jako (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
Film • 1985
jako From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
To jest rozrywka!
Film • 1974
jako (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Merv Griffin Show
Serial • 1962
jako Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Serial • 1958
The Thin Man
Serial • 1957
MGM Parade
Serial • 1955
jako Host
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
Film • 1955
The Hoaxters
Film • 1952
jako Narrator (voice)
Walk East on Beacon
Film • 1952
jako Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
Talk About a Stranger
Film • 1952
jako Robert Fontaine Sr.
It's a Big Country
Film • 1951
jako Mr. Patrick Callaghan
No Questions Asked
Film • 1951
jako Police Insp. Matt Duggan
Pole bitwy
Film • 1949
jako 'Pop' Stazak
Border Incident
Film • 1949
jako Jack Bearnes
Big City
Film • 1948
jako Patrick O'Donnell
Tenth Avenue Angel
Film • 1948
jako Steve Abbutt
Cynthia
Film • 1947
jako Larry Bishop
The Arnelo Affair
Film • 1947
jako Theodore 'Ted' Parkson
Up Goes Maisie
Film • 1946
jako Joseph Morton
Having Wonderful Crime
Film • 1945
jako Jake Justus
Step Lively
Film • 1944
jako Gordon Miller
Show Business
Film • 1944
jako George Doane
Broadway Rhythm
Film • 1944
jako Johnny Demming
Twenty Years After
Film • 1944
jako (archive footage)
This Is the Army
Film • 1943
jako Jerry Jones
Bataan
Film • 1943
jako Lt. Steve Bentley
Show-Business at War
Film • 1943
jako Self
The Powers Girl
Film • 1943
jako Jerry Hendricks
The Navy Comes Through
Film • 1942
jako Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
For Me and My Gal
Film • 1942
jako Jimmy K. Metcalf
The Mayor of 44th Street
Film • 1942
jako Joe Jonathan
Rise and Shine
Film • 1941
jako Jimmy McGonagle
Umarli w butach
Film • 1941
jako Cavalryman (uncredited)
Ringside Maisie
Film • 1941
jako Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire
Tom, Dick and Harry
Film • 1941
jako Tom
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Film • 1941
jako Claudius "Coffee Cup" Cup
Little Nellie Kelly
Film • 1940
jako Jerry Kelly
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Film • 1940
jako Self
Public Deb No. 1
Film • 1940
jako Alan Blake
Two Girls on Broadway
Film • 1940
jako Eddie Kerns
Broadway Melody of 1940
Film • 1940
jako King Shaw
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Film • 1939
jako Himself (uncredited)
Hollywood Hobbies
Film • 1939
jako Self (uncredited)
Risky Business
Film • 1939
jako Dan Clifford
Hold That Co-ed
Film • 1938
jako Rusty Stevens
Letter of Introduction
Film • 1938
jako Barry Paige
Little Miss Broadway
Film • 1938
jako Roger Wendling
You're a Sweetheart
Film • 1937
jako Hal Adams
The Women Men Marry
Film • 1937
jako Bill Raeburn
Broadway Melody of 1938
Film • 1937
jako Sonny Ledford
London by Night
Film • 1937
jako Michael Denis
Top of the Town
Film • 1937
jako Ted Lane
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Film • 1936
jako Self
Violets in Spring
Film • 1936
jako Charlie Hall
Woman Trap
Film • 1936
jako Keat Shevlin
The Public Menace
Film • 1935
jako Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
After the Dance
Film • 1935
jako Jerry Davis
I'll Love You Always
Film • 1935
jako Carl Brent
Jealousy
Film • 1934
jako Larry O'Roarke
Kid Millions
Film • 1934
jako Jerry Lane